J14P11 MSQn8(b) Why were the Soviets worried about events in Czechoslovakia in 1968?

Level 0 No evidence submitted or response does not address the question [0] 

Level 1 General answer lacking specific contextual knowledge [1] e.g. ‘The Soviets felt there was a threat.’ ‘The Soviets were worried about the protests.’ 

Level 2 Identifies AND/OR describes reasons [2–3] 
(One mark for each point) 
e.g. 
‘Reforms were threatening Soviet control.’ 
‘The Soviets were worried Czechoslovakia may leave the Warsaw Pact. 
‘Soviet leaders thought the ideas would spread to other Soviet controlled countries.’ 
‘The actions were against the Brezhnev Doctrine.’ 
‘The Soviets were worried that Czechoslovakia was becoming closer to West Germany.’ 
‘Brezhnev came under pressure from East Germany and Poland to stop reform.’ 

Level 3 Explains reasons [4–7] 
(One mark for an explanation, additional mark for full explanation.) e.g. 
‘Brezhnev was the new Soviet leader and he was just as determined as previous leaders to maintain Soviet control of eastern Europe. He felt this control was being threatened and would affect other countries.’ 
‘Dubcek was appointed to lead Czechoslovakia. He wanted to modernise communism, talking about ‘socialism with a human face’. The reforms he suggested were known as the “Prague Spring”. The Soviets saw them as a threat to their control.’