1. Russia Map Quiz
Political 3 4 1 2 5

2. Map Monday
Uzbekistan
Armenia
Estonia
Ukraine
Kyrgyzstan

3. Russian Republics
Post – Cold War Era

4. Fall of Soviet Union
1985–Mikhail Gorbachev elected as President of the Soviet Union
Based campaign and election around glasnost
December 1991 – new president elected, Boris Yeltsin
President of the Russian Federal Republic
Introduced idea of capitalism
Nation experienced high crime rates, corruption, and economic depression

5. Former Soviet Republics
Divided up into 4 different regions
Western Republics
Central Asia
Transcaucasia
Baltic States
Divided mostly along ethnic and religious lines

6. Human Geography- Population
Over 145 million people with over 150 different ethnic groups
80% Slavic (Russian)
Remaining 20% made up of various groups
Ukrainian, Mongolian, Caucasian, Moldovan, Turks, Chechnyan, etc.

7. Human geography- religion and language
Agnostic/Atheist
Christian- Russian Orthodox
Islamic
Buddhist
Jewish
Language
Slavic languages using Cyrillic alphabet
Russian tends to be universal language with other languages and dialects varying by region

8. Activity Complete the webquest on the Russian Republics.
Use any website that you need…be sure to take into consideration that some websites are not as reliable as others.
Don’t forget you have a map quiz tomorrow!!!

9. Map Quiz Tuesday Get out a sheet of paper and number it 1-15.
Title it ‘Russian Republics Map Quiz’
Turn in your map (only the map, no list).
Clear your desk off with the exception of map quiz paper and writing utensil.
Phone on corner of desk upside down – silent or vibrate.

10. Activity Complete the webquest on the Russian Republics.
Use any website that you need…be sure to take into consideration that some websites are not as reliable as others.
When done, work on your unit questions.
If you haven’t already done so, please clean out your folder – only keep maps and unit ??s.

11. Where in the World Wednesday?
What is this?
Where is it located?
What is causing the burn?
When was it discovered?

12. Where in the World Wednesday?
Derweze aka the Door to Hell
Derweze, Turkmenistan (north of Ashgabat)
Naturally occurring
In 1971, Soviet geologists were digging and found a cavern filled with natural gas. They wanted to ensure that the gas didn’t contaminate the air or people in the village so they figured they would burn it off. Gas is still burning to this day

13. Russian Republics
Post – Cold War Era

14. Russia in the new century
2000 – 2008 – Vladimir Putin elected President
‘New Russia’
Chechnya issues since 2002
Invaded Georgia over alliance with NATO
2008 – 2012 – Medvedev is president
Putin was his Prime Minister
2012 – present – Putin 2.0
Putin has a desire to expand Russian territory
Currently focusing on Ukraine for agricultural purposes

15. A New Cold War?
Read through the article comparing the Cold War to what would happen now if we were to have another Cold War.
Mark the text.
# paragraphs
Circle vocabulary words.
Underline supporting evidence.
For each difference:
Create a question.
Question can either be something you want to know about the real Cold War, or a what if for Cold War II.
Draw a picture.

17. Chechnya
Nation-state in southwestern Russia that is constantly fighting for independence
People are primarily Islamic and are ethnically different from Slavic Russians
Declared independence in 1991, but Russia refused to let go

18. Talk about it Tuesday
Today’s Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.
Angela Merkel
Why do you think that we still group the former Soviet nations with Russia even if they aren’t controlled by a Soviet government?
Who is Angela Merkel?

19. Learning Task Read the article titled Czar Putin.
Mark the text- # paragraphs, circle key terms, underline supporting info.
Answer these questions in complete sentences on your own paper.
Why do you think the author titled the article ‘Czar Putin’?
Based on the text, evaluate why many Russians had been willing to tolerate Putin’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
Predict whether Putin is going to become more aggressive on a world stage.
What is the message of the political cartoon? How does it support the article?
Do you think the United States and Russia will engage in a new Cold War?
Any extra time?
Work on unit questions