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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 is a political term for a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country. The term is used mainly to refer to Central and Eastern European countries during the Cold War, who were “satellites” under the hegemony of the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A satellite nation, or satellite nation, is a nation that is aligned or under the influence of another nation. The term satellite nation was first used to describes certain nations in the Cold War that were aligned with or under the influence and pressure of the soviet union.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The USSR’s sphere of influence included the countries of the Warsaw Pact, a collective defense agreement signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.