How did a shortage of consumer goods effect change in the Soviet Union in the 1980s? A. Citizens took action against an unsatisfactory economy and government that did not meet their needs.
B. Expansion into lands with rich natural resources led to conflicts that permanently changed political borders.
C. Labor shifted from industry to agriculture to meet the needs of the citizens for food.
D. Increased global trade led to a boom in economic spending that produced widespread prosperity.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the Communist Party elite rapidly gained wealth and power while millions of average Soviet citizens faced starvation. The Soviet Union’s push to industrialize at any cost resulted in frequent shortages of food and consumer goods. Bread lines were common throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Explanation:

The build up of one's military and weapons is called militarism. Countries often adapt this policy if they feel the need to defend themselves, e.g. in the foresight of a war.
Germany belonged to the Triple Alliance, siding with Austria-Hungary and Italy during WWI.
When Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914, Serbia was blamed as it was a young Serbian nationalist - Gravilo Princip - that carried out the murder.