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1. Pick up an answer Document 2. The Cold War 3. Seven Continents 4. Continent Quiz 5. Finish Book Worksheet 6. Study Guide 7. New Students: Folder The mountain range that some consider to be the dividing line between Europe and Asia are the: Ural Mountains Comparing Russia to other Countries. Time Zones • How many time zones does Russia have? – A. 2 – B. 4 – C. 8 – D. 11 Answer on next page. • 11 Geography • Lake Baikal = World s deepest freshwater lake, holds almost 20% of the world s supply of unfrozen freshwater Lake Baikal Communist • In a communist country, the government owns property such as businesses and farms. • It provides its people's healthcare, education and welfare. The Cold War 1945-1991 Cold War • A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II. Truman Doctrine The Truman Doctrine in March 1947 promised that the USA “would support free peoples who are resisting” communism. This led to containment – policy of containing communism where it is. Berlin BerlinWall Wall Space Race • The USA and the Soviet Union raced as the world watched to be the first to conquer space. 1957 Sputnik – first satellite Score 1 for Soviets! First man in space • Score: USA – 0 • Soviets - 2 Apollo program • USA spent the 60s trying to catch up to the Soviets. Armstrong lands on moon! • What is the purpose of a space program? Cold War Movies Rocky IV 13 Days Soviet Era • After WWII, Stalin set up communist governments in many neighboring Eastern European countries • From late 1940 s to late 1980 s US and USSR waged a Cold War, in which both nations competed for world influence without actually fighting each other • Cuban Missile Crisis = hottest point • Soviet Union included Russians and people from many other ethnic groups • In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev took power and relaxed Soviet control Soviet Era • In late 1991, each of the 15 republics made up of Soviet Union declared independence and the Soviet Union dissolved • Perestroika = Policy brought in by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s to restructure the Soviet Union s economy to allow more economic freedoms like private ownership and regional or local control in industry and agriculture. • Glasnost • Tore down the Berlin Wall Soviet Era • Glasnost: A policy promoted during the latter half of the 1980s in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev in which government secrecy (which had characterized the past several decades of Soviet policy) was discouraged and open discussion and distribution of information was encouraged. The term translates to "openness" in Russian. • Tore down the Berlin Wall Berlin Wall What does the cartoon above best describe about the Cold War ? During the Cold War the United States and the U.S.S.R. threatened each other by building many powerful expensive weapons Russia Nuclear Legacy Chernobyl • Where in the former Soviet Union did an accident involving nuclear energy have long-term negative environmental and health consequences? Chernobyl Political Tensions • When the communist government could no longer keep the USSR together, the security of the region s nuclear materials became uncertain. Economic Health Environmental Prospects Challenges of Change • Russia is a democracy today • Russian president has more power than US, can implement plans that are not passed by legislature • Facing challenges of learning how to be a democracy • Ethnic groups want to form their own country • Chechens of Chechnya want their own nation, have used terrorism to get attention, Russia has had to use force to keep them in the country