Eastern Europe Flashcards
Or CIS, meets to discuss issues such as trade and immigration that affect former Soviet republics
Commonwealth of independent states
The effort to remove all members of a group from a country religion.
Ethnic cleasing
Capital of Poland
Warsaw
The major river that flows trough Eastern Europe, one on the longest on the continent.
Danube river
Capital of Czech Republic
Prague
The peninsula on which much of Eastern Europe is located
Balkan
A mountain range in Eastern Europe
Carpathians
Capital of Estonia
Tallin
Capital of Latvia
Riga
Capital of Lithuania
Vilnius
Capital of Belarus
Minsk
Capital of Ukraine
Kiev
Capital of Moldova
Chisinau
Capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
Capital of Hungary
Budapest
Capital of Slovenia
Ljubljana
Capital of Croatia
Zagreb
Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Capital of Montenegro
Podgorica
Capital of Albania
Tirana
Capital of Macedonia
Skopje
Capital of Romania
Bucharest
Capital of Bulgaria
Sofia
Capital of Kosovo
Pristina
Capital of Serbia
Belgrade
When did the Soviet Union first gain control of parts of Poland and the Baltic countries?
After World War II
What country ran the area after World War II?
Soviet Union
What are the major mountain ranges of Eastern Europe?
Carpathian Mountains
What is the climate of the Balkan peninsula like?
Mediterranean
The set of resources, like roads, airports, and factories, that a country needs in order to support economic activities
Infrastructure
