The Cold War’s End & a Changing International Order — Drills · Grade 8 Social Studies
Chapter: Cold War: Systems, Conflicts & TransitionWhat these drills covers
By the end of The Cold War’s End & a Changing International Order you should be able to:
- I can explain pressures and reforms.
- I can explain a historical claim using relevant evidence and acknowledge its limits.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: context, corroboration, interpretation, glasnost, dissolution.
Problem 1
Answer and explanation
It omits internal economic and political conditions, popular movements, other governments, and institutional decisions. Explain interactions and relative contributions.
Problem 2
Answer and explanation
Opening a border and combining state institutions are different actions with different dates and consequences.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
It changes state membership, sovereignty, territorial relationships, and institutions. Leadership change within an existing state is a different process.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
No. It ended a particular structure of rivalry, while regional conflicts, security concerns, and other international disputes continued.