Question

#1: Which Soviet leader best matches the description in the box attached inside?

A. Leonid Brezhnev

B. Konstantin Chernenko

C. Yuri Andropov

D. Mikhail Gorbachev

***my answer: D

is that right? @Captain_Page_Turner :)

Answer 1

box!

Answer 2

#2: Gorbachev advocated changes to make the Soviet system work more efficiently. He called for perestroika, which means __________.

A. restructuring

B. openness

C. candor

D. transparency

***My answer: A. restructuring

is that right? :)

that is one complicated word lol... perestroika.... lol funny word :P

Answer 3

#3: Even bolder than perestroika was Gorbachev's call for glasnost, which is based on the idea of __________.

A. a return to the ideals of Stalinism

B. openness of speech and expression

C. expansion of the Soviet empire in western Europe

D. reform of the Soviet Union's economic status

***my answer: B

is that right? :)

Answer 4

#4: How did Gorbachev's reforms affect the Soviet satellite states?

A. The people increased their demands for more freedom from Communist Party rule.

B. Dissidents became very afraid for their lives and no longer protested.

C. Fearing change, the people agreed to continue to live under totalitarian oppression.

D. none of the above

***my answer: A

is that right?

lol these names are so weird... like i am probably saying it all funny and stuff when i pronounce it haha i don't know how my teacher knows all the pronunciations... she doesn't even pause when she says these names hahahah :P

Answer 5

#5: What do the ideals listed in the box attached have in common?

A. They convinced people in the Soviet bloc that democracy was not attainable.

B. They helped bring an end to communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

C. They all came from the Russian leaders of the Communist party.

D. They reinforced totalitarian oppression.

**My answer: B

is that right?

and again, hahaha glasnost is a funny word :P at first i thought you pronounced it like "glass-nost" but apparently its supposed to be pronounced "glaz-nost" lol

Answer 6

oops! forgot the box for 5! here it is! :)

Answer 7

1) That's right, Gorbachev is the guy described in that box. He was young for a typical Politburo member and was definitely reform minded.

2) (A) is totally right. Glasnost was his other policy, which meant "openness".

3) (B) is right! Gorbachev actually relaxed some of the controls over the press that his party had enjoyed for decades. The downside was that people started complaining about a lot of things revealing weaknesses in the Soviet system and hastening the need for reform. On one hand, it was a good thing to do. On the other, it also created some issues that the government wasn't prepared to deal with.

4) (A) is right again. With press reform and economic reform, many started to speak out against the Communists in power and it began snowballing from there.

5) (B) is totally correct. All of those events collectively resulted in the end of Communist control over Eastern Europe and the eventual beginning of the end for the USSR.

Haha, yeah, glasnost has a funky pronunciation. I used to remember it in the same way...glaz-nost, though together it almost sounded like shorthand for glazed donuts.

Other than that, good job! It looks like your lesson is taking you to the end of the Cold War.

Answer 8

hahaha agreed.... yumm glazed donuts=yummm :)

haha yeah!! yayy! :)