social studies
LAtvia,lithuania, and estonia three countries that border the baltic sea
Baltic states
to expel from a country
deport
An ethnic Hungarian person or the language
Magyar
Former country in Eastern Europe that existed from 1918 until 1993 when it split into Czech republic and Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
President of Serbia from 1989 to 1997 and at Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000 a key figure in the Balkins in the 1990s
Slobadan Milosevic
polish leader who confounded solidarity and served as president of poland from 1990 to 1995
Lech walesa
the loss of skilled workers who move in search of better oppertunities
brain drain
The peaceful protest by the Czech people that led to the smooth end of communism in Czechoslovakia
Velvet revolution
A country on the Balkan peninsula from 1918 to 1991
Yugoslavia
An ethnic Muslim from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnaic
polands first independant labor trade union, confounded by lech walesa
solidarity
a type of government in which the communist party holds all politacal power And controls the economy
Communism
Relating to a plan of action designed to achieve a specific goal
Strategic
The communist leader of Yugoslavia from 1953 to 1980
Josip Broz tito
A person who flees a place to find safety
Refugeer
the effort to make countries occupied by the soviet union more russian by replacing local languages and customs
Russifacation
An economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by a central government
Command economy
An economic measure relating to the quality and amount of goods available to a group of, people and how those goods are distributed across the group
Standard of living
Removing an ethnic or religious group from an area by force of the mass killing of members of such a group
Ethnic cleansing
an abundant grain producing region
bread basket
An economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by the supply of goods and the demand of consumers
Market economy
Made up of parts from a variety of scources
Eclectic
A self governing province within Serbia
Kosovo