Chapter 7

Question 1

Chapter Issue

Answer 1

To what extent does ideological conflict shape our world?

Question 2

Questions for Inquiry

Answer 2

1. To what extent did ideological conflict affect international relations after the Second World War?
2. In what ways did this conflict of ideologies affect societies and people’s everyday lives?

Question 3

Spheres Of Influence

Answer 3

the territories and countries over which a powerful country dominates
EX. At the end of the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union began to establish their spheres of influence in Europe.

Question 4

Expansionism

Answer 4

The attempt to enlarge territorial and ideological influence beyond a country’s borders and allies
EX. Both the Soviet Union and United States practised until the end of the Cold War.

Question 5

Containment

Answer 5

The attempt to thwart another country’s expansionism through means other than direct warfare
EX. Each of the superpowers responded to it’s fear with containment