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XII. Eastern europe Flashcards

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Religions of Eastern Europe (4)

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Orthodox
Catholic
Islam
Protestant(minor)

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The countries of Eastern Europe have a mostly _____ background

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Slavic

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Land features:

What across the northern regions?

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Plains

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What mountains go through central Eastern Europe?

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Carpathian Mountains

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What are the three Baltic States?

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Estonia
Lithuania
Latvia

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Capital of Estonia

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Tallinn

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Capital of Latvia

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Riga

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Capital of Lithuania

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Vilnius

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Capital of Poland

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Warsaw

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What River flows through Poland?

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Vistula(to Baltic Sea)

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Krakow, Poland:

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Former capital and cultural center

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The Vistula River flows through what country?

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Poland

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Capital of the Czech Republic

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Prague

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What year did Czechoslovakia split into two countries?

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1993

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What mountain range is on the north boarder of the Czech Republic?

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Sudeten Mountains

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The Elbe River begins in what country?

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Czech Republic

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Capital of Slovakia

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Brataslava

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The capital of Slovakia is on what River?

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Danube

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What mountain range is in northern Slovakia?

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Carpathian Mountains

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Capital of Belarus?

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Minsk

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Belarus has what kind of leadership?

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Dictatorship

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Capital of Ukraine?

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Kiev

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What River is in Ukraine?

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Dnieper River, flows to Black Sea

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Name of Ukraine’s Peninsula that was recently annexed by Russia

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Crimean Peninsula

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Capital of Moldova

A

Chisinau

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Capital of Romania?

A

Bucharest

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Capital of Bulgaria

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Sophia

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Capital of Albania

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Tirana

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Capital of Slovenia

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Ljubljana

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Capital of Croatia

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Zagreb

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Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A

Sarajevo

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Capital of Serbia

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Belgrade

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Capital of Montenegro

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Podgorica

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Capital of Macedonia

A

Skopje

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Capital of Russia

A

Moscow

35
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Capital of Georgia

A

Tbilisi

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Capital of Armenia

A

Yerevan

37
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Capital of Azerbaijan

A

Baku

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What country has the Transylvanian Alps in the center, Black Sea coast and the Danube River on the Southern Boarder?

A

Romania

39
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Chat mountains run east to west in Bulgaria

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Balkon

40
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What country is Lake Bled in?

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Slovenia

41
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Montenegro has a very _________ terrain

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Mountainous

42
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What country is the home of Alexander the Great

A

Macedonia

43
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Capital of Kosovo

A

Pristina

44
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What is the name of the worlds largest lake and what country is it in?

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Caspian Sea, Russia

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What is the worlds deepest lake and what country is it in?

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Lake Baikal, Russia

46
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Tundra:

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Farthest north of Russia, nothing grows

47
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Taiga:

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Forrest, not crops grow, central Russia

48
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Steppe

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Southern Russia, most of farming is here

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St. Petersburg, Russia

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Western port on Gulf of Finland

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Vladivostok, Russia

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Eastern port on Sea of Japan

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Volgrad, Russia:

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Southern city on Volga River

52
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List some famous Czars of Russia

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Katherine the great
Ivan the terrible
Peter the great

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Who were the first two communist leaders of Russia

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Lenin and Stalin

54
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Who was the last communist ruler of Russia?

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Mikhail Gorbachev

55
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Who is the president of Russia?

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Vtadimir Putin

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