Why Did the Soviet Union Strongly Support the National Independence

question 98

Multiple Choice

Why did the Soviet Union strongly support the national independence movements in the new Third World?

• A) Soviets were desperately trying to expand their share in foreign export markets.
• B) They hoped to convince new nations to ally themselves with the eastern bloc against European and American imperialists.
• C) Soviets feared the obvious appeal an alliance with former colonial rulers had for these new nations.
• D) The Soviet Union had made the right to self-determination a principle for all nations around the world.
• E) The Soviet Union was looking to secure reliable export markets for their consumer goods surpluses.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis Test

A method in statistics to determine whether there is enough evidence in a sample of data to infer that a certain condition is true for the entire population.

P-Value

The probability of observing test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is correct.

Left Tailed

Refers to a type of hypothesis test where the area of interest, or region of rejection, is located in the left tail of the distribution.

Test-Statistic

A quantity derived from sample data used in a hypothesis test to make a decision about the population parameter.