THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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a political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country.
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a political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by the USSR
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a political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by Germany
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A satellite state or dependent state is a country that is formally independent in the world but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1945 and 1949 Stalin created a Russian empire in Eastern Europe. This empire included Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany. Each had a Communist government. In the West they were called satellites because they clung closely to the Soviet Union like satellites round a planet.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thus Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Rumania are by this definition satellite states. Yugoslavia is not because, although it is a Communist state, it is not at present subservient to the Kremlin nor an integral part of the Soviet system.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of satellite states include the Warsaw Pact countries which were called Soviet satellite states, because they were influenced by the Soviet Union. Belarus is currently a satellite state of Russia.