Central Europe and Northern Eurasia spans how many continents?
What is two?
100
Yugoslavia broke up because certain groups could not get along. What were they?
What is the different ethnic groups of Yugoslavia.
100
Which Eastern European country tried to break away from Soviet control, unsuccessfully, in 1956?
What is Hungary.
100
What was the name of the labor union in Poland that worked for reform in the 1980s?
What is Solidarity.
100
These individuals were long the monarchs of Russia.
Who were the Tsars (or Czars or Tsarinas).
200
In what hemisphere does Eastern Europe and Northern Eurasia lie?
What is the Northern Hemisphere.
200
What was the euphemistic term used by the Serbs for their genocide of other groups during the fighting of the 1990s?
What is "ethnic cleansing."
200
Which Eastern European country was ruled by the brutal dictator Ceaucescu, and was the only one to have a violent revolution to throw off communist rule?
What is Romania.
200
This country, which still has close ties with Russia, is known for rigid authoritarianism and human rights violations.
What is Belarus.
200
This river, located in Russia, is the longest in Europe.
What is the Volga.
300
Taiga is an area that is covered by what?
What is coniferous forest.
300
What was the predominant ethnic group in the united Yugoslavia before the breakup?
Who are the Serbs.
300
Which country, to which former actress Shirley Temple was U.S. Ambassador, broke apart peacefully at the end of 1992?
What is Czechoslovakia.
300
This country was once united with Poland and was the largest in Europe 500 years ago.
What is Lithuania.
300
This term means "black earth" and refers to a fertile soil on Russia's steppes.
What is chernozem.
400
A region that is multi-ethnic has many what?
What is ethnic groups.
400
Which of the former Yugoslav republics had a diplomatic disagreement with Greece over their name?
What is Macedonia?
400
This country, home of the pop group O-zone, also has a breakaway region known as Trans-Nistria.
What is Moldova.
400
The capital of this country is Riga, and it is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
What is Latvia.
400
What is the name of the communist dictatorship that ruled much of Northern Eurasia for seventy years during the twentieth century?
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
500
Before 1989, the national economies of Eastern Europe and Northern Eurasia could have been defined as what?
What is Marxist.
500
Which of the former Yugoslav republics was the first to break away, successfully gaining their independence in only ten days?
What is Slovenia.
500
What noteworthy event, in 1986, occurred just outside the Ukrainian town of Pripyat?
What is the Chernobyl disaster.
500
This country protested Soviet rule in the 1980s through impromptu singing in the streets.
What is Estonia.
500
What is the Russian term that was used to refer to a plan of economic restructuring in the waning days of the Soviet Union?