Eastern Europe

Question 1

What are the 3 Baltic Republics?

Answer 1

Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia

Question 2

What mountains are in Poland?

Answer 2

Carpathian

Question 3

Where do most people live Poland?

Answer 3

fertile lowland plain

Question 4

What three countries have invaded Poland in the past?

Answer 4

Germany
Russia
Austria

Question 5

What did Germany’s attacks in 1939 start?

Answer 5

WWII

Question 6

What happened to Warsaw, Poland during WWII?

Answer 6

It was bombed to ashes

Question 7

What was the Soliditary and when did it take place?

Answer 7

It was a labor group supporting peaceful democratic change

1980’s

Question 8

What brought about the fall of Communism in Poland?

Answer 8

Communist leaders began allowing free elections which brought about democracy

Question 9

Leaders have moved Poland towards what kind of eceonomy?

Answer 9

Market

Question 10

What is potash and where is it found?

Answer 10

Its a mineral used to make fertilizer and its found in Belarus

Question 11

What is is the major religion of belarus?

Answer 11

eastern orthodox slavs

Question 12

What is the capital of Belarus?

Answer 12

Minsk

Question 13

T/F the baltic republics were part of the Soviet union

Answer 13

true. they were part of it ‘till 1991

Question 14

What are some major industries of the Baltic Republics?

Answer 14

dairy farming, beef productions, fishing, and shipbuilding!

Question 15

Which 2 Baltic Republics are Protestent?

Answer 15

estonia and latvia

Question 16

name an export of the baltic republics?

Answer 16

telecommunications equipment

Question 17

What is the major religion of Lithuania?

Answer 17

Roman Catholic

Question 18

When did Czechoslovakia exist?

Answer 18

1918-1993

Question 19

what happened when Czechoslovakia split?

Answer 19

it became the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Question 20

When did Czechoslovakia split?

Answer 20

1993

Question 21

What are the major differences from the Czechs and the slovaks?

Answer 21

different language culture and religion

Question 22

What countries were once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

Answer 22

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary

Question 23

Who did the Hungarians descend from?

Answer 23

The Magyars from central Asia

Question 24

What River divides Ukraine into 2 regions?

Answer 24

Dnieper

Question 25

What is the western half of ukraine called?

Answer 25

breadbasket of europe

Question 26

What recources can be found in the eastern half of europe?

Answer 26

coal/iron deposits

Question 27

Ukrainians are of _______ descent

Answer 27

Russian

Question 28

How and When did Romania drive out Communism?

Answer 28

a bloody revolt in 1989

Question 29

What deposits can be found in Romania?

Answer 29

coal
petroleum
natural gas

Question 30

Where does Romania get its name from

Answer 30

the romans that once ruled that land

Question 31

What si the Romanian Lang. based on?

Answer 31

latin

Question 32

What are the major industies of Romania?

Answer 32

farming/agriculture

Question 33

What is europes poorest country

Answer 33

moldova

Question 34

what 2 countries is moldova in between?

Answer 34

ukraine

romania

Question 35

t/f bulgaria is flat

Answer 35

false its mountainous!

Question 36

What is the ancestry of the bulgarians?

Answer 36

turks, slavs, other central asain groups

Question 37

What is the main religoin of Ablania and where is it located?

Answer 37

muslim

on adriatic sea

Question 38

What were the 7 nations that made up Yugoslavia before 1990?

Answer 38

slovenia
crotia
bosnia&herzgovina
macedonia
serbia
montenegro
kosavo

Question 39

what is ethnic cleansing and who practiced it?

Answer 39

its the removing/killing off of an entire ethnic group

serbia/serbs