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DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union Test Prep - Question List

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11. The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 for which of the following reasons?
  1. To end the raids by NATO troops in East Berlin
  2. To secure a Soviet presence in East Germany
  3. In response to the Berlin Airlift
  4. To prevent refugees from leaving East Germany
  5. To commemorate the anniversary of the Soviet takeover
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12. Which of the following is a tactic that Stalin employed against the Germans?
  1. Submarine warfare
  2. Concentration camps
  3. Scorched-earth policy
  4. Aerial strikes
  5. Laying siege to key German cities
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13.

What was Bismark's greatest fear for Germany?

  1. That the United States would become a superpower
  2. That Great Britain, France, and the United States would form a military alliance
  3. That France and Russia would form a military alliance
  4. That no one would want to ally with Germany
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14. Which the following describes Russia on the eve of the Russian revolution?
  1. Overwhelmingly agricultural
  2. Predominantly industrial
  3. Evenly split between industry and agriculture
  4. More similar to feudal society than Western democracy
  5. Modernized and compatible with Western Europe
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15. De-Stalinization under Khrushchev consisted of which of the following?
  1. Requiring that government records of Stalin's rule be opened
  2. Abandoning Stalin's foreign policy
  3. Limiting nuclear development to stall the arms race
  4. Beginning to address the atrocities Stalin committed
  5. Allowing more self-rule in Eastern Bloc nations
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