QUESTION 1

After the end of the Soviet Union, many of the FSUs established new trade agreements with other countries based on former trade routes or earlier empire relationships.

True

False

QUESTION 2

The FSUs were hampered in their post-Soviet transition because some republics had specialized in the production of key outputs (e.g., machinery, minerals, or farm output), and the other republics had little to no domestic sources for these products.

True

False