The answer is 'B'.
Perestroika was a Soviet policy to make the economy more open to foreign competition and individual citizens.
Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to reconstruct the economic system of the Communist Party.
Example: Ending price controls
Glasnost refers to the government becoming more open.
Even though the devastation caused by the atomic bomb was tremendous, and had killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese citizens, the Emperor refused to back down. Surrender in the Japanese culture is shunned very harshly as it made one cowardly.
Honestly, any city around a river, or body of water, like Chicago (Lake Michigan) or New York or San Francisco (The Bay). Richmond, VA (James River).
People who had cars could traysnsport to long distance places through the road system
The world saw a major increase in population, which, along with an increase in living standards, led to the depletion of natural resources. The use of chemicals and fuel in factories resulted in increased air and water pollution and an increased use of fossil fuels.