Question

What was perestroika?

A. A Soviet policy of nuclear disarmament
B. A Soviet policy to make the economy more open to foreign competition and individual citizens
C. A Soviet policy to increase military spending
D. A Soviet policy of making the government more open

Answer 1

The answer is 'B'.
Perestroika was a Soviet policy to make the economy more open to foreign competition and individual citizens.
Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to reconstruct the economic system of the Communist Party.
Example: Ending price controls
Glasnost refers to the government becoming more open.