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Test Trivia #4

Test Trivia #4. Question #1. What is the who, what, where, and HS of perestroika and glasnost ?. Answer to question #1.

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Test Trivia #4

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  1. Test Trivia #4

  2. Question #1 • What is the who, what, where, and HS of perestroika and glasnost?

  3. Answer to question #1 • Perestroika was Mikhail Gorbachev’s ‘restructuring’ of the Soviet Union…at first it was supposed to be an economic restructuring, but it later morphed into a total restructuring of communist Russia…Glastnostwas a component of Perestroika in that it allowed for a more open dialogue of what the shortcomings of Soviet society was…you could do this without ending up here

  4. Question #2 • What is the who, what, where, and HS of the Berlin Wall?

  5. Answer to question #2 • Oh…this can be short and sweet…the construction of the Berlin Wall began in 1961…it was initiated by East Germany and completely cut off West Berlin from East Berlin AND East Germany…it was a powerful symbol of the divide between the democratic West and the Communist East during the Cold War…

  6. Question #3 • The Cuban Revolution made it’s most notable impact in what aspect of Cuban society…

  7. Answer to question #3 • In the health and education sector…

  8. Question #4 • What is the who, what, where, and HS of Martin Luther King?

  9. Answer to question #4 • Martin Luther King (1929-1968) was a reverend from Georgia. He was a main instigator of the Civil Rights Movement. King was able to organize and rally the cause to new levels…it was through his efforts and those around him that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted by Congress.

  10. Question #5 • The leader of the successful revolution in Cuba in December, 1958 was…

  11. Answer to question #5 Fidel Castro…

  12. Question #6 • The term ‘ethnic cleansing’ is associated with the tragedy that occurred…

  13. Answer to question #6 • Bosnia, during the breakup of Yugoslavia…

  14. Question #7 • What is the who, what, where, and HS of ‘permissive society’?

  15. Answer to question #7 • The ‘permissive society’ is a term that can be applied to most of the western world in the years following WWII. It was marked by ‘relaxation’ of sexual mores, a breakdown in traditional family values, and an increase in the use of drugs. The impact on society was profound…what was it?

  16. Question #8 • True or False: Because of the ideology of the class struggle of the proletariat, the new elite in the Soviet world was made up exclusively of peasants…

  17. Answer to question #8 • False…proletariat usually refers to the working class…this question literally makes no sense…farmers and/or agricultural workers are never considered members of the ‘elite’ class…

  18. Question #9 • True or False: Chernobyl is the Russian word for ‘openness’…

  19. Answer to question #9 • False…absolutely…the Russian word for ‘openness’ is glastnost…

  20. Question #10 • What is the who, what, where, and HS of E.F. Schumacher’s, Small is Beautiful?

  21. Answer to question #10 • E.F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful was published in 1975. It was a book that presented a powerful ideology that all the technological advancements that have been made since the early 1900’s have been achieved at a great cost…what is that cost? What is the answer…

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