Chapter 26 The World in Transition   1. At the end of the cold war, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was less popular at home than abroad because ______     A) reforms did not progress quickly.     B) the bureaucracy and military resisted change.     C) of severe economic problems.     D) all of the above   2. How did the West calm Russian fears about the expansion of NATO?     A) by promising to include Russia in the Group of Eight     B) by agreeing that Russia would assume command of nuclear weapons in Eastern European countries     C) by promising not to place nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe     D) by promising Russia a future role in NATO   3. Solidarity was ______     A) a self-governing trade union in Poland.     B) a union of dissident writers in Russia.     C) a progressive Communist party in East Germany.     D) a women's rights group in Romania.   4. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the most violent upheaval occurred in ______     A) Czechoslovakia.     B) Poland.     C) Hungary.     D) Yugoslavia.   5. Why did some Britons fear participation in a united Europe?     A) It would mean giving up control of Wales and Scotland.     B) It would mean a loss of British independence.     C) The violence in Northern Ireland might spread.     D) It would mean privatizing all British industry.   6. In the 1970s, the country that had the largest Communist party in Western Europe was ______     A) Portugal.     B) Spain.     C) Italy.     D) Greece.   7. Boris Yeltsin's government resisted Chechnya's efforts to become independent because ______     A) it might have lead to other groups trying to separate from Russia.     B) the conflict seemed likely to spread to Western Europe.     C) Russian troops might have sided with the rebels.     D) it might have attracted interference from other nations.   8. What ethnic group living in Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey has never had its own homeland?     A) Tamils     B) Kurds     C) Hutus     D) Serbs   9. Which of the following are the key economic and political institutions today?     A) individual nation-states     B) economic unions     C) regional planning groups     D) multinational corporations   10. Which factor makes it difficult for developing countries to feed their people?     A) irreversible environmental damage     B) loss of farmland     C) exploding population growth     D) all of the above