Collapse Of Communism (Pre-Test)

10 September 2022
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The first step in the reunification of East and West Germany was uniting their
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economies.
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Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?
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Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.
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What happened when the Czechs tried to implement liberal reforms in 1968?
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The USSR and other Warsaw pact nations invaded.
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What happened in Poland in 1989?
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Lech Walesa became the first freely elected president.
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What was the "Velvet Divorce"?
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Czechoslovakia's split into two countries
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Read this excerpt from a summary of events in Srebrenica. Zina Hasanovic is one of the lucky ones - she knows what happened to her husband, Haris. As Serbian bullets raced through a group of tightly-packed Muslim prisoners, Haris, mortally wounded, fell on top of his first cousin and best friend, Mevludin Oric. Mevludin lay on the ground, covered in blood and for hours pretended to be dead. He managed to escape to tell Zina of her husband's fate. Why is Zina Hasanovic referred to as "one of the lucky ones"?
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Most people never learned the fate of their loved ones.
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What was the most important effect of opening East Germany's borders?
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People traveled freely between East and West Germany.
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What best describes Yugoslavia before its breakup?
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It was home to many ethnic groups.