The Cold War Ended with the Collapse of the Soviet

question 92

Multiple Choice

The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union,and Western companies and financiers began to invest heavily in what were once called the Warsaw Pact countries.Big multinational companies and their advertising agencies went on a binge,buying other big companies and adding a new term for this process to the financial lexicon.This term was

• A) partnering.
• B) capitalism.
• C) oligopoly.
• D) megamerger.
• E) gigantism.

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Definitions:

Food Stamps

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Medicare

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Medicaid

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New Deal

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