Ch3 pp. 114-126 Flashcards
Eastern Europe
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Volga and Dnieper
Two important rivers that originate on the Northern European Plain.
Russia
The world’s largest continent
Danube River
Begins in western Europe and flows eastward toward the Black Sea
Mount Elbrus
Europe’s highest peak
Lake Baikal
The worlds deepest freshwater lake
Ivan the Terrible
Russia’s first czar
Bolshevik Revolution
A revolution which took place in Russia
Lenin
A communist dictator
(U.S.S.R.) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
What Russia was called in 1922 till 1991
(CIS) Commonwealth of Independent States
The name for many of the former soviet republics which have banded together
The Baltic States
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Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
These nations are often called The Baltic States for their location by the Baltic sea
Belarus
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Minsk
The capital of Belarus
Ukraine
The largest European country after Russia
Kiev
The capital of Ukraine
Poland
A large country in the Northern European Plain which has many lakes
Warsaw
The capital of Poland
Czech Republic
Was combined with Slovakia to make Czechoslovakia
Prague
The capital of Czech Republic
Slovakia
Was combined with Czech Republic to make Czechoslovakia
Hungary
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Magyars
The ethnic group of Hungary. Also known as the Hungarians
Budapest
The capital of Hungary
Romania
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Moldavia
A small nation culturally linked to Romania
Bucharest
The capital of Romania
Gypsies
Romania has one of the largest settlements of this nomadic group.
Bulgaria
Known as “The Garden of Eastern Europe”
Former Yugoslavian
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Marshall Tito
The Communist leader that established the unified front in Former Yugoslavian
Serbia and Montenegro
Each became separate nations in 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shortly after these countries seceded and fighting broke out.
Croatia
An Independent country
Slovenia
Declared its autonomy around the time that Bosnia and Croatia did
Macedonia
Declared its autonomy around the time that Bosnia and Croatia did
Kosovo
2008 declared independence from Serbia
Albania
The last of the Easter European governments to succumb to public demand for change