Women in China and India

DUE 3/31 at 9:00 pm

What does China and India think is women's place in society? 

Describe China's one child policy. When was this policy put in place? Was it voted on? Is it still in effect today? 

Describe Indias population policy? 

Why are Indian women victims of sterilization?

Describe how both India and China's population policy may be considered sexist? 

Mikhail Gorbachev

Due Monday at 9:00 p.m.

What role did Mikhail Gorbachev play in ending the Cold War? 

The Spread of Communism Outside Europe and Its Effects on International Relations

1. Explain why war broke out in Korea in June 1950 and why the USA became involved?
2. What were the outcomes and the effects of the war in Korea?
3. Explain why the Cold War came to an end, and show how this affected international relations. 
4. Compare and contrast the relationships between the following: a) The U.S.A. and Russia; the U.S.A. and China; and Russia and China. 
5. How was "detente" used between the United States and Russia, the United States and China, and China and Russia? 
6. Provide an example of the United States intervening in another countries foreign relations. Was it justifiable? Why or why not? 
7. Why was Salvador Allende overthrown? 
8. What caused civil war in South Vietnam? 
9. In what ways did Truman’s policy of “limited warfare” in Korea set the pattern of military conflict up to 1990?
10. Assess the significance for the development of the Cold War between 1945 and 1950 of three of the following:
• The Yalta Conference, 1945
• The Iron Curtain speech, 1946
• The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, 1947
• The expulsion of Yugoslavia from the Soviet block, 1948
• The Berlin Blockade and Airlift, 1948-1949
• The formation of NATO, 1949.              

Why did the cold war end?

Good Afternoon,

Please upload your blog to Turnitin no later than Sunday evening (March 10th at 9:00 p.m.). These are researched based questions - there is no handout.

1) There were many events that led to the end of the cold war. Explain how each of the following played a role in this historical event:

1. New leadership 
2. Berlin wall
3. Unification of Germany
4. Collapse of the Soviet Union 
5. Signing of the Maastricht Treaty

2) Why did the Cold War end?