vocabulary
a region that is under continual political pressures
Shatter belt
a basin in the center of the alpine system
Great Hungarian plan
most of eastern Europe religion
Christians
This is the poorest country in Europe.
Albania
A nuclear reactor number 4 pripyat in Ukraine was called _____
Chernobly
a string of semi-independent countries behind the iron curtain ruled by puppet government taking their orders from Moscow
Soviet bloc
the tallest peak of the Carpathians
gerlachovpeak
city where people dance in traditional clothing
Budapest, Hungary
CIS is based in this city,the capital of Belarus.
Minsk
Eastern Europe is larger than the area of
North, West and South combined.
when the state takes ownership of the farms and puts people there to work the land
collectivization
the 3rd longest river in Europe
Dnieper river
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the ________ ?
Church
An effort to remove all members of a group from a country or region is called
ethnic cleansing
During the Cold War, Eastern Europe was called the
Eastern Bloc.
the tendency of ethnically and religiously diverse territories to break up into small hostile nations
Balkanization
includes sixteen clear blue,green, or turquoise lakes
plitvice lakes national park in Croatia
Ukraine public schools have been teaching a christian ethics course based on _______ teaching
Biblical
This is the coldest location in eastern Europe.
the Baltic Coast
-------is still used as a medicine only in Eastern Europe.
Zelyonka
the attempt to get rid of members of an unwanted ethnic groups through mass killing, deportation or displacement
Ethnic cleansing
they border the north of eastern Europe
Baltic and Barents sea
This item was smuggled in and outlawed
Bible
The top three city of importance are these.
Prague, Kiev, and Budpest
Hryvnia, the Ukrainian currency, got its name in honor of the jewelry, which was made of__________
gold or silver.