Select the correct answer. which of the following statements describes the command economy of the soviet union? a. the government allowed private businesses to produce goods and services demanded by the market. b. the government decided what goods and services would be produced and supplied to the market. c. the government allowed workers to own the means of production. d. the government ensured high wages for workers.

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u. s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.