Water
This river forms the German-Polish border.
Oder River
This was the worst single environmental disaster in history.
Chernobyl
What are the two cultural commonalities of all these nations?
drinking and gardening
What is the tendency of diverse territories to break up into small, hostile nations?
Balkanization
What name was given to the group of semi-independent states ruled by puppets of the Soviet Union following World War II?
Soviet bloc
Name one of the three prominent seas in Eastern Europe
Baltic, Adriatic, and Black
This was the largest country in the Balkans during the twentieth century.
Yugoslavia
This is the top grain crop in Eastern Europe.
rye
What is the mass killing or expulsion of an ethnic or religious group?
ethnic cleansing
What part of Ukraine’s territory did Russia invade and annex?
the Crimean Peninsula
This is the most important river in Eastern Europe.
the Danube River
Which region of Slovenia is famous for its sinkholes and limestone caves?
Karst
This is turned into cooking oil or used as a nutritional supplement because of its fiber content.
flaxseed
Why is the term “Eastern Europe” derisive?
It includes the connotations of poverty, weakness, and Soviet domination.
This is when the state takes ownership of farms or businesses and puts people there to work the land.
collectivization
These are the largest marshlands in Europe.
The Pinsk Marshes
This capital city was under siege for almost four years.
Sarajevo
The nations that border the Baltic Sea produce almost all of the world’s supply of which gemstone?
amber
Why have the countries in this region been termed the “new Europe”?
The United States found them as new allies.
What happened when communism fell in Yugoslavia in 1991?
a civil war erupted
Sixteen colorful lakes are located here.
Plitvice Lakes National Park
What narrow break in the Carpathian Mountains does the Danube River flow through?
the Iron Gate
Romanians are trying to profit from
no-tech farming.
After the iron curtain fell, how did Christians respond?
Missionaries poured into Eastern Europe and many Christians from Eastern Europe immigrated to the United States and Canada.
This country stands apart from the rest of Eastern Europe since it still has a dictator.
Belarus