Name _____________________________ Class ______ Date ________________
Russia: Friend, Enemy, or Frenemy – 4/24/2017
1. The relationship between the U.S. and Russia is –
2. President Trump wants to change the U.S.-Russian relationship by –
3. Comparison: Russian and U.S. Government –
Russia
United States
Type of Government
(Including actions &
characteristics)
4. President Trump has praised Vladimir Putin by calling him –
5. Two statements made by President Trump that Moscow likes are:
(1) on human rights, Washington should –
(2) America’s commitment to defending European allies (NATO) 6. Putin has returned Trump’s praise of him by –
7. Areas of cooperation (1) Counterterrorism – both Russia and the U.S. see a major threat from –
8. Areas of cooperation (2) both nations view ____________________________ ‘s nuclear weapons
program as alarming.
9. Areas of cooperation (3) Russia and the U.S. both want to stop ___________________ from
developing nuclear weapons.
10. Areas of cooperation (4) both nations want to end the ________________________ conflict.
A History of Tensions
11. The Cold War was a five-decades-long conflict between Soviet Communism and Western
democracy for –
12. The 1962 event that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war was –
13. Timeline 1917 (bottom of page 10-11) – Lenin established a Communist state by overthrowing –
14. Timeline World War II (1939-45) – the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during
WWII15. Timeline 1947 – The Soviet Union installed Communist governments in Eastern Europe and this
marked the beginning of –
16. Timeline 1991 – The Soviet Union collapses and Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as its first –
17. Timeline 1999 – Vladimir Putin is appointed president, then is elected in 2000, and over time
consolidates his power by –
18. Russians became disillusioned with democracy during the 1990s because of the mayhem that
occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The effect on prices and the economy was –
19. Putin came to power in 1999 by promising –
20. Putin consolidated power by eliminating –
21. Life for many Russians has improved because –
22. Some of Putin’s serious critics have been –
23. Putin has portrayed the U.S. as opposing –
24.
Putin and President Obama –
Growing Tensions
25. 2014 Ukraine – the U.S. supported the overthrow of the government backed by Russia. Then
Russia –
26. 2015 Syria – The U.S. supported rebels trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia responded by –
27. Many experts conclude that relations between the U.S. and Russia are –
28. Princeton Professor Stephen Cohen thinks we are in a New Cold War that –
29. President Trump has repeated promised to –
30. Differences: Iran – Trump is a staunch critic of Iran and supports Israel while Russia –
31. Differences: NATO – the U,S. is the leader of the 28-nation military alliance dedicated to protecting
the freedom of Western Europe while Russia sees NATO as –
32. Trump has said he will consider lifting economic sanctions against Russia (over Russia’s actions
in Ukraine) but Congress is –
Bromance Over?
33. American intelligence agencies say Russia tried to meddle in the 2016 presidential election to –
34. Fiona Hill, Trump’s chief Russia advisor told the Atlantic magazine that a new era of cooperation -