REVIEW & RELATE

1. Why did Nixon pursue cooperation with the Soviet Union and China?

2. How did Nixon’s Middle East policy affect Americans at home?

3. How did Carter’s foreign policy differ from that of Nixon? In what ways was it similar?

4. How did events in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan challenge the objectives of the Carter administration?

5. How did anticommunism shape Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy?

6. What role did ordinary citizens play in prompting the superpowers to move toward nuclear de-escalation?

7. What led to the end of Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the breakup of the Soviet Union?

8. How did the end of the Cold War contribute to the growth of globalization?