Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions:

The United State dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities of…. The supporters of U.S. have argued that the dropping of the atomic bomb was necessary to end the war quickly and to stop further loss of American and Allied lives….. the consequence of the end of the Second World War was the rise of two new powers on the global stage with the ability to influence events anywhere on the earth.

(i) Identify the two new powers that rose on the global stage after the Second World War.

(ii) Explain the outcome of the emergence of these two new powers.

(iii) How could these powers influence events anywhere on earth? Explain.

Solution

(i) The two new powers were the United States of America and the USSR.

(ii) It led to the division of world into two camps. The capitatist world led by USA and the Communist countries led by the USSR. This also marked the beginning of cold war.

(iii) The new superpowers could influence events anywhere on earth through the countries that were under their sphere of influence. The military alliances of NATO and Warsaw Pact had countries that were under the protection of their respective super powers. Besides, these countries could use the smaller countries as bases to launch an attack on any country.

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Some More Questions From The Cold War Era Chapter

Which among the following statements about the Cold War is wrong?

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Sometimes it is said that the Cold War was a simple struggle for power and that ideology hadnothing to do with it. Do you agree with this ? Give one example to support your position.

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