Describe how centralized planning created a new economic ...

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Describe how centralized planning created a new economic geography across the former Soviet Union. What is its lasting impact?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Saudi Arabia contains approximately ________ percent of the world's known oil supplies.
 
  A) 5
  B) 10
  C) 20
  D) 50
  E) 40

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Answer to Question 1

During the Soviet era all industry and agriculture was dominated by centralized economic
planning. The state favored heavy industries rather than consumer goods; agriculture was based
on large collectives and state-controlled farms. Much infrastructure was developed during this
period. In the post-Soviet era, the legacy of these planning decisions remain, in that industry
remains tied to the locations established by Soviet planners. Agriculture has become privatized;
but the basic distribution of food-stuffs remains little changed from the Soviet era.

Answer to Question 2

C