After the Fall of the Soviet Union, Russia Was Plagued

question 82

Multiple Choice

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was plagued by all of these problems EXCEPT

• A)a renewed Communist Party majority which took over the government.
• B)organized crime.
• C)an uprising in largely Muslim Chechnya.
• D)economic hardships.
• E)a president who was often ill.

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Definitions:

Chinese Descent

Individuals or populations that originate from China, sharing cultural, linguistic, or ancestral ties to the country.

Social Darwinism

A theory applying natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology, economics, and politics, often used to justify political conservatism, imperialism, and racism.

Equitable Distribution

The fair and impartial division of resources or assets among people.

Chinese Exclusion Act

A U.S. federal law signed in 1882 that prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers.