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Question 1: What is Zionism? How does it differ from nationalism? (or does it?)

Question 2: Critics of the modern state of Israel argue, among other things, that it is an imperialist outpost of the United States. What evidence might support such an argument? What evidence might refute it?

Question 3: Who are the Palestinians?

Question 4: How did Yugoslavia come into existence? What held it together in the post-War world? Why did it fall apart?

Question 5: Throughout the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century, China seemed to be falling apart. Yet in a relatively short time after the Communist revolution, it emerged as a world power able to challenge both the Soviet Union and the United States. How was this possible?

Question 6: Today, China seems poised to replace the United States as the world's greatest power. What do you think would be the consequences of such a change? (note: You will have to answer this question without help from the textbook or from me. This question calls for your own insight)