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Grades 9 and 10 - World History - High School - Cold War:? The End, 1970-1991 - Poland's Example ('Solidarity')
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Grades 9 and 10 - World History - High School - Cold War:? The End, 1970-1991 - Poland's Example ('Solidarity')
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1. In which year did the re-unification of Germany take place following the fall of the Berlin Wall?
2. Which Polish labor union leader became the first president of an independent Poland?
3. Presidential elections were held in Russia in 1990. When had free elections most recently been held there?
4. Which East European state was the first to set up a non-Communist government - even before the fall of the Wall?
5. Which Afghan leader did the Soviet Union support, following their invasion of that country in 1979?
6. Which year marked the official end of the Cold War?
7. In which year were Soviet troops withdrawn from Afghanistan?
8. Which younger Soviet leader emerged as the Communist Party Secretary in 1985?
9. In the early 1980s three NATO members (Great Britain, the Netherlands and Italy) requested US-made missiles to deter the new Soviet SS20 rocket. Which was the principal missile involved?
10. What name was given to the nuclear treaty signed between East and West in 1979 to continue mutual disarmament?