soviet afghan war part one review of cause & effect, geography, global learning, and history
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The Middle East
Afghanistan
Now to the Past!
The past
• Russia was once known as the Soviet Union it had a government known as communist. The government of the Soviet Union
• Encouraged atheism
• All wealth and homes shared
• Did not get along with United States
• Believed by force and politics the government would take over the whole world
• Very large
The past
Lenord Brezhnev:-Not like Bush, Obama, or any US President-Made awards just for himself-Mentally Ill
-Did not trust nations where (Muslim, Christian, Buddhist) was popular.
-Worried that Afghanistan might become to religious
-Some citizens of Afghanistan liked him.
The Past
• Afghan leader Babrak Karmal asks LenordBrezhnev to help him expand and make the Soviet Union part of Afghanistan
Cause
• Afghain leader Babrak Karmal asks Lenord Brezhnev to help him expand and make the Soviet Union part of Afghanistan.
Effect • Effect of leader Babrak Karmal asking Lenord Brezhnev to help him expand
and make the Soviet Union part of Afghanistan. ..Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviet Afghan-War
What is Global Learning?
What is Cause&Effect
Remember Afghanistan’s #1 problem
Food!
The past
Lenord Brezhnev:-Not like Bush, Obama, or any US President-Made awards just for himself-Mentally Ill
-Did not trust nations where (Muslim, Christian, Buddhist) was popular.
-Worried that Afghanistan might become to religious
-Would help any nation that wanted to join the Soviet Union or become Communist
• Afghan leader Babrak Karmal asks LenordBrezhnev to help him expand and make Afghanistan Communist
Effect of Barbark asking Brezhnev for help?Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Effects of Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
• Communist Government set up based in Kabul
• Afghanistan was forced to modernize to an atheist, educated, and feminist culture.
• Remember like the computers in the lab. In communism all are equal.
According to Communism
According to Communism
According to Communism
The area that most strongly felt Soviet reform was Kabul
Outside of Kabul Soviet Influence was weak
• Radical and Moderate Muslim leaders known as Mullahs*did not agree with Soviets forcing culture and change on Afghan People
• *A Mullah is usually the oldest most economically successful male in Afghan in towns.
What a Mullah Looks Like
The Mullahs
• The Mullahs were against Communism.
• They begin to form alliances with other Mullahs who are against the Soviet Union.
• They begin to fight Soviet Troops in Afghanistan
