Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, etc notes and Quiz 3 and Quiz 4 Study guides

World Regions and Cultures 11- Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin, etc.

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain causes and effects of specific regimes in Russia and the surrounding region.

Film clips:

1956-Hungarian Uprising
1957- Sputnik
1959- Khrushchev visits the US
1961- Yuri Gagarin

1968- Prague Spring (Czech Uprising)

Stalin

1. Stalin was _____________ or Communist dictator from 1928 until 1953
2. Stalin died in 1953 and Nikita Khrushchev became Premier after sharing power for 3 years 
   
   
   
3. His personality included high ups and low downs

1. Debate with Nixon- He said "bye bye" to the _____________ 
2. Taking his shoe off at the ___ - slammed it on a podium and said "we will bury you" 
3. He was a high ranked General at the battle of _____________ 
4. He was respected by Stalin and fought bravely for Stalin
5. He shocked the USSR when he criticized Stalin after his death
6. _____________ released some of Stalin’s enemies, made censorship lighter and made it legal to criticize Stalin
7. It was still illegal to criticize Khrushchev
8. _____________ was still banned
9. Khrushchev’s 5 year _______ made consumer goods which was well received and still is
10. Massive purchase of grain from the US and others in 1963- US-Soviet grain deal was $100,000,000.  He did not allow _____________ like Stalin
11. ___________was a direct communication link between the White House and the Kremlin
12. _____________ test ban was signed
13. He ordered the building of the _____________ wall
14. Why? 3 million people had escaped from East Berlin to West Berlin
15. He caused the _____________ missile crisis by donating nuclear weapons to Fidel Castro
16. He was forced to resign in 1964
17. Leonid Brezhnev shared power from 1964 until 1970 and was Premier from 1970 until 1982 
    
    
    
18. _____________ was to relax Cold War tensions (pic 450 Our World)
19. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks or _____________ 
20. SALT II
21. Invasion of _____________ in 1978
22. KGB crushed underground literature
23. _____________ production was behind
24. _____________ production was behind
25. People were clearly unhappy with Communism
26. Brezhnev died in 1982

Quiz #3 is Tuesday, 12/1:

Armenia 

Azerbaijan 

Georgia 

Kazakhstan 

Kyrgyzstan 
Russia 

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan 

Mikhail Gorbachev became Premier in 1985

He withdrew USSR from ___________________

Glasnost or ___________________

 .    Freedom of speech, press and religion

Perestroika or ___________________

-Formed local governments, etc.

Allows ___________________ in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Yugoslavia

Berlin Wall is allowed to be torn down and Germany reunites as non-Communist

USSR splits into 15 separate Republics and none of them ___________________!

Election held and Boris Yeltsin takes 57% of the Popular Vote

Yeltsin was the son of an anti-Stalin prisoner

Member of the CPSU (1961-1990)

 Politburo Member

Mayor of Moscow under Perestroika

Ally of US

Drunk?

Impeached twice, resigned 1999

Vladimir Putin- president 2 terms, created the ____________ Minister position for himself when Dmitry Medvedev was President and is now President again!

Miscellaneous- Quiz #4 is Wednesday, 12/2:

Balkan Mountains 

Baltic Sea 

Budapest 

Caucasus Mountains

Kiev 

Moscow

Siberia

St. Petersburg (Leningrad/Petrograd) 
Tian Shan 

Volgograd (Stalingrad) 

Warsaw 

Stalin Notes and Quiz 2 Study guide

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of Stalin's regime in the USSR.

World Regions and Cultures 11- Stalin Notes (733-737)

1. Go to page 437 of “Our World”.  How is the Communist party supposed to work?

Members of the Soviet Communist party are supposed to ________________ the Communist Party Congress, and they elect Central Committee, and they elect Politburo, and they elect the General Secretary

2. What really ended up happening?

The General Secretary _______________to the subordinate groups and there were NO elections

3. How does this explain How Stalin got in power and Stalin in general?

When Vladimir Lenin died, Joseph Stalin, the general Secretary of the ________________ party started ________________ and did not let ________________ happen

4. Explain the appearance of the Allies on page 441.

GB's Winston Churchill, USA's FDR and USSR's Joseph Stalin...Stalin looks confident.  Churchill did not get re-elected and FDR died so Stalin took advantage of that and did not hold true to his promises.

