Introduction to the history of the Soviet Afghan War built on a fifth grade learning concepts.

5. The Middle East

6. Afghanistan

8. Now to the Past!

9. 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

11. 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.

12. The Past
• Afghan leader Babrak Karmal asks Lenord
Brezhnev to help him expand and make the
Soviet Union part of Afghanistan

13. Cause
• Afghain leader Babrak Karmal asks Lenord Brezhnev
to help him expand and make the Soviet Union part
of Afghanistan.

14. 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

15. Soviet Afghan-War

16. What is Global Learning?

18. What is Cause&Effect

19. Remember Afghanistan’s #1 problem

20. Food!

21. 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

22. • Afghan leader Babrak Karmal asks Lenord
Brezhnev to help him expand and make
Afghanistan Communist

23. Effect of Barbark asking Brezhnev for help?
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

24. 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.

25. According to Communism

26. According to Communism

27. According to Communism

28. The area that most strongly felt Soviet
reform was Kabul

29. 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.

30. What a Mullah Looks Like

31. 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