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6. How much productivity of a business did the state recieve?

  • 75%
  • 50%
  • 85%
  • 100%

7. What reduced incentive to grow (Law on Joint Ventures)?

  • Future prospects
  • No workers
  • Heavy taxation
  • Cost of living

8. By 1991 how much had Soviet IMPORTS fallen by?

  • 45%
  • 57%
  • 39%
  • 28%

9. When did Gorbachev become leader of the USSR?

  • 1989
  • 1985
  • 1980
  • 1983

10. When was the Law on Joint Ventures introduced?

  • August 1987
  • January 1987
  • January 1986
  • May 1986

11. What was a failure of the Enterprise Law?

  • Decreased Foreign trade
  • Sold Businesses to foreign owners
  • Increased Unemployment
  • Forced businesses to close

12. How many miners were involved in industrial action?

  • 200,000
  • 800,000
  • 500,000
  • 1 million

13. Where did coal miners go on strike in July 1989?

  • Irkutsk
  • Kuzbass
  • Moscow
  • Rosugol

14. What was done in May 1990?

  • Taxes increased
  • State Subsidies reduced
  • Businesses sold
  • More jobs created

15. At the start of 1990, how much had incomes increased by?

  • 15%
  • 0%
  • 5%
  • 10%

16. Which was the first EC state to establish trade and cooperation agreements with Comecon members?

  • Hungary
  • Poland
  • Latvia
  • Finland

17. How many applied to work in McDonald's in Moscow?

  • 31,000
  • 27,000
  • 19,000
  • 54,000

18. When did the Anti - Alcohol Campaign begin?

  • January 1986
  • May 1985
  • November 1985
  • August 1985

19. When was the Enterprise Law?

  • January 1988
  • July 1988
  • October 1988
  • December 1987

20. What were there shortages of after the anti-alcohol campaign?

  • Barley
  • Sugar
  • Workers
  • Policemen