Question

Arrange the following historical events in chronological order:

1.The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin reopened for the first time in many years.
2.A large peace demonstration took place in The Hague.
3.Gorbachev attended the 40th anniversary of the GDR.
4.Ronald Reagan came with his SDI.
5.In the Soviet Union, the KGB staged a coup, but it failed.
6.East German refugees left Prague for the BRD on special trains.
7.Major demonstrations took place week after week in Leipzig.
8.'Tear down this wall' speech by Reagan in West Berlin.
9.Hungary opens the border with Austria and with it the Iron Curtain.
10.A large peace demonstration took place in Amsterdam.
11.Gorbachev announced in a speech that he was stepping down as President of the Soviet Union.
12.Günther Schabowski announced that the border between East and West Berlin would be open.
13.The Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania again became independent states.
14.The NATO double decision was announced.
15.The 'velvet revolution' broke out in Czechoslovakia.
16.Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF treaty.
a) 1, 2, 3, 4
b) 8, 5, 7, 11
c) 13, 9, 6, 14
d) 15, 12, 10, 16

Answer 1

The chronological order of the given historical events is as follows: 4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 10, 6, 7, 5, 3, 1, 2, 14, 13, 11, 16.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. 4. Ronald Reagan came with his SDI.
2. 8. 'Tear down this wall' speech by Reagan in West Berlin.
3. 9. Hungary opens the border with Austria and with it the Iron Curtain.
4. 12. Günther Schabowski announced that the border between East and West Berlin would be open.
5. 15. 'Velvet revolution' broke out in Czechoslovakia.
6. 10. A large peace demonstration took place in Amsterdam.
7. 6. East German refugees left Prague for the BRD on special trains.
8. 7. Major demonstrations took place week after week in Leipzig.
9. 5. In the Soviet Union, the KGB staged a coup, but it failed.
10. 3. Gorbachev attended the 40th anniversary of the GDR.
11. 1. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin reopened for the first time in many years.
12. 2. A large peace demonstration took place in The Hague.
13. 14. The NATO double decision was announced.
14. 13. The Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania again became independent states.
15. 11. Gorbachev announced in a speech that he was stepping down as President of the Soviet Union.
16. 16. Reagan and Gorbachev signed the INF treaty.