According to the Text, in Addition to the Cold War

question 19

Multiple Choice

According to the text, in addition to the Cold War, another immensely significant aspect of the half-century after World War II was

• A) the global expansion of U.S. military, economic, political, and cultural influence.
• B) a sharp decline in U.S. military, economic, political, and cultural influence.
• C) the overwhelming superiority of "soft power" over "hard power" in foreign affairs.
• D) the emergence of the Soviet Union as the world's single most powerful country.
• E) the emergence of the European Union as the world's dominant economic region.

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Definitions:

Actin Filaments

Thin filaments consisting mainly of the protein actin; actin and myosin filaments make up the myofibrils of muscle fibers.

Intermediate Filaments

Cytoplasmic fibers that are part of the cytoskeletal network and are intermediate in diameter between microtubules and microfilaments.

Dynein

A motor protein in cells which uses the energy from ATP to transport cellular cargo along microtubules towards the cell's nucleus.

Microtubules

Hollow, cylindrical fibers consisting of tubulin protein subunits; major components of the cytoskeleton and found in mitotic spindles, cilia, flagella, centrioles, and basal bodies.