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