The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in five ...

[saraeharris]

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 resulted in five groups of independent states, Russia and all but which of the following?
 
  A) Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
  B) Russia's western European states (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine)
  C) Russia's central European States (Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania)
  D) Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
  E) Caucasus states (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia)

Question 2

On the northern hemisphere's summer solstice, the northern polar region receives ________ daily insolation than areas nearer the equator because ________.
 
  A) equal; day lengths are equal at all locations on Earth
  B) more; the Sun does not set
  C) less; the Sun is lower in the sky
  D) less; the Sun does not rise
  E) more; the Sun is higher in the sky

[ergserg]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

B