Get out your Vocab assignment. Look at the political cartoon on
page 4- what does it mean to you?
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Agenda Vocab Check Political Cartoon analysis 3 Worlds
following World War II Superpowers after the War
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Superpower Country that has the power to influence &
control large portions of the world. The U.S. and the Soviet Union
SUPERPOWERS
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Where was WWII fought?
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England
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France Where was WWII fought?
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Poland Where was WWII fought?
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Germany Where was WWII fought?
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Italy Where was WWII fought?
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Japan Where was WWII fought?
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United States? Where was WWII fought?
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Europe and Asia! The United States did not suffer the same
amount of destruction as other warring nations. Where was WWII
fought?
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These Superpowers wanted to create large areas of control
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1 st World
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2 nd World
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3 rd World
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COLD WAR Why might we call it the Cold War? - United States and
Soviet Union never actually fought but Who can tell me some things
about the Cold War?
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Berlin Wall
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Berlin Airlift
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Korean War
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Space Race
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Cuban Revolution
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Vietnam War
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Chilean Coup
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Soviet war in Afghanistan
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Iranian Revolution
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Nicaraguan Revolution
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- United States and Soviet Union never actually fought COLD WAR
- Struggle for global power between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
The interests of the two countries were fought out in MANY other
places over a 50 year span COLD WAR Why might we call it the Cold
War? but