- 1. When did the USSR officially collapse?
A) 1990 B) 1989 C) 1991 D) 1992
- 2. Who was the last leader of the USSR?
A) Boris Yeltsin B) Vladimir Putin C) Mikhail Gorbachev D) Leonid Brezhnev
- 3. Which agreements led to the dissolution of the USSR?
A) Belavezha Accords B) Helsinki Accords C) Warsaw Pact D) Camp David Accords
- 4. Which Baltic country was the first to declare independence from the USSR?
A) Ukraine B) Latvia C) Estonia D) Lithuania
- 5. What economic policy introduced by Gorbachev aimed to reform the Soviet economic structure?
A) Titoism B) Perestroika C) Glasnost D) Collectivization
- 6. Which event in 1986 had a significant environmental impact on the USSR and contributed to its collapse?
A) Three Mile Island accident B) Love Canal disaster C) Chernobyl disaster D) Fukushima disaster
- 7. Which country emerged as the largest successor state of the USSR in terms of territory?
A) Belarus B) Ukraine C) Kazakhstan D) Russia
- 8. Who famously stood on a tank to denounce the coup plotters during the August Coup?
A) Boris Yeltsin B) Vladimir Putin C) Mikhail Gorbachev D) Nelson Mandela
- 9. What was the center of political power in the USSR prior to its collapse?
A) Duma B) Kremlin C) Politburo D) White House
- 10. What was the name of the Soviet space station that fell to Earth in 1991, symbolizing the end of an era?
A) Vostok B) Mir C) Almaz D) Salyut
- 11. What military alliance formed in response to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the USSR?
A) NATO B) Warsaw Pact C) Soviet Union Pact D) SEATO
- 12. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, a significant event leading to the collapse of the USSR?
A) 1991 B) 1990 C) 1989 D) 1987
- 13. What term is used to describe the process of political openness introduced by Gorbachev?
A) Perestroika B) Detente C) Glasnost D) Communism
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