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HighSchoolWorldHistoryCycle5Week1Lifework

ThispacketisdueMonday,June12th

LifeworkAssignment Completeoneveningof

VladimirPutinReading&Questions1-5 Monday,June5th

VladimirPutinReading&Questions6-10 Tuesday,June6th

Capitalismvs.Communism Wednesday,June7th

ColdWarMap Thursday,June8th

ColdWarContext Friday,June9th

Pleasecompleteassignmentswithexcellenceusingcompletesentences,correctpunctuationandcapitalization.

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WorldLeaders:VladimirPutinByBiography.comEditorsandA+ENetworks,adaptedbyNewselastaffSynopsis:VladimirPutinisthepresidentofRussia.Hewaselectedtohisthirdtermin2012.Hewasalsopresidentfrom2000to2008andRussia'sprimeministerbeforeandinbetweenhispresidencies.EarlyPoliticalCareer

VladimirVladimirovichPutinwasborninSt.Petersburg,Russia,onOctober7,1952.Hegrewupattendinglocalschoolsandwasinterestedinsports.Heearnedalawdegreein1975andworkedasaKGBintelligenceofficeruntil1990.TheKGBwasthemainsecurityagencyfortheSovietUnionuntil1991.(TheKGBissimilartotheCIAintheUnitedStates.)

In1991,theSovietUnionsplinteredintoseveralEasternEuropeancountries,includingRussia.After,Putinspentafewyearsworkinginlocalpolitics.In1998,hemovedtoMoscowtoworkfornewRussianPresidentBorisYeltsin.Putinwasinchargeofthegovernment'srelationswithitsregionalgovernments.Afterashorttime,Putinbecameheadofthenewsecurityagency,whichwassimilartotheoldKGB.InAugust1999,Yeltsindismissedhiscabinetalongwithhisprimeminister.Putinbecametheprimeminister,whoistheleaderofthecabinet.PresidentOfRussia:1stAnd2ndTerms

InDecember1999,YeltsinresignedaspresidentofRussia.HeappointedPutintoactaspresidentuntilofficialelectionswereheldinMarch2000.Putinwaselectedtohisfirsttermwith53percentofthevote.Hepromisedbothpoliticalandeconomicchanges,andsetaboutrestructuringthegovernmentandlaunchingcriminalinvestigations.

InresponsetotheSeptember2001terroristattacks,PutinannouncedRussia'ssupportfortheUnitedStatesinitsanti-terrorefforts.But,whentheU.S.waronterrorshifteditsfocustoremovingIraqileaderSaddamHussein,Putin,aswellastheGermanandFrenchleaders,opposedtheplan.In2004,Putinwasre-electedtothepresidency.Hecouldnotrunagainin2008becauseoftermlimits.But,Putin'sreplacement,DmitryMedvedev,appointedPutinasRussia'sprimeminister.ThisallowedPutintomaintainapowerfulpositionforfourmoreyears.

ThirdTermAsPresident

OnMarch4,2012,Putinwasre-electedtohisthirdtermaspresident,thoughtherewerewidespreadprotestsandallegationsoffraud.HetookofficeanywayandappointedMedvedevashisprimeminister.

PutinmademorecontroversialchangestoRussia'sdomestic(homecountryissues)affairsandforeignpolicy.InDecember2012,PutinsignedintoalawabanontheU.S.adoptionofRussianchildren,sayingthiswouldmakeiteasierforRussianstoadopttheorphans.However,theadoptionbanspurredinternationalcontroversy.

PutinfurtherstrainedrelationswiththeUnitedStatesthefollowingyearwhenheofferedAmericanEdwardSnowdenprotectioninRussia.SnowdeniswantedbytheUnitedStatesforleakingsecretinformation.RussiaallowedSnowdentoremaininitscountryratherthanfacecriminalchargesintheUnitedStates.

Putinhasalsoupsetmanypeoplewithhisnewanti-gaylaws,whichledtowidespreadinternationalprotest.MONDAY’SQuestions:

1. WhatwasPutin’sgovernmentjobbeforeheworkedinpolitics?

2. HowdidPutinbecomethePrimeMinisterofRussia?

3. DescribePutin’sfirstelectionasPresident.Whatdidhepromise?

4. AftertheSeptember2001terroristattacksPutinstatedtheRussiawouldsupporttheU.S.anti-terrorefforts.DidRussiacontinuetosupporttheU.S.overtheyears?Whyorwhynot?

