The Baltics
What is infrastructure?
The resources needed to support a countries economy
What people owned the Balkans until the 1800s AD?
The Byzantines
What country of Inland Europe is a dictatorship (that claims to be a republic)?
Belarus
Where did the Baltics get their name?
The Baltic Sea
Which US president is currently in the Wrestling Hall of Fame?
Abraham Lincoln
Name 2 of the 4 countries in the Baltics
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
Which country was responsible for starting World War I by killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Serbia
What weird solution did Ukraine use to keep their people from fighting?
The asked some Vikings to come rule their country
Where did the Balkans get their name?
The Balkan Peninsula
Why are wedding dresses white?
Because it is a status symbol/Because of Queen Victoria
What 2 countries of the Baltics were big enough in the Middle Ages to compete with the rest of Europe?
Poland and Lithuania
What is the term for getting rid of all people who are a different religion or ethnic group?
Ethnic Cleansing
What group of people were responsible for settling Inland Eastern Europe?
The Slavs
What is the biggest country in Europe (if you don't count Russia)?
Ukraine
Which country requires you to ask the government to approve your child's name?
Hungary
What made WORLD WAR 1 so devastating for the Baltics?
What country broke apart in 1991 and formed the countries we now know as the Balkans?
Yugoslavia
Name 2 of the 3 reasons Russia is invading Ukraine
1. Russia doesn't want Ukraine to join NATO
2. Russia doesn't like the Ukraine government
3. Russia used to own it and wants it back
What sets Eastern Europe apart from the rest of Europe?
It was ruled by Russia after World War 2
Which country does the word, "robot" come from?
What made WORLD WAR 2 so devastating to the Baltics?
They were invaded first/rule by Nazis
What is ethnocentrism?
The idea that your own culture or ethnic group is superior to all others
What group is Ukraine and Belarus a part of that meets to talk about trade and immigration?
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
What is the name for the group of countries that Russia owned after World War II?
The Eastern Bloc
What is the name of the Celtic holiday that was the origin of Halloween?
Samhain