1. World War II had four outcomes. What were they?
The most important outcome was the emergence of two superpowers United States and the Soviet Union. The second outcome was the differences between these two superpowers in both national interests and ideology. The United States democratic liberalism was based on an economic system that provided opportunities to individuals without government interference: capitalism. However, the Soviet state embraced Marxist ideology, which holds that under capitalism one class exploit the workers. The third outcome was the collapse of the colonial system and the final outcome realized that the superpowers never confronted each other directly but they were influencing proxy wars.
2. How did Asian leaders …show more content…
Zhou and Mao Zedong built a revolution of agrarian peasants. Once the Chinese Communist Party was founded and the People’s Army became its guerrilla instrument, Mao’s revolution took control of China in order to establish the People’s Republic of China.
3. How do the authors characterize the Cold War (What was it like?)
As 45 years of high level tension and competition between the superpowers but with no direct military conflict.
4. NATO & the Warsaw …show more content…
How did glasnost and perestroika help end the Cold War?
Perestroika aimed to the reconstruction of the political and economic system, it gave citizens a voice in the government. Perestroika goal was to create a semi free market system in the Soviet Union. However the core economy of the Soviet Union was so deteriorated that adding Glasnost, which gave more freedom to the people and decreased censoring of the media, thus allowing people to compare their current economy and corrupt government to other countries, led to an increase in social protests, strikes and civil revolutions that ultimately collapsed the system.
9. What was the first test of “the new world order?”
The first test was during the Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait in August 1990. The Soviet Union along with four other members of the UN agreed to implement economic sanctions against Iraq. The Soviet Union along the UN restored the status quo, and permitted the UN to provide humanitarian interventions to help the Kurdish and Shiite populations of
The most important outcome was the emergence of two superpowers United States and the Soviet Union. The second outcome was the differences between these two superpowers in both national interests and ideology. The United States democratic liberalism was based on an economic system that provided opportunities to individuals without government interference: capitalism. However, the Soviet state embraced Marxist ideology, which holds that under capitalism one class exploit the workers. The third outcome was the collapse of the colonial system and the final outcome realized that the superpowers never confronted each other directly but they were influencing proxy wars.
2. How did Asian leaders …show more content…
Zhou and Mao Zedong built a revolution of agrarian peasants. Once the Chinese Communist Party was founded and the People’s Army became its guerrilla instrument, Mao’s revolution took control of China in order to establish the People’s Republic of China.
3. How do the authors characterize the Cold War (What was it like?)
As 45 years of high level tension and competition between the superpowers but with no direct military conflict.
4. NATO & the Warsaw …show more content…
How did glasnost and perestroika help end the Cold War?
Perestroika aimed to the reconstruction of the political and economic system, it gave citizens a voice in the government. Perestroika goal was to create a semi free market system in the Soviet Union. However the core economy of the Soviet Union was so deteriorated that adding Glasnost, which gave more freedom to the people and decreased censoring of the media, thus allowing people to compare their current economy and corrupt government to other countries, led to an increase in social protests, strikes and civil revolutions that ultimately collapsed the system.
9. What was the first test of “the new world order?”
The first test was during the Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait in August 1990. The Soviet Union along with four other members of the UN agreed to implement economic sanctions against Iraq. The Soviet Union along the UN restored the status quo, and permitted the UN to provide humanitarian interventions to help the Kurdish and Shiite populations of