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Which part of the United Nations mainly works to keep peace and solve disputes between countries?

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the World Health Organization
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the International Monetary Fund
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the Security Council
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the General Assembly
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After World War II, why did the USSR want to control countries in Eastern Europe?

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The USSR mostly needed the region’s raw materials for its own economy.
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The USSR primarily wanted to unite all of the people under one religion.
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The USSR had controlled most of these countries before the war.
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The USSR needed to protect its western border from future attacks.
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After World War II, Stalin said that the Soviet Union needed a “buffer zone” to protect it from attack. This idea resulted in the USSR expanding its control into

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Northern Africa.
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Western Europe.
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the Middle East.
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Eastern Europe.
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During the post-war period, the USSR was able to control Poland and Hungary by

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setting up puppet governments there.
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keeping Soviets troops stationed there.
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supporting their democratic governments.
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allowing people to elect their own officials.
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In 1948, where did the United Nations first use peacekeeping forces?

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in the Arab-Israeli War
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in a rebellion in Haiti
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in a civil war in Libya
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in the Nazi occupation of France
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The United States’ policy of containment after World War II was intended to prevent communism from spreading beyond

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the Middle East.
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South America.
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the Soviet Union.
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Western Europe.
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Look at the map.Which country controlled the highlighted nations?

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the United States
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the Soviet Union
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Germany
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Great Britain
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During the Cold War, how were the policy of containment and the domino theory related?

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The policy of containment helped the USSR establish a number of buffer zones, or “dominoes.”
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The US believed that the policy of containment would make it easier for countries to fall to communism like dominoes.
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The policy of containment and the domino theory had no direct connection to one another.
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The US worried that if communism could not be contained, then countries would fall to it one by one, like dominoes.
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One cause of the Cold War was the fact that the United States and the Soviet Union were both

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superpowers competing for dominance in global affairs.
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struggling to gain some influence around the world.
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trying to stop neutral countries from gaining power.
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hoping to be chosen to head the UN Security Council.
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How did the failure of the League of Nations to prevent World War II affect the formation of the United Nations?

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The US, the UK, the USSR, and China did not think the United Nations would be successful, so they refused to join.
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The US, the UK, the USSR, and China were very determined to create an effective organization that would not fail.
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The US, the UK, the USSR, and China were afraid to give the United Nations too much power and hindered the organization.
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The US, the UK, the USSR, and China had not belonged to the League of Nations, and therefore had no interest in the United Nations.

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