The Collapse of the Soviet Union (Pp. 612-617)

World History NAME: Study Guide The Cold War DATE: Period:

The Collapse of the Soviet Union (pp. 612-617) 67.Identify / Define: a. Politburo

b. glasnost

c. perestroika

d. democratization

68. How did Brezhnev and the Politburo try to maintain control in the Soviet Union?

69.a) Identify and give details about Mikhail Gorbachev.

b) How might Gorbachev’s young age have made him more open to reform?

70. a) What problems had a totalitarian system caused in the Soviet Union?

b) What did Gorbachev believe was necessary in order for social and economic reforms to occur?

71. a) What specific changes were brought about as a result of glasnost?

b) What specific changes were brought about as a result of perestroika?

c) What specific changes were brought about as a result of democratization?

72.Why would it be inefficient for the central government to decide what should be produced all over the country?

73.a) What did President Reagan do to the US military during the 1980s?

b) What did Gorbachev do in response?

c) What is the INF Treaty? What did it do? 74. How did glasnost, perestroika, and democratization affect the different nationalities / republics in the Soviet Union?

75.What happened in Lithuania?

76.a) Who was Boris Yeltsin?

b) What was Yeltsin’s relationship like with Gorbachev?

c) Describe the differences between Gorbachev and Yeltsin.

d) Who were the “hard-liners”?

77.a) What was the “August coup”?

b) Why do you think the Soviet troops refused the order to attack the parliament building?

c) What affect did the August coup have on the Soviet Union?

d) What happened by December of 1991 in the Soviet Union?

78. a) Identify the CIS

b) Why is the formation of the CIS significant?

79.What were problems Yeltsin faced as president of the Russian Federation with regard to: a) Economy

b) Political opposition

c) War in Chechnya

80. What economic, political and social problems have continued in Russia?