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Please refer to Chapter 18 Section 1 in your book (page 604)

1. Which two countries emerged as superpowers from World War II? What weapon did they each have by 1949 that set them apart from all others? 2. Look at the top of page 604, what did Winston Churchill call the dividing line between Eastern and Western Europe? 3. What do the Soviets build in Berlin in 1961? What prompted the Soviets to decide to build this wall? Berlin's Rude Awakening [|Video Clip - Overview of the Berlin Wall] How the Berlin Wall Worked "Wall Sickness"
 * Europe Divided**

4. What happened in Hungary in 1956? (Who led the revolt? Was the resistance successful?) Look at the three images below - what does the hole in the flag symbolize? 5. What happens in 1968 in Czechoslovakia? Is this rebellion successful? BBC - "One this Day in History"
 * Eastern Europe Resists**

6. Define - MAD Theory, SALT Treaty, ICBMs, ABMs, Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, START,
 * Nuclear Tensions Rise**

Use the following charts to answer these questions: a) Countries with Nuclear Weapons (scroll down until you reach the green chart) b) Known Nuclear Testing c) How Many Nuclear Weapons? d) Does North Korea have Nukes?
 * Nuclear Arms Race and Nuclear Proliferation**

7. Which countries have nuclear weapons? 8. How long was in before countries other than the USA and USSR obtained nuclear weapons? 9. How many nuclear weapons have the USA and the USSR each tested? 10. Has underground testing or atmospheric testing been done most frequently? 11. About how many nuclear weapons exist in the world today? 12. Who has the most nuclear weapons? 13. Did North Korea actually test a nuclear weapon this year? 14. How does the development of the MAD Theory effect diplomatic relations between the USSR and the USA?

Read pages 608 and 609. 1. Considering Cuba's location on the map, why did Soviet nuclear missiles on the island pose a threat to the United States? 2. Why might Krushchev have agreed to withdraw the missiles from Cuba?
 * Cuban Missile Crisis**