1. Please do not talk at this time Oct. 31
HW: Due Monday:
Pg. 46A: Afghan War Comparison Chart
Pg. 47: Compare/Contrast Essay with Rubric
Due Wed/Thursday:
Pg. 49A/B: Cold War End DBQ
Please get a Packet from the front of the room, Pg 49A- Cold War Ends DBQ

2. The End of the Soviet Union
This DBQ covers several causes for the Collapse of the Soviet Union. As you read, decide what you think the TWO main causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union are, based on what you ALREADY know and what the Documents say.
Answer the packet questions on your handout to help you focus on each documents.
Then answer the Big Question on a separate paper, typed or neatly printed.

3. Regions in color are part of the USSR, but considered a “republic”.
They had some independence, like “States” in America, but were still under the control of the Communist Party and its leaders in Moscow.
People in these areas are of different nationalities, ethnicities than “Russian”.

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12. Big Question: How was the break up of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc nations inevitable? Justify your answer using the evidence from the documents.
This will be graded as a Critical Thinking Assignment.
At least 4 pieces of evidence
3-5 Transition Words
Concluding thought at the end
Spelling, Complete Sentences
Typed or Neatly Printed

13. Big Question: How was the break up of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc nations inevitable?
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14. Big Question: How was the break up of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc nations inevitable?
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15. Big Question: How was the break up of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc nations inevitable?
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16. Big Question: How was the break up of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc nations inevitable?