Part III Objectives

The Era of the Cold War and the Collapse of Empires

1. To identify the impact of the information age on everyday life and global development.

2. To examine the net effect of global shifts in economic power and determine the causes of increasing economic disparities between rich nations and poor.

3. To identify the major sources of social discontent during the Cold War era and determine how effectively those grievances were addressed.

4. To examine the process of decolonization and trace the fate of newly independent nations during the Cold War era.

5. To identify the global impact of Cold War arms races and nuclear proliferation.

6. To examine the struggle between secularism and religious revivalism and determine its effect on global development.