5. What did WWII conference say about Eastern Europe? (Bullets at the top of 442)

• Germany would be disarmed
• Germany and ________________ were divided
• USSR received some of Poland
• Poland received some of Germany territory
• ________________ were supposed to happen in Eastern Europe

6. What are the reasons why the USSR distrusted and feared the US? (444)

• The US was the only country to possess ________________ bombs/nuclear weapons and actually use them too
• Capitalism and Communism were supposed to clash (________________ )
• Anti-________________ policies of the US were hostile
• US combined ________________ zones with FR and GB
• The US never fought NAZIs in Russia in ________________

7. What are the reasons why the US distrusted and feared the USSR? (444)

• USSR did not allow elections promised
• Communism growing in ________________  Europe (Greece, FR and Italy)
• Communism in ________________ - China, NK and Vietnam, etc
• Capitalism vs. Communism being acted out

8. What are the areas of conflict from page 444 and 445 of Our World?

________________ Race, ________________ Race, Espionage (________________ and CIA), Propaganda, Alliances (NATO vs. Warsaw Pact), Proxy Wars

9. What are the most heroic stories you have ever heard?

10. What are the most horrific stories you have ever heard?

11. What are the bloodiest battles of all time?

12. What are the bloodiest wars of all time (top 3)?

13. What country lost the most people to death and injuries in those wars?

14. Joseph Stalin’s name at birth was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzugashvili but the one he chose meant “man of ________________ ”
15. Stalin abandoned Lenin’s NEP even though it was working!  He was in a rush to catch up to countries that were “50 years ahead” or “they will crush us”.  He instituted __ year plans setting goals for hydroelectric power, steel mills, coal and oil production, chemical and machine factories, etc.  He prioritized heavy industries over consumer goods.
16. You could not go to the store, you waited in ________________ and got what everybody else received.  At one point in the Soviet Union, there was a 3 hour wait for 1 roll of toilet paper.
17. Stalin organized all farming together in ________________ Farms which was a mistake and led to massive starvation.  It was too big a country to do this with.
18. Some ________________ or wealthy farmers in the South of Russia, resisted Collectivization.  Stalin had 3,000,000 eliminated.  This was called the Anti-Kulak campaign
19. This was one of his  many ________________
20. Russia lost over 10,000,000 in ________________ which was the most deaths any country sustained
21. USSR lost over 20,000,000 men in ________________ and that was second only to China
22. Non-Aggression pact of 1939 or ________________ -Stalin Pact was infamous
23. Why did Hitler make the pact?
24. Why did Stalin make the pact?
25. The US was upset but would not have won WWII without the Soviet victories

Key Soviet WWII victories

Leningrad

Moscow

Stalingrad

Film clips:

• 1917- Bolshevik Revolution
• 1924- Death of Lenin
• 1953- Death of Joseph Stalin

Revisit- Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of Stalin's regime in the USSR.

Activity- Students discuss to show learning.

Study for Quiz #2 of Quarter 2 (Eurasia Map Quiz) which is Wednesday, 11/25!

Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Macedonia (FYRM)

Moldova

Montenegro

Romania

Serbia

Slovenia

Beginning of Communism Notes

World Regions and Cultures 11- Beginning of Communism Notes (729-733)

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of the 1917 Bolshevik Russian Revolution

Discussion Questions

1. Make a list of words that you would long for if the following was true.  The only people that live in luxury are born into it.  There is no middle class. Your leader and the nobles believe they were put there by God.  90% of your country is extremely poor and there were no opportunities in life outside of military service even though your country was the largest in the world and has had a historically strong military.

