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The Fall of Communism

Table of Contents – Russia Date Title Lesson # 12/8 Cover Page and Map 28 12/9 Cut-Away Boxes 29 12/10 Human-Environment Interaction 30 12/16 Life Under Communism 31 12/18 Soviet Union - Economics 32 12/19 Soviet Union - Social 33 1/5 Fall of Communism 34

Soviet Union in the 1980s A. Soviet Union invades Afghanistan Osama Bin Laden fighting the Soviet Union in the 1980s. A. Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

B. People were sick of Communism’s negative effects - starvation - slavery - can’t choose jobs - political persecution Cannibalism caused by starvation from collective farming Slavery in Siberia

Fall of Communism – ECONOMIC FACTORS Reason #1 – Soviet Union runs out of money. Why??? - Rapid industrialization = expensive - Fighting/funding wars to spread communism = expensive - The negative economic effects of communism

Reason #2 - POLITICAL FACTORS: Berlin Wall Clip Questions 1. What did the Berlin Wall symbolize? 2. How were the Germans able to bring it down?

Task Sketch two examples of how the economic effects of communism caused the Soviet Union to run out of money. When you finish your sketches… 1. Get them approved. 2. Get a laptop and go to www.orso2ndperiod.wikispaces.com 3. Access the powerpoint called “Fall of Communism” 4. Take all notes, complete all tasks.

Communism Falls READ ONLY Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the USSR in 1985. His reforms contributed to the fall of Communism. His reforms were… Perestroika (the change to a market economy) Glasnost (openness within the USSR)

Gorbachev’s Policies 1. Perestroika – the restructuring of the Soviet economy.  changes from command economy to market economy  Led to privatization of businesses.

Directions: In your notebook, complete the Frayer Model below. PRIVATIZATION 2. Definition  selling government-owned businesses to regular citizens. 3. Create an example of privatization. 4. Sketch

Gorbachev’s Policies 2. Glasnost - the policy of openness in the government  transparency in the activities of all government institutions  the freedom of information

Fall of Communism – Reason #3  Social Factors http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/fall-of-communism-in-russia-faq.htm Answer the question below in complete sentences from the website above. 1. How did the Great Purge under Stalin contribute to the Fall of Communism? 2. How was religion viewed under Communism? 3. Explain the negative effects of Communism’s economic policies. 4. Describe the state of Russia’s political system when Gorbachev took power.

Political Revolutions in the Republics http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1969_detente/fall_of_communism.html Answer the questions below: 1. What were the effects of the collapse of the Berlin Wall? 2. Describe the revolutionary movements in the Republics. 3. Why did the revolutionaries have the confidence to attempt revolution?