Czech Flashcards

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Velvet Revolution - Wikipedia

The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia)

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Velvet Revolution - Wikipedia

The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: nežná revolúcia)

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Czechoslovakia came into existence

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1918 after ww1

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3
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Czech was carried out from

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Austria Hungary empire

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4
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Why we’re they able to knit together

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Close cultural affinity language religion

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5
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Ethnic groups

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Germans 
The Jews 
Hungarians
Romanians 
Poles
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6
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Between what are what it was the most prosperous nation

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1918-1935

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7
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Who’s emergence affected Czechoslovakia

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Hitlers

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8
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Why

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Durian ww2 Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia

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9
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What happened under the occupation

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Thousands of Jews wer murdered while other ethnic groups suffered oppression

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10
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Who liberated Czechoslovakia

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USSR troops

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11
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The intervention of USSR led to

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The establishment of communism

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12
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What was the first political crises In wgat year

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Prague spring 1968

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13
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Who was the first secretary of the communist part

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Alexander dubcek

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14
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What did he do

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He carried out anti communist political reforms

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15
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Dubcek was what

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Carried away

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16
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By the time he returned what happened

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They had returned to communism

17
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Political upheaval happened in

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1980s and 1970s as people protested against communism the govt opposed them

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Agitation across the eastern communist bloc led to

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calls for freedom

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The first multi part elections was held

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1989

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Who emerged president 1990

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Vaclav Havel

21
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The transformation is called

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Velvet Revolution

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Disagreement erupted between the Czechs and Slovaks over what

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Running the economy and governance

23
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This led to

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Velvet divorce

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Capital of Czech and Slovak

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Prague and Bratislava