2.            Why did Communism appeal to these people specifically?

3.            Draw comparisons of the US economy in 2017 and Russia’s economy in the early 1900’s.

4.            Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848.  It taught that:

a.            The working class should overthrow the capitalist class

b.            Communism would be socialism with a strong ______________ control

c.            All people would be financially ______________

d.            There would be a clash between Communism and ______________

e.            Communism would take over the entire ______________

f.             A ______________ would be necessary at first but then the dictatorship should be gone after enough time and it would just turn into Socialism

5.            Nicholas II abdicated because of angry crowds

6.            A provisional government was set up that allowed freedom of speech and religion

1. ______________ or councils were made up of workers, soldiers and peasants

7.            Marxism was popular

1. Julius Martov and the Mensheviks believed that everyone should be in the Communist party
2. Vladimir ______________ and the Bolsheviks believed that 5% of the population would rule for the people

8.            Lenin prevailed in a revolution and then civil war

1. Whites or pro-czarists against ______________ or pro-Bolsheviks

9.            In 1917, Lenin pulled Russia out of ______________

1. His slogans “Peace, Land and Bread” and “All Power to the Soviets” were popular

10. After bitter years of civil war, the Bolsheviks came out on top in 1922.  The Communists had control of the factories, mines, banks, businesses, etc and made everything under government control.  So many people has died and the economy was struggling.  Lenin established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or ______________ or ______________

11.          He also instituted the New Economic Policy or ______________

12.          The NEP allowed some private businesses and people selling surpluses for private gains.  The government controlled only “heavy industries”.  The economy started doing well!

13.          Lenin died in 1924 without naming a successor.  People wondered if it would be the General Secretary of the Communist party, Joseph ______________ or the Leader of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky.

14.          Stalin won a power struggle and unfortunately, Trotsky was assassinated in Mexico in 1940 by KGB agents after years of hiding

16.          Film clips (check off)

1. 1904 Russo-Japanese War ______________
2. 1917 Bolshevik Revolution ______________
3. 1924- Death of Lenin ______________

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of the 1917 Bolshevik Russian Revolution

Rus to Russia/ Czars outline

World Regions and Cultures 11- Rus to Russia/ Czars outline ( pages 712-726)

Student Learning Objective- Students will be able to summarize the modern empire of Russia during Czarist rule and before Communism.

II. Early Traditions

A.      Kievan Rus

a.       The first Russian state emerged in the late 800’s AD in _____________

b.      ­_____________was the capital obviously

c.       _____________was their writing

d.      They were Eastern _____________religiously

B.      Mongol Rule

a.       Mongols controlled _____________for 250 years forcing Russians to pay taxes or tribute

b.      The Mongol leader was called the khan which is where people think the concept of _____________came from

C.      The Rise of Moscow

a.       Moscow became the Russian capital

b.      Ivan III or Ivan the _____________ruled from 1462 until 1505, made a strong, unified Russia and stopped paying the Mongols tribute

                                                               i.      The first time czar (tsar) was used

                                                             ii.      He was an autocrat, which had ultimate power

c.       Ivan IV or Ivan the _____________conducted a reign of terror

                                                               i.      Feudalism was extreme in Russia

D.      A “Window to the West”

a.       Peter I or Peter the _____________hired western engineers, shipbuilders and other experts to westernize and modernize Russia’s army and navy as well as build modern industries

                                                               i.      New capital St. Petersburg/_____________on the Baltic

                                                             ii.      Men had to _____________their beards

                                                            iii.      Women stopped wearing _____________to cover their faces

                                                           iv.      People started wearing western clothing

b.      ­­_____________the Great continued his policies

                                                               i.      ­_____________was spoken in the court

III. Patterns of Life

A.      Russian society

a.       Czars/nobility had absolute control over the serfs

B.      The Russian Orthodox Church

a.       The government had power over the church after Peter the Great

C.      Peasant Life

IV. Dynamics of Change

A.      Russian Expansion

a.       Siberia added

                                                                                       i.      Fur

                                                                                     ii.      Farmland?

