Unit 17 - Changing Borders Test Review Question Preview (ID: 46698)

a) A plan to industrialize and modernize the Russian economy

b) Brutal social programs that forced society into communist ideals

c) An abrupt shift from a communist economy to a free market economy

d) An immediate removal of Russia from all alliances with communist countries

a) Chechnya refused to support the new democratic government of Russia

b) Chechnya attacked the Russian capital of Moscow

c) Chechnya tried to create a communist government

d) Chechnya wanted to become independent from Russia

a) Without the Soviet Union to dictate control, the political tension between the Czechs and the Slovaks divided the nation.

b) The Czech Republic was founded as a democratic nation, and Slovakia was founded as a communist nation.

c) Germany feared the power of a unified Czechoslovakia and used the United Nations to broker a division.

d) A civil war within Czechoslovakia ended in a stalemate and to ensure peace, the country divided into two nations.

a) Joseph Stalin

b) Ronald Reagan

c) Vladimir Putin

d) Slobadan Milosevic

a) The fall of Hitler and industrialization.

b) The rise of Stalin and militarization.

c) Economic issues and the unification of Germany.

d) The fall of the Soviet Union, the death of Marshal Tito, and a push for nationalism.

a) The people of Yugoslavia were well represented within the democratic nation

b) Various ethnic groups wanted to join with Germany to create a stronger nation.

c) Various ethnic groups within Yugoslavia wanted a government that suited their cultural needs.

d) The people of Yugoslavia saw themselves as a strong united culture and ethnic group.

a) The first democratic elections in the country of Yugoslavia that resulted in the removal of all communist leaders.

b) A governmental program created to remove elements of society such as gambling and alcohol.

c) An initiative to round up Jewish citizens and put them into labor camps that later turned into death camps.

d) The violence against particular ethnic groups by other ethnic groups within the country.

a) Adolf Hitler

b) Tito Marshall

c) Harry Truman

d) Slobodan Milosevic

a) The fall of the Berlin wall in Germany

b) The election of Boris Yeltsin in Russia

c) The successful independence movement in Poland

d) The formation of the United Nations

a) To promote the economic prosperity of Europe

b) To enforce trade sanctions on enemy countries

c) To develop a plan to colonize other parts of the world

d) To prevent attacks by non-European countries

a) It has established tax rates and collected revenue for individual nations.

b) It has reduced trade restrictions and created a single currency for Europe.

c) It has improved trade by signing NAFTA with the United States.

d) It has managed the budgets and spending by member nations.

a) NATO

b) NAFTA

c) LMNOP

d) PLO

a) The launch of Sputnik

b) Ethnic cleansing in Serbia

c) Mikhail Gorbechev resigns as leader of Soviet Union

d) Changes to European borders