The Baltics
Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia are called the Baltic States because they border this body of water
The Baltic Sea
This religion was brought to the Balkans by the Ottoman Turks
Islam
Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus belong to this organization, an international alliance that works on such issues as trade and immigration.
CIS
What is infrastructure?
The resources needed to support a countries economy
What sets Eastern Europe apart from the rest of Europe?
It was ruled by the weakened Soviet Union after World War 2, whereas the other parts were influenced by the West, which is economically and politically stronger
Name 2 of the 4 countries in the Baltics
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
What people owned the Balkans until the 1800s AD?
The Byzantines
What group of people were responsible for settling Inland Eastern Europe?
The Slavs
What group is Ukraine and Belarus a part of that meets to talk about trade and immigration?
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
What are the starting and end dates of WWI and WWII?
1914-1918
1939-1945 (DDay)
After WWI, the Baltic Republics became part of this organization
the EU
Which country/(or group of people) was responsible for starting World War I by killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Serbia/Serbs
This group of people influenced the language and culture of Hungary
the Magyars
What is the term for getting rid of all people who are part of a specific cultural group?
Ethnic Cleansing
Why was Yugoslavia created, and who formed it?
After World War I, the Balkan leaders decided to join together to form a new country called Yugoslavia
What made WORLD WAR 1 so devastating for the Baltics?
What country broke apart in 1991 and formed the countries we now know as the Balkans?
Yugoslavia
What country of Inland Europe is a dictatorship (that claims to be a republic)?
Belarus
the countries of this region had few freedoms and suffered many economic hardships because they were dominated by this group
the Soviets
The breakup of Yugoslavia created five new countries—List 2!
Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Macedonia
What made WORLD WAR 2 so devastating to the Baltics?
They were invaded first and were ruled by the Nazis
The Balkans have been ruled by FOUR different empires. List 2!
Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires.