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Patrice Lumumba was assassinated in 1961, which means his death:
Acaused the collapse of the Soviet Union
Bpredates the collapse of the Eastern Bloc
Cfollowed the fall of the Berlin Wall
Doccurred during German reunification
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. predates the collapse of the Eastern Bloc
1. Lumumba was killed in 1961, during the early years of African independence.
2. The Eastern Bloc collapsed at the end of the 1980s and start of the 1990s.
3. His death therefore comes roughly three decades earlier.
4. An event cannot be an effect of something that happens long after it.
5. Offering the assassination as a consequence of the Soviet collapse was exactly the recorded error, and the dates alone rule it out.
_Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/2, Question 5: The Rise of Socialism in the World_