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Eastern Europe Flashcards

1
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Capital of Belarus

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Minsk

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Capital of Bulgaria

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Sofia

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Capital of Albania

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Tirane

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Capital of Estonia

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Tallinn

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5
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Capital of Hungary

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Budapest

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Capital of Latvia

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Riga

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Capital of Macedonia

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Skopje

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Capital of Poland

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Warsaw

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Capital of Romania

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Bucharest

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10
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Capital of Serbia

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Belgrade

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Capital of Slovakia

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Bratislava

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12
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Capital of Ukraine

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Kyiv

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13
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Four nations in Eastern Europe

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Poland Lithuania Latvia and Estonia

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14
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Name the three Baltic states

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Lithuania Latvia and Estonia

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15
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How have the polish people suffered?

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Lack of natural barriers

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16
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During WWII what was Poland known as

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The soviet bloc

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17
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What is po lands largest city

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Warsaw

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18
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What river is the major artery of shipping through the central plains

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Vistula river

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19
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Head of the union in Poland?

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Lech walesa

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What are the two regions of Poland

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Galicia - southeastern Poland

Silesia - southwest Poland

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21
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The largest of several nazi death camps

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Auschwitz

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22
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Region drained by the Oder river

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Silesia

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23
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Largest Baltic state

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Lithuania

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How many rivers does Latvia have?

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Over 12,000

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Latvians major industries

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Agriculture transportation and electronics

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Industries of Estonia

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Telecommunications and engineering

27
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Dominant mountain system n Eastern Europe

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Carpathian mountains

28
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Highest Subregion

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Tatra mountains

29
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What is the continental divide?

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Tatra mountains

30
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What three nations share parts of the carpathians

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Czech Slovakia Hungary

31
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Overthrow of the communist party in Czechoslovakia in 1989

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Velvet Revolution

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Two parts of the nation to split peacefully into the nations

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Velvet divorce

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Each adult became shareholder in the nations various industries

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Mass privatization

34
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Western half of Czech

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Bohemia

35
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City of a hundred spires

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Prague

36
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Czech is major producer of what

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Coal

37
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Eastern part of Czech

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Moravia

38
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In the southwest crops are grown on a plain called

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The little Alfold

39
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Europes second largest river

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Danube river

40
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“The Hungarian sea”

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Lake balafon

41
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Hungary’s major products

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Timber and uranium

42
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Mountainous region that just down from Europe into eastern end of Mediterranean

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Balkan peninsula

43
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The tendency of such diverse territories to break up into small hostile nations is called

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Balkanization

44
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What mountain system runs down the border of Italy

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Dinars alps

45
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Highest peak in Slovenia

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Triglav

46
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Famous for sinkholes and limestone caves

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The karst

47
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What country is the karst located in

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Slovenia

48
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First Yugoslavian republic to demand independence

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Slovenia

49
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Capital of Croatia

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Zagreb

50
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Shaped like a boomerang

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Croatia

51
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Southern wing of Croatia

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Dalmatia

52
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How long did Muslims control the Balkans

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About 500 years

53
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Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Sarajevo

54
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“Black mountain”

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Montenegro

55
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Major industries of Montenegro

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Engineering mining and metallurgy

56
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Dammit industries of Albania

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Forestry and mining

57
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What country does Islam dominate

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Albania

58
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What makes up more than half of albanias GDP

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Agriculture

59
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What is Eastern Europe called

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Shatter belt

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