I.C.9-12.9

Analyze and evaluate international developments following World War II, the cold war and post-cold war, to include:<ol type="a"><li>war crime trials</li><li>creation of the state of Israel and resulting conflicts in the middle east</li><li>rebuilding of western Europe (e.g., Marshall Plan, NATO)</li><li>Soviet control of eastern Europe (e.g., Warsaw pact, Hungarian revolt)</li><li>creation and role of the united nations</li><li>Mao Zedong and the Chinese revolution (e.g., long march, Taiwan, cultural revolution)</li><li>national security in the changing world order</li><li>technology's role in ending the cold war</li><li>fluidity of political alliances</li><li>new threats to peace</li><li>reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war</li><li>use of technology in the information age</li></ol>