1. which was not a challenge faced by american soldiers fighting in vietnam?

a. hot, humid tropical climate

b. guerrilla attacks from the viet cong

c. jungle terrain

d. harsh, bitter cold winters



2. which best describes the conclusion of the vietnam war?

a. the u. s. left victorious and stopped communism from spreading in southeast asia.

b. u. s. troops stayed in vietnam until the conflict was completely resolved.

c. american troops left vietnam and shortly after, south vietnam fell to the north vietnamese.

d. the russians and chinese came in to and ended the conflict.



3. what happened when eastern european countries, like czechoslovakia, tried to reform and loosen communist restrictions during the 1960s-1970s?

a. the soviet union sent their troops to end the reforms and punish those leading the calls for changes

b. the soviet union bombed the major cities of those countries

c. the soviet union called for emergency meetings with communist leaders in eastern europe and removed those people who were calling for change

d. the soviet union did nothing and those countries continued with their changes



4. why were communism and the soviet union starting to fracture by the 1980s?

a. communist economies were inefficient and falling behind the western world

b. the afghanistan war was draining the soviet economy

c. anti-communist movements were increasing in power and strength in eastern european countries

d. all of these



5. which was not a country that experienced democratic reforms and an end to communist rule in the 1980s?

a. romania

b. poland

c. italy

d. hungary



6. in 1991, the soviet union

a. becomes a democratic country with boris yeltsin as president of russia

b. loses its republics when they break away from the ussr

c. officially dissolves and is no more

d. all of these

D. harsh, bitter cold winters

Explanation:

Vietnam is tropical country and a temperate zone. It is characterized by strong monsoon influences and it has a considerable amount of sun, a high rate of rainfall, and high humidity that makes it hot and humid. So the option showing that it had severe winters is not correct.

C. American troops left Vietnam and shortly after, South Vietnam fell to the North Vietnamese.

Explanation:

The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 brought an end to the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. The North Vietnamese army - the NVA - massacred thousands of South Vietnamese after the Americans had left. Many people tried to flee South Vietnam.

A. the Soviet Union sent their troops to end the reforms and punish those leading the calls for changes

Explanation:

After the end of World War II, the Soviet Union extended its control into Eastern Europe. It sent its troop to take over the governments in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. Only Greece and occupied Austria remained free. The Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—were made into republics. Even Finland was partly controlled by the Soviets.

D. all of these

Explanation:

The USSR faced foreign attacks on the Soviet economy. Gorbachev's decision to loosen the Soviet power on the countries of Eastern Europe was also a reason and the afghan war was also playing its role in losing the economy of USSR.

B. Poland

Explanation:

The land of Poland from 1945 to 1989 was lying under the period of Soviet dominance and communist rule imposed after the end of World War II over Poland. Soviet control over Poland was weekend after Stalin's death and ceased completely after the fall of the communist government in Poland in late 1989.

A. becomes a democratic country with Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia

B. loses its republics when they break away from the USSR

Explanation:

In June 1991 an election took place in the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin got 57% of the votes and became the president. He was a critic of Mikhail Gorbachev. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia were Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

i believe he was the 5th king of uruk. so c

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