Part I: Short-Answer Questions (30 points)1. How did the geographic features of the Suez Canal contribute to international conflict during the Cold War? Support your answer with specific details about the 1956 Suez Crisis. (5 points)2. What measures did groups such as the United Nations establish to try to prevent genocide following World War II? Were these measures successful in responding to ethnic cleansing and genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries? (5 points)3. Fill in this table with information about the five major world religions. (5 points) World religion Region or country of origin Founder or major prophets Monotheistic or polytheistic?(Belief in one or many gods) Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism 4. Describe two ways in which world leaders attempted to build a lasting peace at the end of World War II. How did they avoid repeating the mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I? (5 points)5. Briefly describe the political and economic situation in the United States after World War I. Then explain how political and economic factors during this period contributed to the Great Depression. (5 points)6. Why did the United States become militarily involved in the Korean War? Describe one consequence of this decision. (5 points)Part II: Application and Critical Thinking (30 points)7. Imagine that you are an adviser to British prime minister Neville Chamberlain in the late 1930s. Chamberlain is deeply worried that Europe is on the brink of a major war, and wants to prevent it. He asks you to write a three-point plan that could secure peace in Europe. Briefly outline three policy suggestions and explain how your suggestions will prevent further conflict. Use historical evidence from the course to support your response. (15 points)8. Evaluate this statement made by a hypothetical historian: "The 20th century represented a consistent trend toward improving the political, social, and economic fortunes for all people of the world." Write a well-developed essay that supports or opposes this statement. Use at least three issues or events discussed in the course to support your argument. (15 points)

As a social worker, often you need to use your policy advocacy skills to ensure that your clients are receiving the services that they need. Although you may tend to think of policy advocacy skills as separate from your clinical social work skills, they are very similar. Think of the skills that you would use in working with a client such as Jake Levy. How could you apply these skills to policy advocacy? How will you use these skills to identify the policy and social problems that are impacting these families? In this week's Discussion, you will continue to follow the Levy, Bradley, Petrakis, and Cortez families to start the process of policy advocacy. In this Discussion, select one of the four integrated videos and identify the problems experienced by the client(s). Post your responses to the following: (Use subheadings and 1 additional APA peer reviewed reference and be detailed in response.) (Jake Levy is client. Use sub-heading, be detailed in response and use 1 additional APA reference) Who is defining the problem?What values are reflected in this definition of the problem?What is being omitted in this definition?What other problems do you see that are not being acknowledged? Reference Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice. (8th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series. Chapter 7, "Analyzing Problems in the First Step of Policy Analysis" (pp. 204-243) Laureate Education. (Producer). (2013). Levy (Episode 7 of 42) [Video file]. In Sessions. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu**************************************************************************************** Identification of a Social Problem As an astute social worker and professional policy advocate, you must be adept at identifying social problems that exist in your community or in an agency or organization with which you are acquainted. In this assignment, identifying and describing a current social problem. Address the following items within your group discussion: Describe a current social problem. How might this problem be incongruent with social work values/ethics?How/when has this problem been identified historically, and what were the actions taken to address this concern?How have the groups affected by this concern changed over time? Reference Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice. (8th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series. Chapter 7, "Analyzing Problems in the First Step of Policy Analysis" (pp. 204-243) Midgley, J., & Livemore, M. M.(Eds). (2008). Te handbook of social policy (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Chapter 14, “Critical Social Policy” (pp. 215-235) (PDF)