Tomas Juarez Esparza 05/06/2021 7A History

NAME    DATE    CLASS 

Guided Reading netw rks

Building Today's World

Lesson 3  End of the Cold War

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do new ideas change the
way people live?

The Collapse of the Soviet Empire

1. Explaining  What was détente, and how did it benefit the
United States and the Soviet Union?
Détente, period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the
Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979. It benefited both because the U.S and S.U
started maiking trades, like no nuclear weapon, which means less damage to both

2. Identifying  Name three actions that helped bring about

the fall of the Soviet Union.
Gorbachev, had a policy of openness a called
Actions that Glasnost
led to the fall the failed August Coup in 1991 led to the end of
the Communist party in USSR.
of the Soviet destabilize of the Communist control
Union

3. Summarizing  How did the nations of Eastern Europe

become democratic countries?
On November 9, 1989, thousands of jubilant Germans brought down the most

Copyright by The McGraw-Hill Companies

visible symbol of division at the heart of Europe—the Berlin Wall. By 1990, the
former communist leaders were out of power, which the caused it to change to a
democratic county

4. Determining Cause and Effect  Why did the former

Yugoslavia split apart?
occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the
early 1990s.
 Tomas Juarez Esparza 05/06/2021 7A History
NAME    DATE    CLASS 

Guided Reading  Cont. netw rks

Building Today's World

China Under Communism

5. Identifying  What was the Cultural Revolution?

The Cultural Revolution, also known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,
was a socio-political movement that occurred in China from 1966 to 1976

6. Determining Cause and Effect  Complete the chart about

economic reforms in China.

Deng Xiaoping's Economic Reforms

1.  2. 
Deng created a series of He opened it up to foreign
Special Economic Zones, investment and technology,
including Shenzhen, Zhuhai and introduced its vast labor
and Xiamen, for foreign force to the global market,
investment that were thus turning China into one
relatively free of the of the world's
bureaucratic regulations fastest-growing economies.
and interventions that
hampered economic growth Effect:
agricultural output increased by
8.2% a year, compared with
2.7% in the pre-reform period,
despite a decrease in the area of
land used. Food prices fell nearly
50%, while agricultural incomes
rose.

7. Listing  Name two problems that have resulted from

Copyright by The McGraw-Hill Companies

China’s economic policies.
ncluding distortive economic policies that have resulted in overreliance on fixed
investment and exports for economic growth, a weak banking system

8. Comparing and Contrasting  How do China’s economic

reforms compare with its political reforms?
China's experience supports the assertion that globalization greatly increases
wealth for poor countries. Throughout the reform period, the government reduced
tariffs and other trade barriers, with the overall tariff rate falling from 56% to 15%.