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8th grade · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 15

A Changing World

After the Cold War, September 11 and globalization

What your child practices

The United States' role after the Cold War, the September 11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon, the responses to terrorism and the debates they raised, and globalization.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: 8.7c; 8.7d; 8.7e · US foreign policy after the Cold War, the response to terrorism and growing global interdependence

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991.
  2. On September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people.
  3. Globalization linked the world’s economies; the World Trade Organization, created in 1995, sets rules for trade between nations.

Example: What does the World Trade Organization do? It was created in 1995. Its members are countries. It sets rules for trade between them. Answer: sets rules for trade between nations

A Changing World in New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 11 of 15 in 8th grade Social Studies, after The Cold War and before Civil Rights.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which technology greatly sped up globalization in the 1990s and 2000s?

    • the canal lock
    • the steam engine
    • the telegraph
    • the Internet

  2. Question 2

    After the Cold War, the United States was often called…

    • a small neutral nation
    • a member of the Warsaw Pact
    • the world's only superpower
    • a British colony

  3. Question 3

    On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes and attacked…

    • Pearl Harbor and Hawaii
    • the Erie Canal and Albany
    • the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon
    • the Statue of Liberty and the White House

  4. Question 4

    The Transportation Security Administration was created after September 11 to…

    • screen passengers and bags at airports
    • build highways
    • run the subway
    • deliver mail

  5. Question 5

    After September 11, Congress created the Department of…

    • the Interior
    • Education
    • Homeland Security
    • Agriculture

  6. Question 6

    Which shows a legacy of the Cold War in foreign policy today?

    • NATO still exists and has added former communist countries of Eastern Europe
    • the Warsaw Pact grew larger
    • the Berlin Wall still stands
    • the Soviet Union still rules Eastern Europe

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