Question

Why did people within the Eastern Bloc have few economic freedoms? There were few stores. The state gave people everything. The government controlled the economy. There were few imports.

Answer 1

Economic freedoms were limited in the Eastern bloc because the government controlled the economy.

Answer 2

People within the Eastern Bloc had few economic freedoms because the government controlled the economy. Option C is correct.

The Eastern Bloc was the group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia led by the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War. They are generally understood to be the countries of the Warsaw Pact. The Eastern Bloc was established during the Second World War as a unified force.