Story Activity: The Soviet Decline

History activity, aimed at high school sophomores, with questions developed about the decline of the Soviet Union.

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

the soviet decline

1) After the euphoria of the 1950s and the Khrushchev years, the Soviet Union began a slow process towards:
a) Economic acceleration
b) Increased production
c) economic stagnation
d) Acceleration of export

2) Already in the 1960s, and increasingly in the following decades, people began to talk about a Third Industrial Revolution, as a renewal of the industrialization process, with emphasis on sectors that:
a) Make intensive use of new technologies

b) Livestock is the main activity
c) Are solely linked to health
d) Do not use technology

3) In the 1980s, Soviet international trade began to present a profile similar to that of underdeveloped countries, based on:
a) Import of food
b) Export of products
c) High inflation rate
d) Export of natural resources and import of technological products

4) What was the main Soviet intervention of the period:
a) In Poland
b) In Afghanistan
c) In Czechoslovakia
d) In the United States

5) What was one of the main measures taken by Yeltsin after the collapse of the Soviet communist system?
A.

Per Camila Farias.

At answers are in the header link.

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