Chapter 19 Self-test questions

The Decline of the Cold War, 1985-89
. Who said of Mikhail Gorbachev, 'We can do business together'?

. What was the term used for Gorbachev's policy of greater 'openness' in Soviet society?

. In what month did the last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan?

. Who was the leader of the South West African People's Organisation when Namibia won its independence?

. Which east European country opened its borders in May 1989, triggering a mass exodus from East Germany to the West?

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