The Baltics
Which of these countries are NOT one of the Baltic Republics?
A. Serbia
B. Latvia
C. Lithuania
D. Estonia
Serbia
Which Balkan country was responsible for the start of World War I by killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand from Austria-Hungary?
Serbia
Which Eastern European country was the only one to become a dictatorship after being freed from Russia?
Belarus
What is the name given to the land that Russia owned after World War 2?
The Eastern Bloc
What American president is currently in the Wrestling Hall of Fame?
Abraham Lincoln
Where did the Baltic Republics get their name?
The Baltic Sea
Which of these is not a Balkan country?
1. Serbia
2. Albania
3. Ukraine
4. Croatia
Ukraine
What weird decision did Ukraine make to stop fighting among their own people?
They asked some Vikings to come rule them
Who are the Slavs?
A group of Asians responsible for settling Eastern Europe
What is the name of the Saint who took an elaborate revenge plan to avenge her husband in Ukraine?
Saint Olga of Kyiv
What is 1 of the 2 reasons the World Wars sucked for the Baltics?
WWI was mostly fought in the Baltics or WWII started with the invasion of the Baltics
What is the idea that one's own ethnic group or culture is superior
Ethnocentrism
What is the name of the group of former Soviet countries that meet to talk about trade and immigration in Inland Eastern Europe?
The Commonwealth of Independent States
What is an ethnic group?
A population with a common cultural origin
What form of animal cruelty was used to attack Saint Olga's enemies as revenge?
Lighting pigeons on fire and sending them into a city
What is infrastructure?
The resources that a country needs to support economic growth and activity
What are the Balkan States named after?
The Balkan Mountain Range
What group of people conquered the Slavic Kingdoms before World War I?
Austria
What is the largest country in Europe (not counting Russia)?
Ukraine
What is the name for the trade organization in the North Atlantic that have agreed to a security alliance
NATO
Which Baltic Country claims to have housed the first ever Christmas tree?
Latvia
What is ethnic cleansing?
The removal of all other ethnic groups in an area/country
What links all of these things together:
1. Russia does not want Ukraine to join NATO
2. Russia used to own Ukraine
3. Russia doesn't like Ukraine's government
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
What sets Eastern Europe apart from the rest of Europe?
They were all ruled by Russia after World War 2
How old am I?
24