Geography has a profound effect on where civilizations settle. The earliest civilizations resided within river valleys, and used the area around them to create opportunities to benefit their growth. Mountains, rivers, and plateaus provided natural defenses, at the cost of movement and trade.
Large seaworthy vessels first appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, but of course it should be noted that they also appeared elsewhere in the world as well.
Answer:
1. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - gave Johnson authority to retaliate militarily in Vietnam.
2. Cold War - bloodless conflict between the United States and the Soviets.
3. Marshall Plan- gave financial aid to European nations.
4. Bay of Pigs - the Cuban invasion that attempted to overthrow Castro.
5. Potsdam meetings - determined the future of occupied nations following World War II.
6. Vietnamization - withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam.
Explanation:
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President John the power to take all necessary steps to retaliate any armed attack by the Vietnamese communist regime against the military of the United States. It aimed at preventing any large scale aggression or damage to the US military by Vietnam.
The Cold War occurred right after the end of the Second World War. It was an ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US wanted to expand capitalism while Soviet Union tried to expand Socialism.
The Marshall Plan was a plan to give billions of dollars as financial aid to European nations which were devastated during the Second World War. The Marshall Plan was also called as the Economic Recovery Act of 1948.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist regime in Cuba. This invasion program was headed by President John F Kennedy in 1961.
The Potsdam meeting was a conference among the Big Three nations- Soviet Union, Britain and United States. It aimed at determining the fate of occupied European nations after the end of the Second World War.
Vietnamization was a policy which aimed at withdrawing the United States' military from Vietnam and transferring the power of governance to South Vietnam in 1970.
