Chapter+31

Questions There were new powers being formed, new alliances between new countries that were becoming their own nations, nationalist ideals on the rise, and a change in world affairs took place.
 * 1. What were major effects of decolonization post WW2 on Europe?**

The cold war divided Europe into nations that were free of repression and those that were not. This was clearly shown through the term "iron curtain".
 * 2.How did the Cold War divide Europe? What were the implications of this division?**

They moved toward liberal democracies because often fascism and others would leave a very harsh defeat, which greatly impacted the area.
 * 3. Why did the European government move towards Liberal Democracies?**

The welfare state is a new activism of the western European ideals for policies for their economics and the welfare issues that took place after World War 2, but it also introduced programs that reduced the impact of economic inequality. Typical medical programs and economica planning were also included. They were developed because of the economic issues that were taking place because of the economic situation after the war, which were tough times for some people. The issues were economic inequalities, economic inatabilities, etc.
 * 4. What was the welfare state? Why did they develop? what were the issues?**

-U.S leaders were eager to reactivate western European economic recovery, but they werer judged coordination across national boundaries, an essential precondition. -1958: 6 European nations set up a European Community (Common market), called European Union. -the common market setup a court system to settle disputes and prevent violence of cordination rules and funded a system to spur economic growth in behind regions
 * 5. Trace growing diplomatic relationships within Europe**

-economic growth was spurred by the European Union - which funded programs to help the countries that were behind (i.e Italy and western France) -1980s: arrangements were made to dismantle all trade and currency exchange barriers (among member states) in 1992, creating economic unity -in 2001, the Euro was made a currency, and was set up the member countries -nationalist tensions withnin receded to a lower point than ever before in modern European history -division between communist East and semicapitalist West -shortly after the postwar rebuilding, striking econmic growth accompanied political and diplomatic change
 * 6. Outline economic development in Europe**

-Austrialian and New Zealand exports were increasingly from the United States and Japan -By 1983, Asians accounted for 60% of the total immigrant population in Australia
 * 7. Outline the post war development of the non-European West (Excluding the United States)**
 * -**countries, such as Austria, New Zealand, and Canada, tightened their links with the United Statesand devoloped new contacting links with the surrounding world

-"superpower" -opposed the Soviet Union -served as the the world's leading defender of democratic and capitalistic values
 * 8. Explain the growing role of the United States in world affairs**

-the relaitites for families changed -there was a shift: growing employment of women (brought women into the work force) -teenage dropped as more girls stayed in school -women previously lacked the right to vote -higher education opportunites opened up -new feminism began to take place witht eh publication in 1949 of //The Second Sex//
 * 9. Trace developments for women in the post war West**