Define It
Commonwealth of Independent States
alliance among former Soviet republics
Country whose bad economic planning and inferior factories caused economic problems in many Eastern European countries while under their control.
Soviet Union
*after WWII most of Eastern Europe was forced to accept governments run or influenced by them.
Capital of Belarus
Minsk
After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia and what other 2 countries were formed?
Serbia and Croatia
Describe the climate of the Balkan coast.
warm summers and mild winters
Which classmate is bonkers for volley ball?
Olivia
Chernobyl
Site of a terrible nuclear power plant explosion in 1986 that ruined forests and soil.
First Balkan country to join the EU
Slovenia
One of the most prosperous cities of inland Eastern Europe. Capital of Hungary
Budapest
What two kingdoms ruled much of Eastern and Northern Europe in the Middle Ages?
Poland and Lithuania
Coldest and most heavily forested parts of Eastern Europe are closest to the ____________ Sea.
Baltic
Which classmate went to Florida for Spring Break?
Christina
Macedonia
the only country to break away from Yugoslavia peacefully.
Most culturally diverse area in Europe.
Balkans
Capital of Czech Republic
Prague
Some of the biggest difference among the cultures of Poland, Baltic Republics, inland Eastern Europe and the Balkans are __________ and ____________.
languages and religions
After WWI European leaders combined many independent countries under one government to form ___________.
Yugoslavia
Which classmate just got back from a trip to Africa?
Micah
ethnic cleansing
forcing out or killing ethnic or other religious groups
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the governments of many Eastern European countries became ____________.
democratic
Major industrial center and Polish capital
Warsaw
In 1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into what two countries?
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Most important river in Eastern Europe, important to trade and transportation.
Danube
Which part of the ITBS did we do today?
Reading and Punctuation
infrastructure
set of resources like roads, electricity, water and factories
*largest economic challenge facing Poland and the Baltic Republics today
Mountain range in Eastern Europe
Carpathians
*most of the Balkan Peninsula is covered in mountains
City that was once the center of a great empire in what is today Ukraine. Also its capital.
Kiev
*Many of the capital cities in inland Eastern Europe have become major industrial centers.
Name the 2 other countries of the Baltic Republic besides Latvia.
Estonia Lithuania
Much of the violence that occurred in the Balkans in the 1990s resulted from ____________.
ethnic violence
Which classmate is celebrating a birthday today?
Cooper