What resources have caused foreign interest in the Middle East?

Why was Egypt considered an early leader in the Arab world?

How did foreign intervention contribute to Iran’s Islamic Revolution?

Why do many African nations gain their independence peacefully?

How do one-party dictatorships impact newly independent African nations?

Why do African economies still depend on foreign nations?

Why was British India partitioned into two new nations?

How do religions and border disputes fuel current conflicts?

How did Gorbechev’s glasnost and perestroika impact the Soviet Union?

What was Poland’s solidarity movement and how was it reflective of the Eastern European countries after the fall of the Soviet Union?

What was the Vietnam conflict about and why was the Tet Offensive a turning point?

Who was Pol Pot and what was the goal of the Khmer Rouge?

Who was Mao Zedong and how did the Great Leap Forward affect China?

What is a proxy war and how is the Korean War and example of it?

How did western democracies recover after World War II?

When did the Berlin Wall come down and what allowed this to happen?

What is a welfare state and why was it set up in Europe?

What was the importance of the Berlin Wall?

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis increase the likelihood of mutually assured destruction?

What was the goal of detente?

How did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan shape rebuilding efforts in Europe after WWII?

Who were the two opposing sides of the Cold War and what early areas of conflict?

What was the island-hopping strategy that the United States used in the pacific?

What was the project that produced atom bombs that would be used in the pacific?