To revive the falling economy of the Soviet Union and bring out political reforms Michael Gorbachev introduced several ideas.
<u>Explanation:</u>
He put forward the concept of perestroika which literally meant restructure’. He intended to bring economic and political reforms within the Soviet Union. According to perestroika he loosened control over enterprises and businesses allowing businessmen and entrepreneurs more freedom to decide prices and production amount.
In 1988 Gorbachev introduced a new policy that permitted the creation of limited co-operative businesses within the union. This led to the rise of privatization in the Soviet Union. Gorbachev also relaxed trade restrictions and encouraged foreign investment. To ensure transparency within the government he called for democratic elections which was the first truly democratic elections since the Russian revolution in 1917.
Reformation ideas most likely produced so many Protestant sects in Europe because questioning by reformers inspired more reformers.
<span>The key ideas of the Reformation include:
1. A call to purify the church.
2. A belief that the Bible should be the sole source of spiritual authority.</span>
East Germany
The official name of East Germany was the German Democratic Republic. It was a communist state aligned in the orbit of the Soviet Union.
The Allies of World War II divided Germany into four zones of control after the war -- each zone occupied by one of the Allied nations -- Britain, France, the USA, and the USSR. The same thing was done for the city of Berlin, which was in the Soviet-controlled zone (East Germany). East Berlin was governed under Soviet control, and West Berlin was governed by the western Allies -- Britain, France and the USA. The British, French and American sectors were combined into West Germany (and West Berlin), and the eastern area became "East Germany," a satellite of the Soviet Union.
I believe the first answer is The Turks captured Constantinople closing the path to the Silk Road. The second is Europeans developed the economic system of mercantilism and needed reserves of gold and silver. Hope I helped!
