The Autumn of Nations: 1989, the Fall of Communism

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1. The revoking of this doctrine by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989 led to the Autumn of Nations in Eastern Europe. Krushchev Doctrine Stalin Doctrine Andropov Doctrine Brezhnev Doctrine

2. Which country's communist government was the first to be swept away? Hungary Bulgaria East Germany Poland

3. What was the name of the trade union which led the opposition in Poland? Answer: (One Word - English name)

4. Which Eastern Bloc country experienced the 'Velvet Revolution' in 1989? Hungary East Germany Czechoslovakia Poland

5. In October of 1989 this country's communist party underwent a name change as it renounced its monopoly on power. At the same time it changed the country's official title too, dropping the "People's Republic" to become a plain 'republic'. Bulgaria Hungary East Germany Poland

6. A major factor in the fall of this country's Communist regime was the flight of over 30,000 of its citizens to its neighbour. Bulgaria East Germany Poland Hungary

7. Unlike in the rest of the Eastern Bloc, events in this country in 1989 took a more violent turn. Hungary Poland Romania Bulgaria

8. East Germany went through a number of leadership changes in the period 1989-90. However, who was the first leader to go, ostensibly due to ill health? Egon Krenz Lothar de Maiziere Hans Modrow Erich Honecker

9. Which Communist leader was executed with his wife on Christmas Day, 1989? Nicolae Ceausescu Gustav Husak Todor Zhivkov Wojciech Jaruzelski

10. In the summer of 1989, before any of the Communist governments of Europe had fallen, a human chain was formed through three republics of the Soviet Union, symbolising their dissatisfaction with rule from Moscow. Which of these Soviet Republics did the chain NOT pass through? Lithuanian SSR Estonian SSR Ukrainian SSR Latvian SSR