Compare the rates of growth of state-controlled economies in eastern Europe with those of the West.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. The state-controlled economies in eastern Europe were under the direction of Moscow, and almost always supplemented economic advice with military personnel. In the later years of the Stalinist regime, the Soviet Union seized resources from other nations under the claim of war reparations, including agricultural growth, cows, and industries. Each country within the satellite nations was directed to specialize in one area, so that no one country could gain an economic advantage over the others, and thus was forced to work in a collective manner with the other nations. This division allowed the more industrialized nations like Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany to focus on the production of goods, while the other nations that had less industry were slanted toward agricultural production. The Committee for Mutual Economic Assistance coordinated economic exchanges among these countries, with approval from the Soviets.
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What will be an ideal response?
Who wrote the Principia, or The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?
A) Galileo Galilei B) Isaac Newton C) Francis Bacon D) Johannes Kepler
All of the following characterized the rule of Spanish Governor Don Juan de Oñate in New Mexico EXCEPT
A) horrific cruelty and killings of the Acoma Pueblo Indians. B) the enslavement of defeated Acoma Pueblo Indians following a fierce battle in 1599. C) initially pursuing peaceful, moderate, cooperative, and self-governing relations with Native Americans in the colony. D) successfully finding ample sources of gold, silver, and pearls in the region and sending them back to Spain.
An advocate of supply-side economics would support:
A) stimulating the economy through government spending. B) encouraging individual saving. C) lowering taxes but continuing public spending. D) simultaneously cutting taxes and reducing public spending.