the act of rising to an important position or a higher level, a movement upward வளர்ச்சி, உயர்வு disillusioned disappointed on finding out something is not as good as hoped அதிருப்தி abstaining restrain oneself from doing something விலகியிருத்்தல், ஒதுங்கியிருத்்தல் embitter cause to feel bitter – to make hateful வெ றுப்புணர்ச்சி, கசப்புணர்வு incapacitated lacking in or deprived of strength or power திறனற்்றதாக்குதல், முடமாக்குதல் bacteriological weapons the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon நுண்ணுயிரியல் ஆயுதங்்கள் EXERCISE The World After World War II . What do you know of Baghdad Pact? . What was Marshall Plan?
. Write a note on Third World Countries. . How was the Cuban missile crisis defused?
VI Answer in detail . Estimate the role of Mao Tse Tung in making China a communist country. . Narrate the history of transformation of Council of Europe into an European Union.
VII Activity . Divide the class into two groups. Let one group act as supporters of USA and the other group act as supporters of Soviet Union, Organise a debate. .
Involving the entire class, an album may be prepared with pictures relating to Korean, Arab-Israeli and Vietnam Wars to highlight the human sufferings in terms of death and devastation. REFERENCE BOOKS . R.D. Cornvell, World History in the Twentieth Century (London: Longman, ) .
Richard Overy, Complete History of the World (London: Harper Collins, ) . Chris Harman, A People’s History of the World (London: Orient Longman, ) INTERNET RESOURCES . III Choose the correct statement/statements . i) In the Soviets had established socialist governments in the countries of Eastern Europe that had been liberated from the Nazis by the Soviet Army.
ii) The chief objective of NATO was to preserve peace and security in the North Atlantic region. iii) The member countries of SEATO were committed to prevent democracy from gaining ground in the region. a) (ii) and (iii) are correct b) (i) and (ii) are correct c) (i) and (iii) are correct d) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct . Assertion (A) :