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Why did the superpowers have military alliances with smaller countries? Give three reasons.

The superpowers had military alliance with smaller countries due to following reasons :


1. Vital Resources, such as Oil and minerals


2. Territory, from where superpower could launch their weapons and troops


3. Location, from where they could spy on each other


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4

Here is a list of countries. Write against each of these the bloc they belonged to during the Cold War.

a) Poland


b) France


c) Japan


d) Nigeria


e) North Korea


f) Sri Lanka

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The Cold War produced an arms race as well as arms control. What were the reasons for both these developments?

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Sometimes it is said that the Cold War was a simple struggle for power and that ideology had nothing to do with it. Do you agree with this? Give one example to support your position.

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What was India’s foreign policy towards the US and USSR during the Cold War era? Do you think that this policy helped India’s interests?