Which statement about the 1980s and early 1990s is FALSE?
a. East and West Germany were united in the 1990s.
b. The Soviet Union reformed itself into a stronger centralized nation.
c. Gorbachev's attempts at reform failed to save the Soviet Union.
d. Where authoritarian traditions continued, sharp inequalities persisted with the introduction of capitalism.
e. Poland became a democracy.
b
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a. among the earliest Japanese accounts of its own history. b. Chinese chronicles that mention Japanese events in the 5th century C.E. c. accounts of popular political movements under the Yamato "great kings." d. a record of Shint? spells and rituals.
In Renaissance Italy
A) those with the same surname did not often live near one another. B) the importance of the family helps explain the policy of retaliation involved in the vendetta. C) the family bond was generally considered unimportant. D) the family consisted of a nuclear household of parents and children. E) a crime committed by one family member did not reflect on the rest of the family.
The Cuban missile crisis appears to have been most directly the outgrowth of a. Castro's belief that the missile installations would bring jobs and spending to help the depressed Cubaneconomy
b. President Kennedy's anti-Castro projects, which led both Khrushchev and Castro to believe that the UnitedStates was planning an invasion. c. Castro's desire to win status and respect throughout Latin America. d. Khrushchev's determination to make Soviet inroads into Latin America.
Hammurabi's Code provided for each of the following except
A) ownership of property by women. B) the principle of an eye for an eye. C) justice dependent on a person's social class. D) the elimination of mutilation, drowning, and impaling. E) a detailed portrait of Mesopotamian society.