5. VladimirPutinwasre-electedtoathirdtermaspresident,eventhoughpeopleprotestedhisleadership.Identifyanddescribethreeissues/laws/conflictsPutinhashadanimpactonduringhisthirdterm.

Issue DescriptionandImpact

WorldLeaders:VladimirPutin(continued)

ChemicalWeaponsInSyriaInSeptember2013,tensionsrosebetweentheUnitedStatesand

SyriaoverSyria'spossessionofchemicalweapons,whichwereusedinthecivilwarthere.TheUnitedStatesthreatenedmilitaryactioniftheweaponswerenotrelinquished(handedover).TheRussianandU.S.governmentsmadeadealforthoseweaponstobedestroyed.

OnSeptember11,2013,theNewYorkTimespublishedanopinionarticlebyPutintitled"APleaforCautionFromRussia."Inthearticle,PutinspokedirectlyabouttheUnitedStatestakingactionagainstSyria.Hestatedthatsuchamovecouldresultinmoreviolence.PutinalsoquestionedU.S.claimsaboutwhowasactuallyusingchemicalweaponsinSyria,andmadetheclaimthatitwasrebelswhousedtheweapons.InvadingCrimea

AmidwidespreadpoliticalunrestintheUkrainein2014,PutinsentRussiantroopsintoCrimea,apeninsulainthecountry'snortheastcoastoftheBlackSea.ThepeninsulahadbeenpartofRussiauntil1954.About16,000Russiantroopsinvadedtheterritory.PutindeniedthatRussiawantedtoengageUkraineinwartotakeoverCrimea.AvotewasheldinCrimea,withthemajorityofpeoplevotingtojoinRussiainanelectionmanyfeltwasrigged.Meanwhile,EuropeancountriesandtheUnitedStatesrefusedtoacceptthattheCrimeanpopulationvotedtobeapartofRussia.SyrianAirstrikes

InSeptember2015,RussiasurprisedtheworldbyannouncingitwouldbeginstrategicairstrikesinSyriatotargettheextremistgroupIslamicState(IS),alsoknownasISIS.ThegrouphastriedtosetupitsowncountryintheMiddleEastunderitsversionofIslamiclaw.IthasmadesignificantadvancesintheregionduetothechaoscreatedbySyria'scivilwar.

ManybelieveRussia'sinterventionisawayforthecountrytohelptheSyriangovernmentstayinpowerbytargetinggroupsthatopposethecurrentpresident.U.S.ElectionHacks

MonthsbeforetheU.S.presidentialelection,morethanadozenU.S.intelligenceagenciesagreedthatRussianintelligenceagencieswerebehindaseriesofrecentemailhacks.ThehacksaffectedtheDemocraticNationalCommittee(DNC).TheDNCisthegoverningbodyoftheU.S.Democraticparty.ThehacksalsoaffectedJohnPodesta.Atthetimeofthehacks,PodestawaschairmanofDemocraticpresidentialcandidateHillaryClinton'scampaign.

ThehackedemailsweregiventoWikiLeaks,agroupthatpublishesclassifiedandsecretinformation.WikiLeakspublishedtheDNCemailsinJuly2016.ItpublishedthePodestaemailsinOctober2016.

InDecember2016,seniorCIAofficialsconcludedthatPutinwasinvolvedinthehacks.TheystatedthattheemailswereleakedtointerferewiththeU.S.presidentialelection.TheyalsostatedthattheemailsweregiventoWikiLeakstodamageClinton'scampaigninfavorofherRepublicanopponent,DonaldTrump.Soonafter,theFBIandNationalIntelligenceAgencypubliclysupportedtheCIA'sstatements.

TUESDAY’SQuestions:

6. Syriahashadacivilwarthathaslastedforyears.Accordingtothissectionofthearticle,whatistherelationshipbetweenRussiaandSyriaandtheUnitedStatesandSyria?

Country RussiaandSyria’srelationship USandSyria’srelationship

Friendlyornotfriendly

Wheredotheystandonthe

issueofchemicalwarfare?

7. WhathappenedinCrimea?a. Eventhough,Putinsaidhedidn’twanttostartawarwithUkraine,whywouldRussiafeelit

hasarighttoownCrimea?

b. Wastheconflictresolvedfairly?Whyorwhynot?

c. WhatdidtheU.S.andEuropeancountriesbelieveaboutthevoteinCrimea?

