1 Period - 20th Century History-IB History

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Reading Assignment - The End of the Cold War in Google Classroom

Reading Assignment - The End of the Cold War

Directions:

Read pages 248-290 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
With reference to political systems and ideology, compare and contrast the role of both the Soviet Union
and the US in the development of the Cold War.
Compare and contrast the role of two leaders, each from a different region, in promoting detente.
Compare and contrast two Cold War crises in terms of their impact on the superpowers.
Compare and contrast Sino-Soviet and Sino-US relations.
Compare and contrast the effect of the arms race on both the Soviet Union and the US.
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