MAP ACTIVITY

MAP 31.1 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 among the most momentous changes in world history since World War II.

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?

CONNECTIONS: What problems did Mikhail Gorbachev try to solve, and how did he try to solve them? What made President Reagan ready to reach an accommodation with Gorbachev? (See chapter 30.)