Eastern Europe
The Former Yugoslavia
Russia Introduction
Geography Definitions
Geography Word Scramble
100

Reforms in Eastern Europe in the 1990s saw countries change from a system of Communism to a system of ___________. 

Democracy

100
What does the name Yugoslavia mean?

The Land of the South Slavs

100

Which climate type dominates most of Russia?

Type D

100

The total value of goods and services produced by a country, divided by the population. 

GDP per capita 

100

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Yugo
200

Because of reforms in Eastern Europe in the 1990s countries experienced a change to a system of open markets from what kind of system?

Central planning

200

How many current countries make up the area that used to be the former Yugoslavia?

7

200

What is the name of the railroad that goes from Moscow to Vladivostok?

Trans-Siberian Railroad

200

A country's largest city that is usually twice the size of the next largest city and is exceptionally expressive of the national culture and persona.

primate city

200
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European Union

300

In Bulgaria, a (shake/nod) means "yes", while a (shake/nod) means "no". 

shake-"yes", nod-"no" 

300
According to our textbook, was Marshal Tito a centripetal or centrifugal force for the region of Yugoslavia?

Centripetal

300

What is the name of the attempt to minimize cultural differences in Russia and to turn all Russian subjects into Russians, or make them as Russian as possible?

Russification

300

An agreement reached by leaders of former Yugoslavia to end the war in Bosnia. 

Dayton Accord

300

rM. bRoin si ym tirvofae paeroGyhg eetrcah.

Mr. Robin is my favorite Geography teacher. 

400

Two countries in particular have had a difficult time with the transition after independence. Name either one. 

Albania and Moldova. 

400

In 1991, Slobodan Milosevic began pushing for the nationalistic goal of uniting all the ethnic Serbs that lived in the various parts of Yugoslavia into a ______ _________.

Greater Serbia

400

Is Russia's growing season short or long?

Short

400

The process whereby regions within a country demand autonomy at the central government's expense. 

devolution

400

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communism

500
Although this country gained its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, it did not distance itself from its Russian connection.

Belarus

500

What was the name of the unified mission that NATO implemented in March of 1999 to force Milosevik to discontinue the ethnic cleansing campaign and end the violence in Kosovo?

Operation Allied Force

500

What lake is described as the largest freshwater lake in the world?

Lake Baikal

500

Region with political fracturing and splintering such as Eastern Europe.

shatterbelt
500
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krais

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