Describe Khrushchev's early policies.

What happened in Hungary in 1956?

Describe the Virgin Land program and the results.

Why was Khrushchev forced to resign in 1964?

What were the problems with the Soviet economy in the early 1970s?

Describe the growing opposition in the mid 1970s.

Describe the Brezhnev doctrine.

Why was the USSR willing to participate in the détente process in the early 1970s?

What did the Soviets do in Africa in the mid 1970s?
Why did the Americans remained inactive during this time?

What happened in Afghanistan in April 1978?

How successful was the new regime (PDPA)?

Describe the Mujahideens and their supporters.

What happened in December 1979?

What happened to Amin and who replaced him?

Brezhnev passed away in 1982. Describe the situation in Afghanistan at that time.

What were the effects of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to the USSR?

What happened politically in the USSR from 1982, when Brezhnev passed away until Gorbachev came to power in 1985?

Describe the "Soviet problems" when Gorbachev came to power in 1985.

Describe Gorbachev's ideas on how to reconstruct the Soviet society.

Define "perestroika" and "glasnost".

What happened in 1986?

What happened at the summit meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1986?

What reforms were introduced in 1987?

What happened at the summit meeting in Washington, the US, in 1987?

What happened in 1988, concerning Afghanistan, the Red Army and the satellites in Eastern Europe?

List some events from 1989.

Explain military factors as reasons for the fall of communism in the USSR. [External factor]

Explain nationalism as reasons for the fall of communism in the USSR. [External factor]

Other factors involved as reasons for the fall of communism in the USSR. [External factor]

Development in the Third World as reasons for the fall of communism in the USSR. [External factor]

The system of planned economy as reasons for the fall of communism in the USSR. [Internal factor]

Political changes as reasons for the fall of communism in the USSR. [Internal factor]

Lack of timing as reasons for the fall of communism in the USSR. [Internal factor]

How do you explain the fall of communism in the USSR?

Do you think that Gorbachev was too naïve and caused the fall of the empire or do you admire him?

Name historians that support fall of communism in the USSR on both internal and external factors.

What happened in Czechoslovakia in 1968?

Describe the policy of normalization.

Describe Charter 77.

Describe the Sinatra Doctrine.

Describe the economic development and how the opposition grew.

Describe the fall of the regime and the Velvet revolution.

What happened in Poland in 1956?

What happened in Poland in 1970?

Around 1976, there was another crisis in Poland. Why?

Describe the origins of Solidarity.

Why is it embarrassing in a communist country with a free trade union?

Describe the KOR.

Explain the significance of the Catholic Church.

What happened in Poland in 1980?

Why was August 31, 1980 a unique day?

What did Solidarity achieve in the 469 days?

What did the problems in Bydgoszcz lead to? (March 1981)

Was Jaruzelski successful with his martial laws?

How did Jaruzelski react when Gorbachev introduced his reforms in the mid 1980s? (1985)

What happened in November, 1987?

What did Jaruzelski offer Walesa in 1988? How did he manage to make the communist party to accept it?

Who participated in the round table discussions in February 1989?
What was the outcome of the round table discussions?

In June, 1989, there were free elections for the first time in a communist country. What were the results?

Summarize the reasons for the fall of communism in Poland.

How shall we describe East Germany as a communist state?

Why was the development in Hungary in the summer of 1989 so important?

What was the difference between Honecker and Jaruzelski concerning the development in the Eastern Bloc?

What did Gorbachev do when he visited the country in 1989?

Describe East German television.

Why was Leipzig important in the development?

Krentz, the new leader who succeeded Honecker in the autumn of 1989, could never establish real political control since everything collapsed. What question was most important to the population?

How did the Berlin Wall come down?

Rank what you think are the most important reasons for the fall of communism in East Germany.