                                                                                    iii.      Mineral resources

                                                                                   iv.      Prison camps

b.      Peter the Great and Catherine the Great expanded Russia drastically which created tensions

B.      Revolt and Repression

a.       Serfs wanted freedom

b.      French Revolution was inspiring to people

c.       Decembrist _____________was crushed

d.      Anti-Semitism means anti-_____________

                                                                                       i.      Pogroms- government sponsored attacks on Jewish villages

C.      Limited Reform

a.       Alexander II freed the serfs

D.      Effects of Industrialization

a.       Peasants flocked to the cities for jobs in _____________

E.       Revolutionary Movements

a.       Socialists and other radicals were targeted by Alexander III and Nicholas II

F.       Bloody Sunday

a.       Massacre of thousands of protestors

G.     Revolution of 1905

a.       Riots and strikes happened spurred by Bloody Sunday

b.      Czar Nicholas II established the Duma, an assembly to establish reforms

V. Growth of Nations in Eastern Europe

A. Geographic Setting

a. modern-day countries are based on ethnic diversity

B. Poland

a. Polish nationalism grew in the 19^th century to have a Poland ruled by ethnic and linguistic Poles

C. Hungary

a. Austria and Hungary took over most of Eastern Europe from 1867-1918 in a dual monarchy called Austria-_____________before their defeat in WWI and dissolution into many smaller nations ruled by their own ethnic groups

D. Struggles in the Balkans

a. Ethnic tensions existed for centuries

b. WWI started in the Balkans

E. The Impact of the 2 World Wars

a. ethnic minorities picked on

b. The need for self-determination was clear

Eurasia Cultural Traditions due 11/23 (Summative!)

Be ready to discuss in class 11/23.

World Regions and Cultures 11- Eurasia Cultural Traditions Checklist

Directions:  Complete on the same country as you had for the World Nations Report (see separate post). Find answers on credible sources whether they are online or print.  Any plagiarism results in a zero.  Paraphrase your answers and list the source or sources that you used after every question response.  Do not merely list the sources at the end.  You must indicate what source or sources you use for each question’s answer.  Answer in complete sentences.  Typed responses are preferred.  If you handwrite this assignment, it must be legible.  In that case, upload with a picture on the written document.  Pictures and other attachments must be labeled.  It is as easy as this.  Number each one.  Answer in full sentences.  Give the picture if needed and always the sources used before numbering the next. Upload to google classroom by 11/23.  Class time will be provided to students on 11/18, 11/19, and 11/20 after lecture, discussion, class activity, etc.

Country Name:

1)      Staple food (explain if necessary and include picture):

2)      Unique food (explain and include picture):

3)      Major historical event (explain briefly):

4)      Major historical figure (explain briefly and include picture):

5)      Popular forms of entertainment (explain and include picture):

6)      Popular sport (explain and include picture):

7)      Holiday or celebration (Explain):

8)      Birth custom (Pick any birth custom and explain):
9)      Wedding custom (Pick any wedding custom and explain):

10)  Death custom (Pick any death custom and explain):

11)  Is the society paternalistic, maternalistic or egalitarian?  Paternalistic societies are male-dominated and maternalistic societies are especially female-oriented. (Explain)

12)  Common boy or male name?

13)  Common girl or female name?

14)  Unique custom (Pick any cultural custom and explain):

15)  Unique dress (explain and include picture if possible)

16)  Attitude toward regional power (How do people feel about the major power in the country and region? (Positive or negative?))  Explain.

Eurasia Vocab Notes and class discussion 11/18/20

Beginning activity- Students share one thing from their Eurasia "World Nations Report" that either is similar to the US or different from the US.

Student learning objective for Eurasia Vocab notes- Students will attempt to incorporate these words in to their vocabulary as these words and concepts will be used frequently throughout the Eurasia unit.

Terms are defined and discussed because these will need to be understood for this chapter

• Eurasia

• Eastern Europe and Russia

• Central Asia

• Balkans

• Baltic countries

• Caucasus

• Volga River

• Tien Shan

• Urals

• Slav/Slavic
• Southern Slavs- Slovenes, Serbs, Croats, Macedonians
• Western Slavs- Czechs, Slovaks, Poles
• Eastern Slavs- Ukrainians, Belorussians, Russia
• Siberia
• Tundra
• Taiga
• Steppe

• Dynasty

• Romanov

Eurasia World Nations Reports due 11/18

See another post for Eurasia country

World Regions 11- World Nations Report 2020-2021

Directions: Using the “CIA world factbook” (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/), identify all of the required pieces of information about your country.  Google “CIA world factbook” to easily find.  Drag down from list of countries to find your country.  The responses do not have to be in complete sentences, but they must be legible, clear, precise and correct.  I prefer that the answers are written on this paper usually but we will do a google doc in 2020-2021.

