Topic3-L

Topic #3: __From Communism to Free Enterprise / Political Challenges__ (p. 430-432)


 * L** (What did you learn? Take notes as you read; answer your questions):
 * Russian people get many lung diseases
 * Pollution gives Russian people diseases, and the life expectancy has decreased.
 * They have a market economy (when people start and run businesses with little government intervention).
 * //A Russian president has a lot of power.//
 * Falling life expectency because of enviromental issues
 * One of the enviromental issues is nuclear energy
 * //Russia is democratic country//
 * Free enteprise system is when people start and run businesses with little help from the government
 * some ethnic groups wanted to start their own countries
 * //Democracy is a government in which people freely elect their leaders.//
 * //Federal republic is power is divided between national and state governments with a president who leads the nation.//
 * Nuclear energy is power made by creating a controlled atomic reaction.
 * Why nulcear energy is bad: government can’t set prices for goods so that people could afford food but often faced shortages (Producers would not supply goods if couldn’t make a profit). Everyone had jobs under communism.
 * When people start their own business thats a free enterprise.
 * //Government officials now have to abide by the law and take criticism.//
 * //Power is divided between national and state governments with a president who leads the nation.//
 * Government officials are trying to keep Chechnya apart of Russia.
 * Manufacturers have risen their prices, making it hard to buy food and clothing.
 * Free enterprise caused competition which made prices rise
 * //The 1st president was Yeltsin//
 * //The 2nd president was Putin//