Question

5. Why did the cold war end?

A. the Americans lost too many proxy wars
B. the Soviet Union collapsed and broke up into 15 independent states
C. the Soviets lost the Soviet Afghanistan war
D. the Soviets lost too many proxy wars

Answer 1

Answer: B

During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.

Answer 2

B the Soviet Union collapsed and broke up into 15 independent states