8. RussiasaysonethingbuttheworldbelievesanotheraboutRussia’sairstrikesinSyria.Whichsidedoyouagreewithandwhy?

9. HowwasRussiainvolvedinthe2016U.S.presidentialelection?

10. TheCIAinvestigatedthesituationofthe2016U.S.presidentialelection.WhatdidtheCIAdiscoverandconfirm?

Capitalismvs.CommunismDirections:Completethechartusingthewordbank.Afterwards,readeachstatementanddetermineifthestatementisacommunistorcapitalistbelief/practice.

Capitalism Communism

•______________________ownedbyindividual____________notthegovernment.

•Resources_____________________by______________________together,notindividualpeople.

•Everyonehastoearnwhattheyhave,causingsometobe______________andotherstobe_______________.

•Nodifferencebetween_________andpoor,sinceeverythingis________________.

•Theamountofgoods/servicesabusinesssellsdependsonhowmuchpeoplewanttheirgood/service(_____________and_______________).

•The____________________controlsgoods/servicesand_______________howmucheveryonegetsdependingonhowmuchthey__________.

•DuringtheColdWarandnow,theUSis_____________________.

•DuringtheColdWar,theSovietUnionwas_____________________.

WORDBANK:

capitalist communist earn government everyone need demand

people poor resources rich(x2) shared supply want

STATEMENTS:1. Ivanownshisownhomeandhasasmallpizzabusiness.

a. Capitalismorcommunism?Explainwhy!

2. Mikeiswaitinginlinetogethisyearlyrationbook(likefoodstampsforeverybody)sohecangetcerealandothergroceries.


3. Terrellisfrustratedtoday.Heknowsnomatterhowhardheworksatthefactory,hewon’tgetaraiseunlesseveryoneelsedoes.


4. GabbyisupsetbecauseherfatherdidnotcomehomewithanewXbox,eventhoughherdadwaitedthestoreallnight,therewereactuallypeoplewhocampedoutforaweek!


ColdWarMapping

Directions:Useyourbindermaptocompletethefollowingassignment.Labelthefollowinglocationsonthemapbelow.Ifyoucannotwriteonthecountry,thencreateakeyusinglettersornumberstoidentifythecountriesyoulabeled.Grey=WATER(oceans)

UnitedStates SovietUnion Germany Cuba NorthKorea SouthKorea

Vietnam China UnitedKingdom Japan AtlanticOcean PacificOcean

KEY

1. Identify3countriesthatarewestofSovietUnion(Russia):

2. Identifytwocapitalistcountriesandtwocommunistcountries:CAPITALISTCOMMUNIST

3. China,Japan,Vietnam,andtheKoreasareallonwhichcontinent?

BONUS:Circleandlabelsixcontinentsofthemapabove!ColdWarContext

Directions:BeforeyoubeginreadingabouttheColdWar,readthroughthequestionsbelow.IfthequestionasksyoutouseEVIDENCEfromthesource,besuretouseaQUOTEinyouranswertosupportyouranswer!

DuringWorldWarII,theUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionfoughttogetherasalliesagainsttheAxispowers.However,therelationshipbetweenthetwonationswasnotalwaysperfect.AmericanshadlongbeenscaredofSovietcommunismandconcernedaboutRussianleaderJosephStalin’sblood-thirstyruleofhisowncountry.TheSovietsdislikedtheAmericans’10yearlongrefusaltoallowtheUSSR(SovietUnion)tobealegitimatepartoftheinternationalcommunityaswellastheirlateentryintoWorldWarII,whichresultedinthedeathsoftensofmillionsofRussians.Afterthewarended,thesegrievancesripenedintoanoverwhelmingsenseofdistrustonbothsides.PostwarSovietexpansionintoEasternEuropefueledmanyAmericans’fearsofaRussianplantocontroltheworld.Meanwhile,theSovietUnionstartedtohatethattheUSwasbuildinguptheirmilitaryandweaponsandgettinginvolvedintheaffairsandbusinessofothernations.Insuchahostileatmosphere,nosinglepartywasentirelytoblamefortheColdWar;infact,somehistoriansbelieveitwasinevitable.

ComprehensionQuestions

1.WhydidtheUSdislike/distrusttheSovietUnion?

2.WhydidtheSovietUniondislike/distrusttheUS?

3.WhatdidAmericansthinktheSovietswantedtodoandhowdidtheybegintodoit?

4.WhatdidtheUSdowithmilitaryandweapons?WhydiditmaketheSovietsupset?

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