Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse

question 14

Multiple Choice

Why did the Soviet Union collapse?

• A)The government tried to tax liquor, an act that sparked the Vodka Revolt of 1989.
• B)A Chinese invasion of Siberia led to a military coup.
• C)Its economy could not sustain the large defense budgets necessary to compete with the United States.
• D)It had too much internal ethnic diversity.
• E)Its people revolted to claim the right to religious freedom.

Understand the concept of warranted arguments and when an argument is considered worthy of acceptance.

Comprehend the progression from coincidence to correlation to causal explanations.

Recognize the impact of statistical analysis in evaluating arguments and making generalizations.

Identify the misuse of numbers in arguments and the importance of using appropriate descriptive measures.

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Definitions:

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A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of an aqueous solution, ranging from 0 to 14.

Half-Life

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Capital Project

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