World History · Semester B TEKS 15D-15E
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The GEOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES of the COLD WAR included which specific arrangements?
AThe division of Germany into West and East (1949–1990); the Iron Curtain across Central Europe; the division of Korea at the 38th parallel (from 1948, and maintained after the Korean War 1950–1953.
BChronologically misplaced in most popular accounts, occurring substantially earlier or later than commonly claimed, and involving different actors from those usually named.
CA minor regional development that had no lasting influence on broader historical patterns and left no durable institutional or cultural legacy in the surrounding areas.
DWidely discussed in older popular accounts but rarely referenced in modern comparative historical scholarship, and generally regarded today as a minor rather than transformative episode in the broader historical trajectory.
Explanation
The Cold War produced specific geographic arrangements. Germany was divided into West (Federal Republic of Germany) and East (German Democratic Republic) from 1949 to 1990, with West Berlin as an isolated Western outpost inside East Germany surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989). The Iron Curtain across Central Europe separated Warsaw Pact and NATO states. Korea was divided at the 38th parallel (from 1948, maintained after the Korean War 1950–1953 ceasefire though a formal peace treaty was never signed). Cuba's alignment with the USSR (from 1961) produced the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and continuing tensions. Other alignments (Vietnam War, various proxy conflicts) produced hardened international borders and militarized geographies at multiple points around the world. These geographic arrangements shaped daily life for millions.
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