Question

The phrase "mother country" is best associated with the economic philosophy known as

A. capitalism.
B. laissez-faire.
C. socialism.
D. mercantilism.

Answer 1

C) socialism because it is most directly associated with Russia or at the time the USSR, which was a mother country because it had various assimilated "satellite states" surrounding it which were not initially part of it and yet were socialist under the USSR.