collapse of communism in eastern Europe

Question 1

3 reasons why in the 1980s the USSR was having difficulty keeping up it’s super power status.

Answer 1

1) could no longer afford to keep up in the Nuclear arms race
2) Public failure of technology in sinking of nuclear submarine K-219.
3) and also the Chernobyl disaster.

Question 2

When did Gorbachev become the leader of the Soviet Union?

Answer 2

1985

Question 3

Gorbachev’s policy of perestroika:

Answer 3

economic freedom

Question 4

Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost:

Answer 4

political freedom

Question 5

Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika:

Answer 5

Ended(“?”) the tensions between east and west.
Relaxed the ban on other political parties in Eastern Europe.

Question 6

Thanks to Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost and perestroika the Hungarian Government:

Answer 6

Changed into a coalition government.
Dismantled the Iron Curtain which opened up it’s borders to Austria in March 1989.

Question 7

When did Hungary open up it’s borders to Austria?

Answer 7

March 1989

Question 8

By June 1989, how many of the Eastern German population had placed an application to emmigrate?

Answer 8

12%

Question 9

By when had 12% of the Eastern German population placed an application to emigrate?

Answer 9

June 1989

Question 10

Moving From East to West Numbers- September 1989 alone.

Answer 10

When did 33,000 people move from East G to West G?

Question 11

When did 33,000 people move from East G to West G?

Answer 11

Moving From East to West Numbers- September 1989 alone.