28. THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION, 1969

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 28.4 Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech to the United Nations, 1988

Quiz for Solo Analysis Document 28.4: Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech to the United Nations, 1988

Solo Analysis Document 28.4: Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech to the United Nations, 1988

Choose the best answer to each questions.

Question 28.9

1. What did Mikhail Gorbachev give as an example of the Soviet Union’s commitment to glasnost?

Open travel with Western nations

No more political prisoners

Removal of the Berlin Wall

Creation of a new capitalist economy

Question 28.10

2. What role did Gorbachev seem to see for the Soviet Union in the future?

Prosperous and respected global player

Dominant and oppressive powerhouse

Subordinate power to the West

Weak and ineffective socialist state

Question 28.11

3. What does Gorbachev promise to take into greater consideration moving forward?

Human rights

Democracy

Capitalism

Nuclear disarmament

Question 28.12

4. When Gorbachev refers to decreasing the number of “conventional arms,” he means missiles and other traditional weapons. What type of “unconventional” weapon does he likely not intend to decrease?

Tanks

Jets

Poison gas

Nuclear arms

Question 28.13

5. What does Gorbachev’s speech reveal about his views on communism?

Communism had made the Soviet Union the strongest it had ever been

Communism was good for the economy but bad for the military

Communism was promising but had disadvantages as well.

Communism was the best option for the Soviet Union’s future

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