1. Following World War II, which processes, events, and changes set the scene for the start of the Cold War after ca. 1945? 2. Why did ideological differences contribute to the Cold War, and what were the effects of these differences?

3. What steps did the US and the USSR take to control the course of the Cold War?

4. How and why did a communist revolution take place in China, and what were the consequences of this revolution?

5. Why did different movements arise after ca. 1900 that targeted the redistribution of resources? What were the consequences of these movements?

6. How did different groups of people pursue independence in the era of decolonization after ca. 1900?

7. What political changes from ca. 1900 to the present led to territorial, demographic, and nationalist developments?

8. What were the economic changes and continuities that came from decolonization?

9. How did the process of decolonization affect changing boundaries, the changing makeup of groups of people in countries, the establishment of economic and cultural connections between former colonies and their former colonizing countries, and the establishment of nationalist movements?

10. Why did the Cold War end?

11. How did the Cold War affect the Eastern and Western Hemispheres differently? How did it affect them similarly?