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Eastern Europe Flashcards

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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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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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Capital of Serbia

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Belgrade

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Capital of Slovakia

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Bratislava

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Capital of Ukraine

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Kyiv

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Four nations in Eastern Europe

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Poland Lithuania Latvia and Estonia

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Name the three Baltic states

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Lithuania Latvia and Estonia

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How have the polish people suffered?

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Lack of natural barriers

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During WWII what was Poland known as

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The soviet bloc

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What is po lands largest city

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Warsaw

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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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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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The largest of several nazi death camps

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Auschwitz

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Region drained by the Oder river

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Silesia

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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
Agriculture transportation and electronics
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Industries of Estonia
Telecommunications and engineering
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Dominant mountain system n Eastern Europe
Carpathian mountains
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Highest Subregion
Tatra mountains
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What is the continental divide?
Tatra mountains
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What three nations share parts of the carpathians
Czech Slovakia Hungary
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Overthrow of the communist party in Czechoslovakia in 1989
Velvet Revolution
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Two parts of the nation to split peacefully into the nations
Velvet divorce
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Each adult became shareholder in the nations various industries
Mass privatization
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Western half of Czech
Bohemia
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City of a hundred spires
Prague
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Czech is major producer of what
Coal
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Eastern part of Czech
Moravia
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In the southwest crops are grown on a plain called
The little Alfold
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Europes second largest river
Danube river
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"The Hungarian sea"
Lake balafon
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Hungary's major products
Timber and uranium
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Mountainous region that just down from Europe into eastern end of Mediterranean
Balkan peninsula
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The tendency of such diverse territories to break up into small hostile nations is called
Balkanization
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What mountain system runs down the border of Italy
Dinars alps
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Highest peak in Slovenia
Triglav
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Famous for sinkholes and limestone caves
The karst
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What country is the karst located in
Slovenia
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First Yugoslavian republic to demand independence
Slovenia
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Capital of Croatia
Zagreb
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Shaped like a boomerang
Croatia
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Southern wing of Croatia
Dalmatia
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How long did Muslims control the Balkans
About 500 years
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Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
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"Black mountain"
Montenegro
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Major industries of Montenegro
Engineering mining and metallurgy
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Dammit industries of Albania
Forestry and mining
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What country does Islam dominate
Albania
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What makes up more than half of albanias GDP
Agriculture
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What is Eastern Europe called
Shatter belt

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