By: Benedict Gombocz and Cristi OlăraşuU.S. History

10 most powerful countries in the world

United StatesChinaRussian FederationFranceGreat BritainJapanIndiaGermanyPakistanBrazil

10 most powerful countries in the world

United States Rank: 1Government:

Presidential democracy

Type of state: Two-party

Head of state: President

Head of government: Vice President

China Rank: 2Government:

Socialist republic Type of state: Single-

party Head of state:

PresidentHead of government:

Premier

Russian Federation Rank: 3Government:

Presidential democracy (de jure), autocracy (de facto)

Type of state: Multi-party (de jure), single-party (de jure)

Head of state: President

Head of government: Prime Minister

France Rank: 4Government:

Presidential democracy

Type of state: Multi-party

Head of state: President

Head of government: Prime Minister

Great Britain Rank: 5Government:

Constitutional Monarchy

Type of state: Multi-party

Head of state: QueenHead of government:

Prime Minister

Japan Rank: 6Government:

Constitutional Monarchy

Type of state: Multi-party

Head of state: Emperor

Head of government: Prime Minister

India Rank: 7Government:

Parliamentary democracy

Type of state: Multi-party

Head of state: President

Head of government: Prime Minister

Germany Rank: 8Government:

Parliamentary democracy

Type of state: Multi-party

Head of state: President

Head of government: Chancellor

Pakistan Rank: 9Government:

Parliamentary democracy

Type of state: Multi-party

Head of state: President

Head of government: Prime Minister

Brazil Rank: 10Government:

Presidential democracy

Type of state: Multi-party

Head of state: President

Head of government: Prime Minister

Most visited countries by American Presidents (Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama)

CountryBrazilVatican CityRussiaGermanyItalyMexicoFranceCanadaUnited Kingdom

Number of trips131920272829343550+

Period of détente: Egypt-Israel peace treaty Signed in Washington,

D.C. on Monday, March 26, 1979 by Egyptian President Anwar El Sedat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

Signed 16 months after Anwar El Sadat visited Israel in 1977.

Made Egypt the first Arab country to recognize Israel.

Period of détente: SALT II Signed in Vienna on

Monday, June 18, 1979 by Jimmy Carter and Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev.

Was the last treaty signed during the period of détente as the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan six months later.