In this map, you can see that the Soviet Union

failed and many new countries were formed to the west of Russia

A superpower is a country

that has a lot of military, political and economic power in the world

The war was COLD because

there was no actual military fighting, just threats of nuclear attack

Life expectancy refers to

how many years a person will live

This graphic shows that a country is a FAILED STATE and no longer functional when

there are lots of drugs, lots of crime and lots of terrorism

This graphic shows that

People in South Korea will live longer than people in the US in 2040

When the new nation-states were established, how do you think the borders were determined?

ETHNIC GROUPS: each nation-state with its own ethnic identity (culture)

NATIONALISM describes when people are

proud of their country or ethnic group

This map shows that the Soviet Union was most likely

enormous, with a lot of ethnic diversity and difficult to govern

Sleep, Dance, Play videogames, Learn more

A FAILED STATE is a country that

no longer exists and/or the government does not have control over territory

The two political ideologies that were in conflict during the Cold War were

Soviet Union: communism vs. USA: capitalism

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Ch 18 Intro: Soviet Union

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Review of the change in the USSR map to Russia. Ch 18 vocab. Factors that determine the success of a nation state (18.2).

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GDP stands for
GDP: Good Deal Partners
GDP: Good Donut Party
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
GDP: Great Democracy for People
2
5 factor > success of nation-state: political freedom, economic growth, national unity
and WIFI availability
and climate
and natural resources
and quality of life
3
In this map, you can see that the Soviet Union
had a terrible economy and did not trade much
failed and many new countries were formed to the west of Russia
suffered a nuclear attack and was destroyed
expanded and added territory on the Western side
4
A superpower is a country
that has the most populuation in the world
that has abundant natural resources (lots)
that has a lot of military, political and economic power in the world
that has a lot of superheros living there
5
The war was COLD because
there was a lot of fighting in northern Russia and it was very cold
no one had a jacket and it was as cold as Minnesota in January
the leaders were not nice or friendly to each other
there was no actual military fighting, just threats of nuclear attack
6
Life expectancy refers to
how many years a person will live
if a person is happy or if a person is unhappy
what a person's life will be like (quality)
a person's political freedom
7
This graphic shows that a country is a FAILED STATE and no longer functional when
there are lots of drugs, lots of crime and lots of terrorism
there is a bad economy
there is an ineffective president who does not control crime
there is a lot of conflict between ethnic groups
8
This graphic shows that
People in the US will live longer than people in Japan in 2040
People in Denmark will live healthy lives in 2040
People in Mexico will live longest in the world in 2040
People in South Korea will live longer than people in the US in 2040
9
When the new nation-states were established, how do you think the borders were determined?
POLITICS: each state has its own political system
MUSIC: each state has its own theme song and dance
ETHNIC GROUPS: each nation-state with its own ethnic identity (culture)
ECONOMY: each state has a different economic base (main resource)
10
How many new countries / nation-states were formed when the Soviet Union fell?
2 nation-states
6 nation-states
zero nation-states
15 nation-states
11
NATIONALISM describes when people are
proud of their country or ethnic group
resentful because they do not have a nation-state for their ethnic group
ashamed of their country or ethnic group
displaying lots of different flags and speaking different languages
12
This map shows that the Soviet Union was most likely
with no coastline and littel trade with other countries
not very big and with few natural resources
easy to govern and homogeneous
enormous, with a lot of ethnic diversity and difficult to govern
13
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were
world superpowers
both capitalist nations and allies (friends)
both failed states
nation-states unimportant on the world stage
14
Now we should
Sleep
Dance
Play videogames
Learn more
15
A FAILED STATE is a country that
no longer exists and/or the government does not have control over territory
has no elections
has economic problems
has a dictator
16
The two political ideologies that were in conflict during the Cold War were
Soviet Union: communism vs. USA: capitalism
Soviet Union: capitalism vs. USA: socialism
Soviet Union: capitalism vs. USA: democracy
Soviet Union: dictatorship vs. USA: communism

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