Soviet Union and China

How can the success of geopolitical interventions be measured?

How long after ww2 was the cold war?

45 yrs

How big is Russia?

10,000km

When did satellite states begin to shake off soviet control?

1980s

When was the Berlin wall destroyed?

1989

When was Soviet Union disintegrated into separate countries?

1991

What was the collapse of the Soviet union seen as?

Proof of superiority of capitalism over communism

How many states became democratic?

10

In 1976, what was China’s rank in GDP?

124th

In 2019, what was China’s GDP?

$13 trillion

How much has China’s population grown?

0.9-1.4bn

Why has China’s GDP per capita been more modest?

The high population?

What is China’s GDP per capita?

$10,200

How has China’s economy progressed?

Involvement in the capitalist global economy

What negatives has the economic success of China caused?

Environmental pollution and abuse of human rights