RAPQ

Proliferation is best understood as the rapid increase in the number and destructive capability of armaments. Evidence of the impact of proliferation on world affairs can be seen in the arms race between Germany and Great Britain that helped to spark World War I; the nuclear arms race between the superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, that brought us to the brink of a World War III; and the clandestine arms buildup in Iraq that helped it fight the Gulf War.

"The main idea of this paragraph is to show there is evidence of the impact of proliferation on world affairs. The supporting details are the world affairs listed: the arms race between Germany and Great Britain that helped to spark World War I, the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union which almost became World War III, and the clandestine arms buildup in Iraq that helped it fight the Gulf War."

"There are three pieces of evidence that show how the spread of weapons, and the increase in the number of destructive weapons, has effected world affairs. The first was World War I between Germany and Great Britain; the second was the possibility of World War III between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and the third is the concealed weapons that Iraq used during the Gulf War."

• FRONT OF NOTE CARD
  
  • What are three events that show how world affairs have been affected by   proliferation of weapons?
• BACK OF NOTE CARD
  1. World War I - Germany/Great Britain
  2. The possibility of World War III - U.S./Soviet Union
  3. Iraq's concealed weapons used to fight the Gulf War