The answer to this question is a love and commitment
Its been a while since I did this topic, but I believe it was mostly because under communism there was little work for intellectuals, so they were often the ones who left the country. This resulted in a 'brain drain', a lack of knowledgable people. I seem to remember reading about the entire maths department of a university just up and leaving at one point. You could also argue that it was damaging for the image of communism if so many people were trying to leave.
The country that borders Arizona to the south is mexico.
A document-based essay shows how the theme under discussion relates to the time period of your attention. The purpose of writing it is for you to study the documents your professor gave you to learn and communicate an important idea about history. The writing is evidence founded so it tends to prove a point and for that you need facts and details (option A).