WEEK FIVE QUESTIONS:
1. The collapse of the Soviet Union left the United States as the world's only superpower. What international goals has the U.S. attempted to use its power to achieve since the 1990s?
2. How has Europe changed since 1990? What have been its most important successes and failures? Explain your answer, using specific examples.
3. How has Africa changed since 1990? What have been its most important successes and failures? Explain your answer, using specific examples.
4. The years since 1990 have seen a dramatic new development: radical Islamist terrorism targeting civilians around the world. What do groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS want? The religion of Islam is more than a thousand years old. Why is this only happening now, in the post-1990 world?
5. Did you mention globalization, feminism, and technological change in one or more of your answers above? If so, you can skip this question. If not, how did those forces affect people's lives in the decades leading up to 1945? Illustrate your points by using specific countries as examples.