<span>1. As far as I remember, the Soviet Union established buffer states around its borders </span>b. to protect itself from direct invasion. The most important states was Ukrainian SSR and eastern SSR. To protect borders from invasions from Europe and Asia.
2. Iron Curtain is <span>a. a term for the divide that isolated the East. This division began at the end of WW2 (1945) until the fall of the Soviet Union.
3. I think there could be more than one option. I suggest you to choose between </span>b. They had no access to Western culture. or <span>d. They could not travel freely. As they're both correct. Try your luck.</span>
Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs. Around 1500 B.C., the Indo-Aryan people migrated to the Indus Valley, and their language and culture blended with that of the indigenous people living in the region.