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Week 13 Assignment

Week 13  Assignment

Q EACH WEEK, you will Respond to question(s) or imperative(s) regarding the video clip(s) or primary documents, Answer question(s) or imperative(s) posed in the recorded PowerPoint lecture, and Manage the week’s work by noting the homework for the next week. You will begin this with week 2 (I will offer an example for week 1.) You will submit this in D2L Assessment / assignments WEEKLY, with a minimum of 250 words. 1) Define Cold War. 2) Why did the Cold War take place - who was at fault? Consider all sides. 3) Explain "first world countries," "second world countries," and third-world countries," - language of the west in the post WWII period. 4) What is your homework this coming week?

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The cold war was an after effect of the second World War and is characterized by a state of political hostility and tensions between the Unites States and the Soviet Union. The United States and its allies were the western bloc while the Soviet Union along with their allies formed the eastern bloc. There was no active direct fighting that took place between the two superpowers but this time period (from 1947 to 1991) is marked by propaganda campaigns, espionage and attempts by both countries for technological superiority and global dominance. This time also saw the rapid development of nuclear weapons on either side ("Cold War History", n.d.).