Unit 9 Lesson: The Cold War Ends

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which effect did the labor union that Lech Walesa led in Poland have on the country
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ended communist rule and elected a domoratic governemnt
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How did U.S. President Ronald Reagan apply pressure to the Soviet Union's troubled economy?
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He added a new, costly missile system, which the Soviet Union needed to counter in the military buildup
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Which of the following gives the correct sequence of events describing the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe in 1988-1989?
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Gorbachev initiated glasnost, the Hungarians introduced reforms, East Germans protested, and the Berlin Wall fell
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How did Soviet involvement in Afghanistan contribute to the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union
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The war drained resoures needed in the Soviet homeland
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Which aspect of communist economies kept them from matching the production efficiency and quality of free-market economies?
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Central economic planning
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Which of the following best describes why late twentieth-century communist command economies declined? Government economic decision-making was inefficient and wasteful. What was the initial
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Government economic decision-making was inefficient and wasteful.
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What was the initial effect of the transition from command to market economies in Eastern Europe
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Unemployment and prices rose
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, which steps did Russia, the former Soviet Republics, and East European nations take to attract foreign investment? Select all that apply.
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privatized industries/discontinued free university tuition/ended fixed low prices for basic goods and services
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Which effect did the collapse of the Soviet Union have on the United States? The United States became the sole superpower in the world.
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The United States became the sole superpower in the world.
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How did the collapse of the Soviet Union affect Cuba? Cuba lost Soviet aid, made some market reforms, but remained under strict internal political contro
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Cuba lost Soviet aid, made some market reforms, but remained under strict internal political control