EASTERN EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY
These mountains curve from southern Poland, through Ukraine, & into Romania. The legend of Dracula is from these mountains
the Carpathian Mts
This kind of mining is a major industry in Poland.
coal mining
Ukraine is bordered in the south by this sea.
Black Sea
This piano player, Frederic Chopin (Show-pan), was from this country.
Poland
Magyars are the ancestors of most of the people of this country.
Hungary
These 3 countries make up the Baltic Republics.
Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania
Like most E. European countries since the fall of Communism, Hungary ‘s economy has changed to this kind.
free market
This sea separates Eastern Europe from Scandinavia.
Baltic Sea
The legend of Count Dracula began in a region in Romania called this.
Transylvania
Eastern European country invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939, beginning World War II.
Poland
This landform has made Poland an easy target for armies to invade from the east or west. Why?
the North European Plain; because there are no natural boundaries protecting Poland
In Poland, this labor group struggled peacefully for democratic change in the 1980s.
Solidarity
The Danube River empties into this body of water.
Black Sea
This hockey player, nicknamed the Great One, had family from Ukraine.
Wayne Gretzky
This country is tucked in between its larger neighbors, Ukraine & Romania.
Moldova
This country split with Serbia in 2006 to become independent. Its name means Black Mountain.
Montenegro
The Czech Republic & Slovakia agreed to separate peacefully in this year.
1993
The Danube River begins in these mountains.
the Alps
This man’s real name was Karol Wojtyla, but he’s better known by this name.
Pope John Paul II
This country has been called the “breadbasket of Europe.” Why?
Ukraine, because it has vast amounts of farming.
This body of water separates the Balkan Peninsula from Italy.
the Adriatic Sea
Name ALL 7 countries that used to make up Yugoslavia.
Serbia; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Macedonia; Croatia; Slovenia; Montenegro; & Kosovo
The Adriatic Sea borders Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, & this country about the size of Maryland.
Albania
Bela Legosi, an actor who played the 1st Dracula in a movie, was from this country.
Hungary
More than ½ of all European countries are a part of this “Union.”
European Union