Read the excerpt from one of Professor Martin Gilbert's 88 history books. On October 1 [1918], as the British Expeditionary Force prepared to break through the final obstacles on the Hindenburg Line, and the Americans got ready to launch a new attack on the Argonne, Ludendorff begged the Kaiser to issue a German peace offer at once. –The First World War: A Complete History, Professor Martin Gilbert, Oxford University, 2014 Which descriptions characterize this source? Select three options.

Read the excerpt from one of Professor Martin Gilbert’s 88 history books.

On October 1 [1918], as the British Expeditionary Force prepared to break through the final obstacles on the Hindenburg Line, and the Americans got ready to launch a new attack on the Argonne, Ludendorff begged the Kaiser to issue a German peace offer at once.

–The First World War: A Complete History,

Professor Martin Gilbert, Oxford University, 2014

Which descriptions characterize this source? Select three options.

biased

credible

factual

outdated

secondary

credible

factual

secondary

Explanation:

The source can be described as credible because it is gotten from an acclaimed, Professor Martin Gilbert, it is factual because it contains real events that can be verified and it is secondary because he made use of other sources to complete his research.

Therefore, the descriptions that characterize this source is that it is credible, factual and secondary.

the dissolution of the soviet union[a] occurred on december 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the republics of the soviet union. it was a result of the declaration number 142-н of the supreme soviet of the soviet union.[1] the declaration acknowledged the independence of the former soviet republics and created the commonwealth of independent states (cis), although five of the signatories ratified it much later or did not do so at all. on the previous day, december 25, soviet president mikhail gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the soviet union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers – including control of the soviet nuclear missile launching codes – to russian president boris yeltsin. that evening at 7: 32 p.m., the soviet flag was lowered from the kremlin for the last time and replaced with the pre-revolutionary russian flag.[2]

previously, from august to december, all the individual republics, including russia itself, had either seceded from the union or at the very least denounced the treaty on the creation of the ussr. the week before formal dissolution, 11 republics signed the alma-ata protocol formally establishing the cis and declaring that the ussr had ceased to exist.[3][4] both the revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the ussr also marked the end of the cold war.

several of the former soviet republics have retained close links with the russian federation and formed multilateral organizations such as the commonwealth of independent states, eurasian economic community, the union state, the eurasian customs union, and the eurasian economic union to enhance economic and security cooperation. on the other hand, the baltic states have joined nato and th