The First Soviet Republics to Declare Independence from the Soviet

question 10

Multiple Choice

The first Soviet republics to declare independence from the Soviet Union were

• A) the Russian SFSR.
• B) the Ukrainian SSR.
• C) the Baltic states.
• D) the Falkland Islands.
• E) the Newly Independent States.

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Definitions:

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, calculated as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.

Least Squares Regression

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Rain

Precipitation in the form of liquid water drops that have diameters greater than 0.5 millimeters.

Scatter Diagram

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