Author Question: A hegemon is A) a country that is the undisputed leader in its region or the world. B) a ... (Read 111 times)

maychende · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

A hegemon is

A) a country that is the undisputed leader in its region or the world.
B) a situation where several or many states engage in protectionism.
C) an extreme fundamentalist following the religious faith of Islam.
D) an institution that rules over other states.
E) the central or mother city of an empire.

Question 2

One important reason the textbook gives for the fall of the Soviet Union is

A) a baby boom in the Soviet Union brought a new generation to power.
B) a collapse in the international oil market crippled the Soviet Union's main source of income.
C) negotiations in the United Nations Security Council convinced the Soviet Union to democratize.
D) the Soviet economy collapsed under the burden of military spending.
E) the United States successfully defeated the Soviet armies in combat in the 1980s.