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10.93 Collapse of the Soviet Union and End of the Cold War Worksheet

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Collapse of the Soviet Union and End of the Cold War: Identify the cause-and-effect explanation that best connects reform, economic strain, nationalism, popular movements, and geopolitical change to the end of the Cold War. Aligned to FreeK12Practice Grade 10 World History MCQ-Ready Curriculum with C3, CCSS RH/WHST, APWHM, APUSH historical-thinking, NAEP USH, and selected state framework alignment 10.93 - Collapse of the Soviet Union and End of the Cold War: Identify the cause-and-effect explanation that best connects reform, economic strain, nationalism, popular movements, and geopolitical change to the end of the Cold War. (C3 D2.His.14-16.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.3; APWHM Unit 8-9; CA HSS 10.9)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which capstone explanation best answers why the Cold War ended with the Soviet Union's collapse?

AThe Cold War ended because Soviet leaders solved shortages, expanded censorship, and strengthened control over every republic.

BThe Cold War ended before reforms, nationalism, or Eastern European movements could influence events.

CThe Cold War ended only because a single foreign policy speech automatically dissolved all Soviet institutions.

DReform exposed and intensified economic, political, and national pressures; popular movements ended Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe; republic leaders then dismantled the USSR.

Solution & Explanation:This explanation connects the major required causes: reform, economic strain, nationalism, popular movements, geopolitical retreat, and the final political breakup.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Use the comparison table with columns for reform goal, immediate change, unintended consequence, and link to collapse. Which row provides the strongest explanation?

AGoal: build the Berlin Wall; immediate change: German reunification; unintended consequence: Soviet Union formed in 1922.

BGoal: end all republic institutions; immediate change: republic sovereignty increased; unintended consequence: central control became absolute.

CGoal: renew socialism; immediate change: openness and restructuring; unintended consequence: criticism and sovereignty movements weakened the union.

DGoal: avoid economic reform; immediate change: perestroika expanded; unintended consequence: no one criticized the Party.

Solution & Explanation:The strongest row connects intention, reform mechanism, unintended political effects, and the collapse of central authority.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A historian notes that by late 1991, central ministries could issue orders but republic governments increasingly controlled enforcement. What does this show?

AFormal authority becomes stronger whenever enforcement shifts away from the center.

BFormal authority can collapse when institutions lose the practical capacity to enforce decisions.

CRepublic control of enforcement proves the union center had no political problems.

DThe Soviet Union remained fully unified because orders were still printed on paper.

Solution & Explanation:A state needs more than formal commands. If republic governments control implementation, central authority can become hollow even before legal dissolution.

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