1. Country name (required)-

Geography- Do all 14

2. Continental Location (Relative)-

3. Geographical Location (Absolute)-
4. Size (total area in square Kilometers  or square Miles)-
5. Area country comparison to the world-
6. Area comparative-
7. Climate-

8. Terrain-

9. Elevation extremes-

10. Natural resources-

11. Land use/arable land-

12. Natural hazards-

13. Environment-current issues-

14. Environment- international agreements-

People- Pick 7

15.    Nationality-

16.    Ethnic Groups-

17.    Language(s)-

18.    Religion-

19. Population-
20. Total median age-
21. Birth rate-
22. Death rate-
23. Net migration rate-
24. Urbanization/Urban Population-
25. Maternal mortality rate country comparison to the world-
26. Infant Mortality rate/country comparison to the world-
27. Total Life expectancy-
28. HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate-
29. Obesity- adult prevalence rate-
30. Literacy of total population-
31. Total school life expectancy-
32. Total unemployment rate-

Government- Pick 4

33. Country name Conventional long form-
34. Country name Conventional short form-
35. Country name Local long form-
36. Country name Local short form-
37. Government type-
38. Capital-
39. Independence-
40. Constitution-
41. Legal system-
42. Suffrage-
43. Executive Branch/Chief of State and Head of Government (if the country has both)à Give the office held and name of the person or people-
44. Diplomatic Representation in the US-
45. Diplomatic Representation from the US-
46. National Symbol-
47. National Anthem-

Economy- Pick 5

48. GDP purchasing power parity country comparison to the world-
49. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) official exchange rate-
50. GDP per capita country comparison to the world
51. Agriculture-
52. Industries-
53. Labor force-
54. Labor force by occupation-
55. Unemployment rate country comparison to the world-
56. Population below poverty line-
57. Budget (revenues and expenditures)-
58. Taxes country comparison to the world-
59. Public debt country comparison to the world-
60. Inflation rate country comparison to the world-
61. Market value of publicly traded shares country comparison to the world-
62. Exports-
63. Exports/Commodities-
64. Exports/Partners-
65. Imports-
66. Imports/Commodities-
67. Imports/Partners-
68. Exchange rates-

Energy- Pick 1

69.    Crude oil production-

70.    Crude oil exports-

71.    Crude oil imports-

Communications- Pick 1

72. Telephones mobile cellular country comparison to the world-
73. Broadcast media (summarize very briefly)-
74. Internet users and country comparison to the world-

Transportation- Pick 1

75. Airports country comparison to the world-
76. Railways country comparison to the world-
77. Waterways country comparison to the world-

Military- Pick 1

78. Military branches-
79. Military service age and obligation-
80. Manpower fit for military service-
81. Military expenditures and country comparison to the world-

Transnational Issues- Pick 1

82. Summarize a national or international dispute-
83. Refugees and internationally displaced persons-
84. Illicit drugs-

From the beginning of the web page- DO BOTH

85. Attach a picture of your nation’s flag 
86. Attach a map of your country’s location within the continent or region or world

Countries for Eurasia World Nations Reports and Cultural Traditions (G Block)

 Aiello- Estonia

Barbagallo- Slovenia

Battle- Latvia

Benway- Armenia

Calomo- Lithuania

Costanzo- Poland

Cruz- Moldova

Galdamez- Martinez- Belarus

Gillis- Romania

Joseph- Bulgaria

Macchi- Croatia

Marchant- Czech Republic (Czechia)

Moore- Slovakia

Olsen- Hungary

Quintanilha- Serbia

Rose- Macedonia (FYRM)

Emily Shea- Russia

Haily Shea- Kazakhstan

Smith- Albania

Souza- Ukraine