Which statement explains how the launch of sputnik affected the cold war arms race?

it convinced military leaders in the united states to begin developing an anti-ballistic missile defense shield.

it showed u. s. and soviet leaders that conventional weapons were outdated, which led to a cut in defense spending in both nations.

it led to the development of long-range rockets that would enable the united states and the soviet union to attack each other directly.

it showed both superpowers how dangerous atomic weapons were, which prompted the signing of the strategic arms limitation treaty (salt).

The gandhi video focuses on a daily spiritual" ritual in this leader's later life. how does the informational piece differ in its focus"?

Read a report of the paris medical faculty from 1348 about the plague. we can say that the main cause of this pestilence was and is the configuration of the heavens. in 1345, at 1: 00 in the afternoon of march 20th, there was a major conjunction of three planets in the constellation of aquarius. this conjunction, along with others like it and the eclipse caused a deadly corruption of the air around us. what is the most likely reason this document would be important to a historian’s study of the black death? a) it shows the importance of astronomy in medicine today. b) it shows how medicine once differed in paris and london. c) it shows how the plague’s cause was interpreted in the past. d) it shows the desperation to find a cause of the black death.

Which option best completes the diagram? the cold war is the major u. s. foreign policy priority terrorism becomes a major concern of u. s. foreign policy. a. the second iraq war begins. b. the september 11 terrorist attacks occur. c. terrorists attack the 1972 summer olympics. o d. the soviet union collapses.