Soviet Union Economic and Environmental Developments Flashcard

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Which of the following best explains why the Soviet Union was willing to undertake projects such as the one discussed in the passage? Options: The need to suppress armed resistance to Soviet rule in Central Asia, The mass migration of Turkmens and other Central Asians to Soviet Russia, Soviet embrace of economic liberalization and free-market principles, Pressure resulting from the need to keep pace with Western economic development during the Cold War

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Pressure resulting from the need to keep pace with Western economic development during the Cold War

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What was a significant consequence of Soviet irrigation projects around the Aral Sea?

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Decimated fishing industry

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What was the reaction of Europeans to being subjected to a regime of unprecedented violence?

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They rediscovered the virtues of democracy

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Which of the following countries experienced the greatest number of war-related deaths during the Second World War? India, Germany, Japan, The United States, The Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union

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The founding North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is best understood in the context of which of the following? The Cold War, The growth of a globalized economy, The establishment of the Nonaligned Movement, The post-Second World War population boom

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The Cold War

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In 1949, NATO was established so that Western leaders could counter the perceived threat that the Soviet Union and its allies would spread communism

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the perceived threat that the Soviet Union and its allies would spread communism

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Césaire’s interpretation of precolonial societies is most influenced by which ideology? Options: The capitalist principle that markets will self-regulate, The Marxist idea that early societies were classless, The Social Darwinist concept of the survival of the fittest, The totalitarian concept of the primacy of group interests over individual interests

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The Marxist idea that early societies were classless

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In order to achieve victory in China and Vietnam, what strategy did Asian communists such as Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh use?

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Adapted their revolutionary theories to reflect the major concerns of the peasants.

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Which of the following occurrences during the Cold War best supports the main contention of the passage about total war and nuclear weapons? Both the United States and the Soviet Union actively sought ways to neutralize each other’s nuclear missiles. Both the United States and the Soviet Union armed and supported rival countries and factions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. A large movement protesting the nuclear arms buildup developed in Western Europe and the United States. Several nonaligned countries sought to obtain nuclear weapons technology.

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Both the United States and the Soviet Union armed and supported rival countries and factions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.