Which statement about the events that occurred in the Soviet Union in December 1991 is FALSE?
A. Boris Yeltsin was president of the Russian Republic.
B. The Congress of People’s Deputies denied Yeltsin the temporary power to rule by decree.
C. One of the largest empires in history came to an end.
D. Gorbachev resigned and turned over his power as commander-in-chief to Yeltsin.
E. The Soviet Union was replaced by a commonwealth of independent states.
Answer: B
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Fill in the blank with correct word.
During the Zhou dynasty, China
a. abolished slavery in order to increase agricultural production. b. large-scale water control programs were undertaken to regulate the flow of rivers and distribute water to the fields. c. continued to consider merchants as the property of the Buddhist monasteries. d. moved from a largely agricultural to an industrial society. e. was conquered by the Aryans.
Before the arrival of the Europeans, the Indian societies of the Americas
a. were all primitive, nomadic hunters and gatherers. b. were democratic cultures in which all members, including women, could vote. c. used bronze and iron for tools and weapons. d. had all developed a written language. e. were Stone Age cultures
For Confucius, the best way to prepare for the future was to
a. experiment with innovative ideas b. study the past c. disregard all that has been tried before d. study nothing and let the future happen by chance e. study other cultures as much as possible