Multiple Choice Questions

Unlike in most other Eastern European countries, the fall of communism in Romania involved significant bloodshed.Open this link to read examples of graffiti recorded from the Romanian streets during the final days of the communist regime, which was headed by Nicolae Ceausescu.Identify at least three complaints reflected in these excerpts.
  • the violence of Ceausescucomplaints about communismdemands for democracycomplaints about a lack of freedomcomplaints about Ceausescu family members
  • The wall was a symbol that people wanted to destroy.
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGThey developed a hostile working relationship.
  • They feared public reaction to the truth.
Chancellor Kohl described the mood in Germany as
  • pro-democracy demonstrations.
  • joyful and hopeful.
  • the reunification of Germany
  • struggled badly
Cuban leader Fidel Castro responded to the fall of the Soviet Union by
  • German reunification was a victory by people in the United States and around the world.
  • The East Germans wanted to leave East Germany at the first opportunity.
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGseeking support from former Soviet republics.
  • Soviet states began to declare independence.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev?
  • China remains Communist but is also a major economic power.
  • They feared public reaction to the truth.
  • the reunification of Germany
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGThey developed a hostile working relationship.
Choose the right term or phrase to complete the sentence.Between 1970 and 1990, the economy of Czechoslovakia under communism
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGThey developed a hostile working relationship.
  • joyful and hopeful.
  • They feared public reaction to the truth.
  • struggled badly
Which of the following most accurately describes China today?
  • The wall was a symbol that people wanted to destroy.
  • China remains Communist but is also a major economic power.
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGThey developed a hostile working relationship.
  • the reunification of Germany
Which of the following was made possible by the end of the Cold War?
  • the reunification of Germany
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGThey developed a hostile working relationship.
  • China remains Communist but is also a major economic power.
  • pro-democracy demonstrations.
What can you infer from the fact that the communist government of Czechoslovakia was not honest about the economic statistics?
  • They feared public reaction to the truth.
  • The wall was a symbol that people wanted to destroy.
  • the reunification of Germany
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGThey developed a hostile working relationship.
What can you infer from the fact that crowds of East Germans appeared at the wall as soon as it was announced it would be opened?
  • THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, I GOT THIS ONE WRONGseeking support from former Soviet republics.
  • The East Germans wanted to leave East Germany at the first opportunity.
  • German reunification was a victory by people in the United States and around the world.
  • East Germany opened its borders.
A result of the attempted coup against the Soviet government in 1991 was that
  • The East Germans wanted to leave East Germany at the first opportunity.
  • East Germany opened its borders.
  • Soviet states began to declare independence.
  • German reunification was a victory by people in the United States and around the world.
The collapse of the USSR had a strong negative effect on which of the following nations?
  • struggled badly
  • Cuba
  • joyful and hopeful.
  • the reunification of Germany
In 1989, Tiananmen Square in Beijing was the site of
  • pro-democracy demonstrations.
  • joyful and hopeful.
  • the reunification of Germany
  • China remains Communist but is also a major economic power.
The contents of this conversation suggest which of the following things?
  • The East Germans wanted to leave East Germany at the first opportunity.
  • Soviet states began to declare independence.
  • East Germany opened its borders.
  • German reunification was a victory by people in the United States and around the world.
The Berlin Wall was viewed as a symbol of
  • long lines in stores
  • Communist oppression.
  • remained Communist.
  • creating a free market.
Which of the following helped make the reunification of Germany possible?
  • Soviet states began to declare independence.
  • East Germany opened its borders.
  • He trusted Gorbachev more than Reagan did.
  • the end of the Cold War
Citizens in Berlin began to tear down the Berlin Wall soon after
  • Soviet states began to declare independence.
  • the end of the Cold War
  • He trusted Gorbachev more than Reagan did.
  • East Germany opened its borders.
What was one unintended result of glasnost?
  • long lines in stores
  • More citizens protested against the Soviet government.
  • Communist oppression.
  • China remains Communist but is also a major economic power.
The Bush administration helped bring about the collapse of the Soviet Union by ________________
  • the Soviet people became more aware of corruption in government.
  • supporting Gorbachev's reforms
  • creating a free market.
  • renewing his commitment to Communism.
Following the collapse of the USSR, Cuba's government
  • long lines in stores
  • remained Communist.
  • creating a free market.
  • Communist oppression.
Which Eastern European nation was the first to reject Communism between 1989 and 1991?
  • Poland
  • East Germany opened its borders.
  • the end of the Cold War
  • He trusted Gorbachev more than Reagan did.
The meaning of the Russian term glasnost in English is
  • long lines in stores
  • Communist oppression.
  • openness
  • remained Communist.
One of Gorbachev's reforms, perestroika, had the goal of
  • creating a free market.
  • Communist oppression.
  • long lines in stores
  • remained Communist.
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