Author Question: What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger ... (Read 50 times)

nautica902

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 591
What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Eastern European neighbors?
 
  A) Balkan region
  B) homelands
  C) buffer zone
  D) convection cells
  E) distributaries

Question 2

According to the core-periphery model, where are the richest nations in the world mostly located?
 
  A) Southern Hemisphere
  B) Western Hemisphere
  C) Northern Hemisphere
  D) Eastern Hemisphere
  E) on the equator



momolu

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 320
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.

Did you know?

As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.

Did you know?

Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.

Did you know?

Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.

Did you know?

Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library