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pragya sharda

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on: Jul 14, 2018
What is glasnost?
 
  A) a USSR policy of greater political openness during the 1980s that encouraged several Union Republics to demand independence
  B) planned economic restructuring, an early move toward a freer market
  C) a policy of education improvement, in the last days of the former Soviet Union
  D) the Russian word for railroad
  E) a type of permafrost found around Glasgow

Question 2

Hydraulic fracturing is
 
  A) a new technique of producing power using water.
  B) the use of cold fusion to produce nuclear power.
  C) a technique which forces oil and gas out of shale rock.
  D) an experimental technique for extracting oil from the ocean floor.


peter

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C


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