Soviet Control in Czechoslovakia

Question 1

One impact of Soviet rule was that Czechoslovakia’s..?

Answer 1

economy and living standards declined.

Question 2

One impact of Soviet rule was that any opposition to communism..?

Answer 2

was crushed.

Question 3

One impact of Soviet rule was that communist rule became..?

Answer 3

very unpopular.

Question 4

Who became the Czechoslovakian leader in January 1968?

Answer 4

Alexander Dubček

Question 5

Dubček was a really good friend of..?

Answer 5

Soviet leader Brezhnev.

Question 6

Dubček was a communist and supporter of the Warsaw Pact but wanted to make communism..?

Answer 6

better and easier to live under.

Question 7

Dubček’s reforms resulted in the..?

Answer 7

Prague Spring.

Question 8

What was the Prague Spring?

Answer 8

a period of increased political freedom in April 1968 which led to lots of criticism of communism.

Question 9

Dubček relaxed _________ which meant more freedom to say and write things even critical of communism.

Answer 9

censorship

Question 10

One of Dubček’s reforms was more democracy which..?

Answer 10

allowed other parties alongside the Communist Party

Question 11

As a result of Dubček’s reforms more power was given to Czech parliament and..?

Answer 11

Soviet control was reduced.

Question 12

Brezhnev could not allow reforms as..?

Answer 12

any weakness in control could lead to the break up in the Warsaw Pact.

Question 13

Brezhnev failed to convince Dubček to..?

Answer 13

stop the reforms.

Question 14

In August 1968, the USSR sent..?

Answer 14

tanks to Prague and Dubček was arrested.

Question 15

After the USSR sent tanks to Prague, Czechoslovakia..?

Answer 15

returned to being under strict Soviet control.

Question 16

When did Dubček become leader of Czechoslovakia?

Answer 16

January 1968

Question 17

When did the USSR send tanks to Prague?

Answer 17

August 1968

Question 18

The Brezhnev Doctrine was introduced which meant..?

Answer 18

the USSR now had the right to invade any Eastern Bloc country that was threatening the security of the Bloc as a whole.

Question 19

The USA was against the invasion of the Prague spring but..?

Answer 19

did nothing to stop it as it feared war.

Question 20

Yugoslavia and Romania backed of from the USSR..?

Answer 20

weakening the USSR’s grip on Eastern Europe.

Question 21

Western European communist parties were horrified by the USSR’s actions and..?

Answer 21

declared themselves independent from the Soviet Communist Party.