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Chapter Review Sheet

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Topic A: World Politics Transformed

1. Europe Prostrate 1099-1101

2. New Superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union 1101-1102

3. Origins of the Cold War  1102-1106

4. The Division of Germany 1106-1107

Topic B: Political and Economic Recovery in Europe

1. Dealing with the Nazi Past 1108-1109

2. Rebirth of the West  1109-1113

3. The Welfare State: Common Ground East and West 1113-1115

4. Recovery in the East 1116-1118

Topic C: Decolonization in a Cold War Climate

1. The End of Empire in Asia  1119-1120

2. The Struggle for Identity in the Middle East 1120-1121

3. New Nations in Africa  1122-1123

4. The Arrival of New Europeans  1123-1125

Topic D: Cultural Life on the Brink of Nuclear War

1. Restoring "Western" Values 1125-1127

2. Rising Consumerism and Shifting Gender Norms 1127-1130

3. The Culture of Cold War 1130-1133

4. Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Atomic Brink 1133-1135