<p>World History NAME: Study Guide The Cold War DATE: Period:</p><p>The Collapse of the Soviet Union (pp. 612-617) 67.Identify / Define: a. Politburo </p><p> b. glasnost </p><p> c. perestroika </p><p> d. democratization</p><p>68. How did Brezhnev and the Politburo try to maintain control in the Soviet Union?</p><p>69.a) Identify and give details about Mikhail Gorbachev.</p><p> b) How might Gorbachev’s young age have made him more open to reform?</p><p>70. a) What problems had a totalitarian system caused in the Soviet Union?</p><p> b) What did Gorbachev believe was necessary in order for social and economic reforms to occur?</p><p>71. a) What specific changes were brought about as a result of glasnost? </p><p> b) What specific changes were brought about as a result of perestroika?</p><p> c) What specific changes were brought about as a result of democratization?</p><p>72.Why would it be inefficient for the central government to decide what should be produced all over the country?</p><p>73.a) What did President Reagan do to the US military during the 1980s?</p><p> b) What did Gorbachev do in response?</p><p> 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?</p><p>75.What happened in Lithuania?</p><p>76.a) Who was Boris Yeltsin?</p><p> b) What was Yeltsin’s relationship like with Gorbachev?</p><p> c) Describe the differences between Gorbachev and Yeltsin.</p><p> d) Who were the “hard-liners”?</p><p>77.a) What was the “August coup”?</p><p> b) Why do you think the Soviet troops refused the order to attack the parliament building?</p><p> c) What affect did the August coup have on the Soviet Union?</p><p> d) What happened by December of 1991 in the Soviet Union?</p><p>78. a) Identify the CIS</p><p> b) Why is the formation of the CIS significant?</p><p>79.What were problems Yeltsin faced as president of the Russian Federation with regard to: a) Economy</p><p> b) Political opposition</p><p> c) War in Chechnya </p><p>80. What economic, political and social problems have continued in Russia?</p>