in-class 29: The End of the Cold War
Read textbook chapter 29, part of section 4 only ("The End of the Cold War") on pages 990-992 only and answer the questions below:
1.What is the MAIN IDEA in this section reading?
2. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s?
3. What were the two major causes of the Soviet Union's economic problems?
4. What was "perestroika" (instituted to try to help Russia' economy)?
5. What was "glasnost" and what was its effect on Eastern European countries behind the "Iron Curtain"?
6. In August 1991, a "coup" took place in the Soviet Union. Explain what happened.
7. Who was Boris Yeltsin and what did he do in response to the coup?
8. After the defeat of the coup, what did all the 15 of the Soviet republics do?
9. What then happened to the communist party?
10. What officially ended in December 1991?