Starter quiz
- Write the misisng word. The ______ Pact was an alliance of communist countries duirng the Cold War.
- 'Warsaw' ✓
- Whcih of the following countries did not support the Prague Spring?
- East Germany ✓
- Poland ✓
- Romania
- USSR ✓
- Yugoslavia
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- How many troops invaded Czechoslovakia in August 1968?
- 5000
- 50 000
- 500 000 ✓
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- Write the missing country name. At the same time that Czechoslovakia was invaded, the USA was busy fighting a costly war of its own in {}}.
- 'Vietnam' ✓
- A meeting between Alexander Dubček and which other leader in August 1968 increased Soviet concerns that Czechoslovakia was about to leave the Warsaw Pact?
- Fidel Castro
- Josip Tito ✓
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Mao Zedong
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Warsaw Pact was signed.
- 2⇔Hungary planned to leave the Warsaw Pact.
- 3⇔Soviet forces invaded Hungary.
- 4⇔Prague Spring were reforms introduced.
- 5⇔Soviets led an invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word. A region of the world in which one state is dominant is known as a sphere of ______.
- 'influence' ✓
- What was the name of the policy used to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968?
- 'The Brezhnev Doctrine' ✓
- What claim did Brezhnev make about the independence of individual communist countries?
- Protecting communism at home and abroad was more important. ✓
- Protecting communism at home and abroad was equally importantly.
- Protecting communism at home and abroad was less important.
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- Which country left the Warsaw Pact after the invasion of Czechoslovakia?
- Albania ✓
- East Germany
- Poland
- Yugoslavia
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- Why did the Brezhnev Doctrine deter pressure for reform in Eastern Europe?
- The USSR had made it clear it saw reforms as a threat. ✓
- The USSR made it clear it saw reforms as a waste of time.
- The USSR made it clear that reforms were necessary.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe established
- 2⇔Warsaw Pact formed
- 3⇔Hungarian Uprising
- 4⇔Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956
- 5⇔Prague Spring
- 6⇔Czechoslovakia invaded
- 7⇔Brezhnev Doctrine published
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Key learning points
- The Brezhnev Doctrine justified the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
- The Brezhnev Doctrine claimed reforms in one communist country affected all communist countries.
- The Brezhnev Doctrine helped the USSR maintain its control over Eastern Europe.
- Some communist states became less trusting of the USSR.
Common misconception
All communist states fell under complete Soviet control because of the Brezhnev Doctrine.
Some states such as China, Yugoslavia, Romania and Albania became less trusting of the USSR and made increased efforts to develop their own independent relations to protect themselves against it.
Keywords
Doctrine - a statement of government policy
Anti-socialist - actions which are considered hostile towards or inconsistent with communist beliefs
Sphere of influence - a region of the world in which one state is dominant
Deterred - to make someone less likely to do something, or to make something less likely to happen
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