The technology that did not exist when Gorbachev announced glasnost and perestroika is the computer. While the concepts of computers existed, the widespread use of personal computers as we know them today began to emerge in the 1980s. In contrast, nuclear power generation, television, and the Strategic Defense Initiative were established prior to Gorbachev's announcements.
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Which of the following technologies, all of which contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union, did not exist when Gorbachev announced glasnost and perestroika?(1 point)
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nuclear power generation
nuclear power generation
the Strategic Defense Initiative
the Strategic Defense Initiative
the computer
the computer
television
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