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Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization (c. 1900 to the present): a divided world and the end of empire
Quick questions on The Cold War - AP World History Topic 8.2
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Name the 1962 crisis that brought the superpowers to the brink of nuclear war over missiles on a Caribbean island. [Recall]
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Explain why the superpowers fought proxy wars rather than each other directly. [Short explanation]
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