Use the map below to answer the following question:
Map of the Eastern Bloc border changes between 1938-1948. Germany, Czechoslovak Rep., Rep of Hungary, Federal Peoples Rep. of Yugoslavia, Peoples Rep. of Albania, Peoples Rep. of Bulgaria, Romanian Peoples Rep., and Poland are notated in a salmon color and represent satellite states. Parts of the Estonian SSR, the Latvian SSR, the Lithuanian SSR, the RFSFR, the Byelorussian SSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Moldavian SSR are notated in red, representing annexed or expanded SSRs. Russia SFSR, the eastern part of Byelorussian SSR, and the eastern portion of Ukrainian SSR are highlighted in maroon.
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Using the above map of Eastern Europe, you determine that (5 points)
Select one:
a. the Soviet Union gained influence across Eastern Europe during and after World War II
b. the number of Soviet satellite states decreased significantly right after World War II
c. after World War II, the territories of Germany were controlled by the Soviet Union
d. Germany and the Soviet Union shared territories across Europe after World War II