Show:
Social Studies Words
Social Studies Words
Physical Geography
Poland and the Baltic Republics
Inland Eastern Europe & The Balkan Countries
100
Refers to dates after the birth of Jesus
AD
100
A period of 10 years.
Decade
100
a major mountain chain in central and eastern Europe
Carpathians
100
the set of resources, like roads and factories, that a country needs to support economic activities (p. 179)
infrastructure
100
(50°N, 14°E) capital of the Czech Republic
Prague
200
Refers to dates before Jesus’s birth
BC
200
A period of time
Era
200
a peninsula in Southern Europe
Balkan Peninsula
200
(52°N, 21°E) the capital of Poland
Warsaw
200
(50°N, 31°E) the capital of Ukraine
Kiev
300
Refers to dates before Jesus’s birth, stands for “before the common era”
BCE
300
A period of 1,000 years
Millennium
300
the second-longest river in Europe; it flows from Germany east to the Black Sea
Danube
300
Totally dominated Eastern Europe after World War II
Soviet Union
300
a union of former Soviet republics that meets about issues such as trade and immigration (p. 182)
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
400
Refers to the dates after Jesus’s birth, stands for “common era”
CE
400
The weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time
Climate
400
(51°N, 30°E) a city in Ukraine; the world’s worst nuclear reactor accident occurred there in 1986
Chernobyl
400
Was born in Poland and encouraged the Polish people to protest the Communist government.
Pope John Paul II
400
(48°N, 19°E) the capital of Hungary
Budapest
500
A period of 100 years
Century
500
The study of the world’s people, places, and landscapes
Geography
500
The shores of the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Coast
500
What type of government was enforced by the Soviet Union
Communism
500
the effort to remove all members of an ethnic group from a country or region (p. 186)
ethnic cleansing