The End of Bipolarity": 2

21. **What was the main focus of the Glasnost policy?**

    - a) Economic restructuring

    - b) Openness and transparency in government

    - c) Military expansion

    - d) Strengthening the communist ideology

22. **Which event marked the formal end of the Soviet Union?**

    - a) The Berlin Wall falling

    - b) Gorbachev resigning as president

    - c) The signing of the Belavezha Accords

    - d) The August Coup

23. **Which former Soviet republic has the largest land area?**

    - a) Ukraine

    - b) Kazakhstan

    - c) Russia

    - d) Belarus

24. **What was the primary goal of the economic reforms in post-Soviet states?**

    - a) Return to communism

    - b) Rapid transition to a market economy

    - c) Maintain a planned economy

    - d) Increase military spending

25. **Which international financial institution played a significant role in the economic transition of post-Soviet states?**

    - a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

    - b) World Bank

    - c) United Nations (UN)

    - d) NATO

26. **Which country emerged as the primary successor state of the Soviet Union?**

    - a) Ukraine

    - b) Russia

    - c) Belarus

    - d) Kazakhstan

27. **What did the CIS primarily aim to achieve among its member states?**

    - a) Political unification

    - b) Economic cooperation

    - c) Military alliance

    - d) Cultural integration

28. **Which policy change was NOT a part of Gorbachev's reforms?**

    - a) Glasnost

    - b) Perestroika

    - c) Democratisation

    - d) Isolationism

29. **What was one of the significant impacts of the end of the Cold War on global politics?**

    - a) Rise of new superpowers

    - b) Increased ideological conflicts

    - c) Unipolar world dominated by the USA

    - d) Intensification of the Cold War

30. **What was the significance of the Belavezha Accords?**

    - a) Initiation of the Cold War

    - b) Formal dissolution of the Soviet Union

    - c) Establishment of NATO

    - d) Formation of the European Union

Answers:

21. b) Openness and transparency in government

22. c) The signing of the Belavezha Accords

23. c) Russia

24. b) Rapid transition to a market economy

25. a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

26. b) Russia

27. b) Economic cooperation

28. d) Isolationism

29. c) Unipolar world dominated by the USA

30. b) Formal dissolution of the Soviet Union