Bellwork: March 9th

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Bellwork March 9th

1. What does this political cartoon show?
2. By viewing this cartoon, Eastern Europe is
   controlled by whom?
3. Place your map of Europe on your desk, or open
   your textbook to page R53.

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Eastern Europe

• We will begin Eastern Europe by looking at 4
  countries
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Poland
• Read page 384 about Cold War and Collapse
• Next, read page 361.

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Soviet Unions effect on Eastern Europe

• On page 6 in Burrito Book
• The economies of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and
  Poland suffered because the Soviet Union did not
  build a decent infrastructure during the Cold War
  (1945-1991.)

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Infrastructure

• Infrastructure the set of resources, like roads,
  airports, utilities, and factories that a country
  needs to support economic activities (jobs and
  businesses).

What it is NOT --mountain
What it is A tunnel through a mountain
What it is NOT A light switch
What it is a power grid for a citys electric
supply
infrastructure
What it is NOT A river
What it is a bridge over a river
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• Communist Soviet Union / USSR

All of these nations were under control of
Communist Soviet Union for more than 50 years.
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Monday we will look at why Czechoslovakia split
in half and why Yugoslavia became 5 different
countries..and why all of this happened after
the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
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A Story.

• Will and Sam do not like each other. They must
  sit next to each other in class, but it is very
  difficult for them.
• If it wasnt for their very strict teacher who is
  always watching them, they would probably have
  fought each other by now.
• Will thinks that Sam is always making fun of
  him.Sam thinks that Will thinks hes too good
  for him.
• All in all, they really despise each other.

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A Story

• They have had to sit beside each other all year
  long and pretend to get along because their
  teacher is always standing over them.
• .then one day.
• Will and Sam were particularly angry with each
  other, and the teacher was called to the office.
  No adult was in the room.
• What might happen between Will and Sam?

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Eastern Europe

• This story will directly relate to Eastern
  Europe.
• The Soviet Union forced ethnic groups to live
  side by side for about 50 years whether they got
  along or not.
• However, in 1991, the Soviet Union broke apart
  and ceased to exist.what might happen to these
  ethnic groups?

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• Communist Soviet Union / USSR

All of these nations were under control of
Communist Soviet Union for more than 50 years.
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Political Cartoons

• This shows Joseph Stalin (leader of the Soviet
  Union).
• What does this suggest about how the United
  States viewed Stalin and the Soviet Union?

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Below Goals on pg. 6 of Study Book

• Goal Describe what happened to Czechoslovakia
• Read bottom of page 362
• In 1993 (after Soviet Union broke apart)
  Czechoslovakia split into Czech Republic and
  Slovakia.
• Goal Describe the government of the former
  Soviet Union
• Communist Government owns all property,
  businesses, and usually television and radio.

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Eastern Europe

• Goal Describe the effect of the Soviet Unions
  rule over inland Eastern Europe.
• Read page 364
• The Soviet Union did not plan their
  infrastructure (roads, airports, factories, etc.)
  very well. As a result, the economies of Eastern
  European countries suffered to produce jobs.

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Yugoslavia

• Goal Explain what happened to Yugoslavia.
• Read page 370-371
• Yugoslavia violently broke apart into five
  countries Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and
  Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Macedonia.

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Review

1. Describe the government of the Soviet Union.
2. How did the break up of Czechoslovakia differ
   from Yugoslavia?
3. Is the Soviet Union still around today?
4. What is a tariff?
5. What is inflation?
6. What is infrastructure?
7. What is missing? Wales, England, Northern
   Ireland, ______________
8. How are Sweden and Switzerland similar?
9. Barak Obama is to the United States, as
   ___________ is to Great Britain.