Map Activity 2 for Chapter 31

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Map Activity 2 for Chapter 31

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MAP 31.2 EVENTS IN EASTERN EUROPE, 1989–2002
The overthrow of Communist governments throughout Eastern Europe and the splintering of the Soviet Union into more than a dozen separate nations were the most momentous changes in world history since World War II.

Question 31.3

READING THE MAP: Which country was the first to overthrow its Communist government? Which was the last? In which nations did elections usher in a change in government?

Question 31.4

CONNECTIONS: What problems did Mikhail Gorbachev try to solve, and how did he try to solve them? What policy launched by Ronald Reagan contributed to Soviet dilemmas? (See chapter 30.) Did it create any problems in the United States?