AP®︎ European History: Topic 9.7 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 9.7 of AP European History – The Fall of Communism.
Questions List
Topic 9.7
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-4.2.V.C
Who initiated the reforms of glasnost and perestroika?
What You’re Being Tested On:
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Topic 9.7: The Fall of Communism
Thematic Focus: States and Other Institutions of PowerSOP
European states and nations developed governmental and civil institutions from 1450 to the present to organize society and consolidate political power, with a variety of social, cultural, and economic effects.
Learning Objective: Unit 9: Learning Objective G
Explain the causes and effects of the end of the Cold War.
Historical Developments: KC-4.2.V.C
Following a long period of economic stagnation, Mikhail Gorbachev’s internal reforms of perestroika and glasnost, designed to make the Soviet system more flexible, failed to stave off the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of its hegemonic control over Eastern and Central European satellites.
Historical Developments: KC-4.1.IV.E
The collapse of the USSR in 1991 ended the Cold War and led to the establishment of capitalist economies throughout Eastern Europe. Germany was reunited, the Czechs and the Slovaks parted, Yugoslavia dissolved, and the European Union was enlarged through the admission of former Eastern bloc countries.
Illustrative Examples specific knowledge students should know & demonstrate
- Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Polish elections in 1989
