Content Specification - SS.8.7.a.1:
Students will locate on a map the nations that were aligned with the United States, those aligned with the Soviet Union, and the non-aligned nations.

Content Specification - SS.8.7.a.2:
Students will examine the term nuclear superpower and the threat of nuclear weapons as a cause and as an effect of the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Content Specification - SS.8.7.b.1:
Students will examine the policy of containment and its application in the postwar period, including the Marshall Plan, the Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Vietnam War.

Content Specification - SS.8.7.c.1:
Students will examine the changing relationships between the United States and foreign countries such as * China beginning in 1950 * Afghanistan beginning in the 1980s * Russia beginning in 1990 * Middle East (Israel, Palestine, Iran, Kuwait, Iraq) * Countries in the Western Hemisphere, focusing on NAFTA, Cuba and Mexico * European Union countries

Content Specification - SS.8.7.d.1:
Students will examine the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, its impact on national security and the United States responses to it including the USA Patriot Act, the Department of Homeland Security, the War on Terror, and military attacks on suspected terrorist locations.

Content Specification - SS.8.7.e.1:
Students will examine the increased economic interdependence in terms of globalization and its impact on the United States and New York State economy, including the workforce.

Content Specification - SS.8.7.e.2:
Students will examine the role of multinational corporations and their influence on the world economy.