Cold War 3.3 The Collapse Of Soviot Control In East Europe

Question 1

When does Gorbachev become leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 1

1985

Question 2

When is the Reykjavik summit?

Answer 2

1986

Question 3

When is the intermediate range nuclear force treaty(INF)?

Answer 3

1987

Question 4

When is the fall of the Berlin wall?

Answer 4

1989

Question 5

When is Gorbachev overthrown and the Soviet Union dissolvess?

Answer 5

1991

Question 6

What were the three problems Gorbachev faced when he came to power?

Answer 6

Living standards in the soviet Union were poor
Investment in he soviet economy was low
There was barely any industural growth in the mid 1980s

Question 7

What were Gorbachev’s 4 policies?

Answer 7

• perestroika
• Glastnos
• Dropping of the Brezhnev doctrine
• sovierts to reduce spending on arms and defence and withdraw from Afganistan

Question 8

What was Perestroika?

Answer 8

Soviet economy to be reformed to include some practises that made capitalism successful

Question 9

What was Glastnos?

Answer 9

Allow opposition to the goverment and give people a better understanding about how the country was run

(Aimed at decreasing goverment corruption and increasing goverment openess)

Question 10

What did the dropping of the Brezhnev doctrine cause?

Answer 10

Soviet union to no longer get invloved with the affirs of other communist countries

Question 11

What was the American reaction to Gorbachev’s policies?

Answer 11

Reagan spots an opportunity to end the cold war and adopt a more open approach to the soviet union whilst sticking to his overall aim

Question 12

During the first four years of Gorbachev’s leadership of the Soviet Union,significant steps were made to bring about_____________

Answer 12

Further limitations on nuclear weapons

Question 13

What are the names of the 5 summits Gorbachev attends in order?

Answer 13

Geneva(1985)
Reykjavik(1986)
Washington(1987)
Moscow(1988)
Malta(1989)

Question 14

When was the geneva summit?

Answer 14

1985

Question 15

When was the Reykjavik summit?

Answer 15

1986

Question 16

When was the washington summit?

Answer 16

1987

Question 17

When was the Moscow summit?

Answer 17

1988

Question 18

When was the malta summit?

Answer 18

1989

Question 19

What was the outcome of the Geneva summit in1985?

Answer 19

No formal agreements but Reagan and Gorbachev established a good working relationship

Question 20

What was the outcome of the Reykjavik summit of 1986?

Answer 20

Both leaders know that the USA will not give up SDI, no formal agreement but improvement in relations

Question 21

What happened in the Washington summit of 1987?

Answer 21

INF treaty(intermediate-range nuclear force)

INF said that both countries would abolish land-based missiles with a range of 500-5,500 km

Question 22

What happened in the Moscow summit of 1988?

Answer 22

Complex detail in the INF treaty was resolved

Question 23

What happened at the Malts summit of 1989

Answer 23

No agreement but both sides saw it as the end of the cold war

Question 24

What caused the end of the Soviet control of East Europe?

Answer 24

The dropping of the Brezhnev doctrine

-soviet satellite countries were free to choose how they wanted to be governed without fesring that the Soviets’ would intervine (like in Hungary and czech)

Gorbachev’s other policies encouraged the people pf the satellite to introduce changes that would improve their standard of living and increase their individual freedoms.

All the Communist countries proceeded to fall in 1989

Question 25

What was the significance of the fall of the Berlin wall?

Answer 25

• people could see freinds and family they had not seen in years
• very symbolic event of the end of the Cold war and the end of the soviet control over East Europe
• East German leader Honecker had already been sacked

Question 26

What happened to the Warsaw pact?

Answer 26

It ended in 1990 and was formally dissolved in 1991

Question 27

Why did the Warsaw pact dissolve?

Answer 27

Because the events of 1989 to the Communist goverments of East Europe made it impossible for it to survive

Question 28

How did Gorbachev fall from power?

Answer 28

Hard line communists blamed him for losing control of East Europe and threatening Soviet security.

August 1991, communist hardliners staged a coup against Gorbachev which failed but severely damaged his authority.
-the leaders of the other soviet republics took this as an opportunity to become independent,

His resignation was followed by the break-up of the Soviet union