Select the correct answer. How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect the world in the long run? A. It allowed the United State
s to exercise control over the entire world. B. It led to a worldwide ban on the production of nuclear weapons in the years to come. C. It allowed the independent Soviet nations and satellite states to choose democracy over communism. D. It allowed the independent Soviet nations to start a new war against European countries.
C) It allowed the independent Soviet nations and satellite states to choose democracy over communism.
Explanation:
The satellite states and independent Soviet nations were restricted and often forced into communism by a larger controlling power (Soviet Russia). When the Soviet Union fell, it gave the satellite states and independent Soviet nations who'd broken free of Soviet Russia's control the freedom and opportunity to rebuild their governments and adopt democracy, if they so chose to.
