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9th Grade Geography > Ch3 pp. 114-126 > Flashcards

Ch3 pp. 114-126 Flashcards

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Eastern Europe

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Volga and Dnieper

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Two important rivers that originate on the Northern European Plain.

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Russia

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The world’s largest continent

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Danube River

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Begins in western Europe and flows eastward toward the Black Sea

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Mount Elbrus

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Europe’s highest peak

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Lake Baikal

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The worlds deepest freshwater lake

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Ivan the Terrible

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Russia’s first czar

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Bolshevik Revolution

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A revolution which took place in Russia

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Lenin

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A communist dictator

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(U.S.S.R.) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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What Russia was called in 1922 till 1991

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(CIS) Commonwealth of Independent States

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The name for many of the former soviet republics which have banded together

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The Baltic States

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Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

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These nations are often called The Baltic States for their location by the Baltic sea

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Belarus

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Minsk

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The capital of Belarus

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Ukraine

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The largest European country after Russia

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Kiev

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The capital of Ukraine

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Poland

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A large country in the Northern European Plain which has many lakes

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Warsaw

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The capital of Poland

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Czech Republic

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Was combined with Slovakia to make Czechoslovakia

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Prague

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The capital of Czech Republic

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Slovakia

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Was combined with Czech Republic to make Czechoslovakia

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Hungary

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Magyars

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The ethnic group of Hungary. Also known as the Hungarians

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Budapest

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The capital of Hungary

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Romania

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Moldavia

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A small nation culturally linked to Romania

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Bucharest

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The capital of Romania

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Gypsies

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Romania has one of the largest settlements of this nomadic group.

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Bulgaria

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Known as “The Garden of Eastern Europe”

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Former Yugoslavian

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Marshall Tito

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The Communist leader that established the unified front in Former Yugoslavian

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Serbia and Montenegro

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Each became separate nations in 2006

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Shortly after these countries seceded and fighting broke out.

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Croatia

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An Independent country

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Slovenia

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Declared its autonomy around the time that Bosnia and Croatia did

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Macedonia

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Declared its autonomy around the time that Bosnia and Croatia did

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Kosovo

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2008 declared independence from Serbia

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Albania

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The last of the Easter European governments to succumb to public demand for change

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