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Unit 7: Eastern Europe Flashcards

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Land features

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North: plains
Central: Carpathian Mountains
Valley of the Danube River
South: Julian and Dinaric alps

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Culture features

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Mostly Slavic background
Many unique customs and languages
Religions: orthodox, catholic, some Muslims, not many Protestants

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History

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Centuries of invasion and oppression
Soviet communist rule most of the 1900’s
Governments today: most are becoming democratic

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Economies

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Transition from communist state control to free enterprise
Some have joined the EU
Agriculture and industry are growing

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Estonia

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Tallinn

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Latvia

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Riga

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Lithuania

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Vilnius

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Baltic states facts

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Have a coast on the Baltic Sea
Improving their industries
Starting to attract tourists
Formed 360 mile human chain

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Poland

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Warsaw

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Poland facts-4

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Vistula River flows into the Baltic Sea
Land of plains: many grains crops and potatoes
Poles have suffered through many invasions
Krakow: former capital and cultural center

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Czech Republic

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Prague

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Czech facts-4

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In 1993, old Czechoslovakia split into two countries
Sudeten mountains on northern border
Elbe River begins here
West called Bohemia, home of John Huss

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Slovakia

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Bratislava

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Slovakia facts-2

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Capital is on the Danube River in the south

Carpathian mountains in north, go east and south

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Hungary

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Budapest

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Hungary facts-2

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Early people and culture: Magyars

Rich Danube basin, splits capital city, excellent farming

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Belarus

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Minsk

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Belarus facts-2

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A dictatorship, not moved from communist past

Close ties to Russia

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Ukraine

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Kiev

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Ukraine facts-4

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Dnieper River flows into the Black Sea
Crimean peninsula (recently annexed by Russia)
Odessa-major port city
47 million people, little smaller than Texas, productive

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Moldova

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Chisinau

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Moldova facts-2

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Very poor-GDP under $2000

Once a part of Romania, taken by the Soviet Union

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Romania

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Bucharest

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Romania facts-2

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Transylvanian alps in center, Black Sea coast, and Danube River on souther border
More of a Latin background, not Slavic

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Bulgaria

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Sofia

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Bulgaria facts-2

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Danube valley along the northern border

Balkan mountains run east and west through the center

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Albania

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Tirano

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Albania facts-2

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Small, poor country on the Adriatic Sea, about the size of Maryland
Mostly Muslim, lack of jobs, high crime rate

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Slovenia

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Ljubljana

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Slovenia facts-3

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1991 independence, easier than south lands
Ties to the west (EU and NATO)
Lake Bled-tourist attraction

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Croatia

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Zagreb

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Croatia facts-3

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Long coast line on Adriatic Sea
Dubrovnik-coastal city, tourist attraction
Croats had a tough civil war in the early ‘90’s, mostly catholic

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Sarajevo

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B&H facts-2

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Heart of war zone and ethnic cleansing issue

Higher percentage of Muslims

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Serbia

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Belgrade

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Serbia facts-2

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Center of the old Yugoslavia

Serbs were always the majority group

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Montenegro

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Podgorica

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Montenegro facts-2

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New country in 2006, broke from Serbia

Mountainous terrain

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Macedonia

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Skopje

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Macedonia facts-2

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Peaceful separation in 1991

Long history, home of Alexander the Great

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Kosovo

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Pristina

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Kosovo facts-2

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Independence in February of 2008

People are mostly Albanian Muslims, also broke from Serbia

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Area of Russia

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Largest country, about 6,800 miles across, 1/6 of the world’s land mass

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Population of Russia

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About 150 million, ranks 6th

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Bodies of water surrounding Russia

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North-Arctic Ocean, west-Baltic Sea, east-Bering strait, south-Black Sea and Caspian Sea (world’s largest lake)

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Rivers in Russia

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Don River-to the Black Sea
Volga River- longest in Europe, to the Caspian Sea
Ob, Yenisey, and Lena River- to the north

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World’s deepest lake

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Lake Baikal

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Mountains in Russia

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Ural Mountains- split Europe from Asia

Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus mountains

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Climate in Russia

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Tundra- farthest north, nothing grows there
Taiga-trees will grow
Steppe-can grow grain crops
Warmest land is near the southern seas

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Moscow

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capital and largest city, the kremlin, red square, and St. Basil’s church

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Major cities in Russia

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St. Petersburg (Leningrad)- Western port on the Gulf of Finland
Vladivostok- eastern port on the Sea of Japan (connected by rail to the west)
Volgograd (Stalingrad)- southern city on the Volga River

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History of Russia before 1917

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Ruled by czars: Peter the Great, Catherine the great
Russian Orthodox Church: very prominent 
a two class society: no middle class
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First two communist rulers

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Lenin and Stalin

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Last communist leader

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Mikhail Gorbachev-allowed for more openness

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Current president of Russia

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Vladimir Putin

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Vast, cold land of the East

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Siberia

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The _____ alphabet

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Cyrillic

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Industry

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Abundance of natural resources, world leader in steel production

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Part of Russia separated from the rest of the country

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Kaliningrad

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World-famous Russian ballet

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Bolshoi

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