Transcript military
Cross Curriculum
Project-Based Learning
IS RUSSIA A
POWERFUL AND
MODERN NATION
Group Leader: Yeung Ho Yin (22)
Group Members: Chan Ngai Kiu (4)
Ho Chun Kit (10)
Sze Ho Nam (16)
Mok Hoi Man (28)
Wu Oi Sze (34)
CONTENT
1)Introduction
2)Interviews I
3)Interviews II
3)Geographical features
4)Climate
5)History
6)Political
7)Administrative divisions
8) Military
9)Economic
10)Comparison
11)Conclusion
12)References
INTRODUCTION
Reason
Russia is a famous country because of its military
and economic successes. It is still progressing in
the recent years. However, most of the secondary
students do not understand Russia in detail
when we interviewed them.
Aim
Therefore, we are going to introduce and analyze
Russia in all aspects. Then conclude whether
Russia is a powerful country or not.
INTERVIEW
Do you think Russia is a powerful nation?
INTERVIEW
What condition should a great nation have?
GEOGRAPHICAL
FEATURES
Eastern
Europe
Northern Asia
The largest country
17,056,400 km²
Longitudes: 19°E,169°W
Latitudes: 41°,82°
CLIMATE
Month Jan
Mar
May
Jul
Sep
Nov
Year
Record 22.1
high(℃)
30.3
37.7
45.4
41.5
29.1
45.4
Record -71.2
Low(℃)
-60.6
-28.9
-9.3
-25.3
-58.5
-71.2
Hottest month: July (45.4℃)
Coolest month: January (-71.2℃)
HISTORY
1980s
→ the Soviet Union carried out reforms.
1991
→ The Soviet Union disintegrated
24th
August 1991
→ Russia seperated from the Soviet Union.
Russian Federation was established
became a sovereign state.
POLITICAL
Separation of powers
Federal government → Legislative
→ Judicial
→ Administrative
Legislative: Bicameral Federal Assembly
Judicial: Constitutional Court
Supreme Court of Arbitration
lower federal courts
Administrative: 15 ministries
President was directly elected by people every 6
years
DIVISIONS
Divided
into 8 federal districts
consists of 81 administrative districts
2 federal municipalities
21 republic
46 states
1 autonomous prefecture 4 autonomous regions 9 frontiers
MILITARY
May 7, 1992
The Russian military was established.
Compose of
Army, Navy, Air Force, air defense forces,
strategic rocket forces, space forces and airborne
military.
The number of nuclear bullets is 4732
ECONOMIC
Since 1991 (The collapse of the Soviet Union), Economic↓
∵Rapid liberalization reforms (Fail)
∵Second oil crisis
∵Financial crisis
Enormous natural resources (80%)
--Oil
--Natural gas
--Metals
--Timber
COMPARISON
VS
Russia
Germany
Russia
Germany
Total area
17,075,400 km2
357,021 km2
Population density
8.3/km2
229people/km2
Military
reach to a peak
during Soviet-era
and become the
world's best army
Purely defensive
military
has the ninth-highest
expenditure in the
world
Political
Federation and semi- a federal,
presidential republic parliamentary,
representative
democracy republic
Russia
Germany
Economic
the 10th largest
economy in the
world
the fifth largest
economy in the
world
Education
a free education is carry out a
given to all
system ‘dual
citizens
education’
GDP
$16,736/capital
city
Geographical
features
extending from
Central Europe,
Europe to the North between the
Pacific Ocean
Netherlands and
Poland
$37,896/capital
city
CONCLUSION
Military
is excellent
Economic will progress
Political is well planned
Powerful
REFERENCES
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
Google translate
http://translate.google.com/
Yahoo photo
http://hk.image.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A8tUwJmu
8bBPX1cAT4e0ygt.?p=russia&ei=utf-8&iscqry=&fr=sfp
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