Countries Pt. 1
The largest country entirely in Europe with the capital of Kyiv (also known as Keiv). This country produces a lot of the bread.
Where is Ukraine?
This country has a capital of Warsaw and has had many changes in its borders due to war between Germany and Russia. This is a very flat and looks westward.
What is Poland?
This event was the most devastating nuclear disaster in history. This is also a town.
What is Chernobyl?
This organization was supposed to be anti-NATO and was named after a capital.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This mountain range separated Asia and Europe. This is a very mineral rich mountain range.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This country has the capital of Bucharest and has a known person that goes by Vlad the Impaler.
Where is Romania?
This country has the capital of Budapest and is really close to Poland. Most people of this place say they were better during the Cold War.
What is Hungary?
This was the most peaceful European country revolution. It happened in 1989 made by Czechoslovakia.
What is the Velvet Divorce?
Started by Winston Churchill, this expression was used to express the control of the USSR.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This river flows through 10 countries, 4 capital cities, and splits Budapest.
What is the Danube River?
This country has the capital of Vilnius and is the largest, flattest, and most southern of the Baltic states. Speaks the oldest language in the world.
What is Lithuania?
These countries are former Yugoslavian countries.
What is Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo.
This was a literal replication of the Iron Curtain. This was the only wall in history meant to keep people in.
What is the Berlin Wall
This economic system was the reason the U.S. was fighting Russia. It is still used by Russia, China, and other parts of Asia.
What is Communism?
This peninsula held many conflicts between Croatia and Serbia and held most of the Yugoslavian countries.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
This country is the fastest growing country in Eastern Europe with a capital of Prague.
What is Czechia?
This place has the capital of Chisinau and Europe's poorest country. Very corrupt but is a major wine producer.
What is Moldova?
This event was a destructive rain caused by fossil fuel pollution and destroyed many natural places such as forests, lakes and rivers.
What is acid rain?
This was the secret police that ruled over the USSR satellites. For example, Romania had a lot of these people.
What is the Securitate?
This straight was a very important place and still is. This linked Europe and Asia and helped the Ottomans come in.
What is the Bosphorus Straight?
This country is closely allied with Russia and is the last dictatorship in Europe.
What is Belarus?
This country is not known to be an independent country by Slovakia, who they gained independence from. Lots of tension with Slovakia.
What is Serbia?
This genocide in Bosnia was aimed toward killing Muslims. Other than the Genocide in Bosnia it is know as what.
What is the Cauldron of Calamity?
This was a competition during the Cold War to see who could get a man on the moon first. This was not learned in this class. It was the what race.
What is the Space Race?
This peninsula was once controlled by Ukraine but Russia now controls it. It was a main port for Ukraine.
What is the Crimea Peninsula?