1. Ch. 35 sec. 4 Answers

2. 1. What “threat” generally kept forces of democracy from building in Communist countries of Europe?

3. 1. What “threat” generally kept forces of democracy from building in Communist countries of Europe?
…threat of Soviet intervention

4. 2. When were the first free elections, since the Communists took power, agreed to in Poland?

5. 2. When were the first free elections, since the Communists took power, agreed to in Poland?
… April 1989

6. 3. When did Poland become a full NATO member?

7. 3. When did Poland become a full NATO member?
… 1999

8. 4. In 1989, what did the Hungarian Communist Party become the first to do to itself?

9. 4. In 1989, what did the Hungarian Communist Party become the first to do to itself?
… vote itself out of existence (dissolved)

10. 5. What year did Hungary join NATO?

11. 5. What year did Hungary join NATO?
… 1999

12. 6. What did Hungary allow East Germans to do in 1989?

13. 6. What did Hungary allow East Germans to do in 1989?
… allowed vacationing East Germans to cross the border into Austria

14. 7. What two things were East German protesters demanding in October of 1989?

15. 7. What two things were East German protesters demanding in October of 1989?
… right to travel freely and free elections

16. 8. What did the East German leader do on November 9, 1989?

17. 8. What did the East German leader do on November 9, 1989?
… “opened” the Berlin Wall

18. 9. What occurred in Germany on October 3, 1990?

19. 9. What occurred in Germany on October 3, 1990?
… Germany officially reunited

20. 10. What were the protesters demanding in downtown Prague on November 25, 1989?

21. 10. What were the protesters demanding in downtown Prague on November 25, 1989?
… an end to Communist rule

22. 11. What happened to Czechoslovakia on January 1,1993?

23. 11. What happened to Czechoslovakia on January 1,1993?
… split into two countries … Czech Republic and Slovakia

24. 12. What happened to Romania’s Communist dictator on December 25, 1989?

25. 12. What happened to Romania’s Communist dictator on December 25, 1989?
… executed for having the army fire on protestors

27. 13. List the eight major ethnic groups in Yugoslavia.

28. 13. List the eight major ethnic groups in Yugoslavia.
… Serbs, Croats, Muslims, Slovenes, Macedonians, Albanians, Hungarians, Montenegrins

29. 14. Who was the leader of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980

30. 14. Who was the leader of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1980
… Josip Tito

31. 15. By early 1992, what 2 republics formed the new Yugoslavia and what 3 republics had declared independence?

32. 15. By early 1992, what 2 republics formed the new Yugoslavia and what 3 republics had declared independence?
Map p. 1057
… Yugoslavia = Serbia & Montenegro
… Slovenia & Bosnia- Herzegovina & Croatian (& Macedonia)

34. 16. Where is Kosovo?

35. 16. Where is Kosovo?
… a province in southern Serbia