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Russia
Eastern Europe
Miscellaneous
100
A system in which the government controls almost everything, especially the economy
What is Communism
100
A map that shows geographical features such as mountains, lakes, and rivers.
What is physical map.
100
How does Russia compare to the other countries in the world in size?
What is it is the largest country in the world.
100
The most important river in Eastern Europe, it flows through many major cities including Budapest.
What is the Danube River
100
Name 3 countries of Eastern Europe
What is Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia
200
The dividing line between Western and Eastern Europe was known as this.
What is Iron Curtain
200
A map that shows countries and their borders.
What is political map
200
Russia recently took this piece of land from the Ukraine.
What is Crimea
200
The capital of the Czech Republic
What is Prague
200
Why are most big cities built on rivers?
What is Provide water, sewage, entertainment, trade, etc.
300
The table we looked at comparing Austria and Hungary showed that communism really hurts this.
What is the economy
300
The Soviet Union's response to NATO, a defensive agreement between Eastern Bloc countries
What is Warsaw Pact
300
Recently, Russia has been providing weapons and military support to this Middle Eastern Country.
What is Syria
300
The location of a terrible nuclear accident in 1986.
What is Chernobyl
300
The economic system that the US and the rest of the West use.
What is capitalism
400
Name 2 benefits of communism.
What is equality, everyone has a job, a sense of comradery
400
The main religion in much of Eastern Europe, especially Russia.
What is Orthodox Christian
400
The Soviet Union fell in this year.
What is 1991
400
This country held 3/4 of the worlds Jews at one point.
What is Poland
400
Why does Russia have a port in the Baltic Sea away from the rest of Russia.
What is Because they needed a port that would stay open year round
500
Name 3 drawbacks of communism.
What is bad economy, corruption, little regard for rights or the environment, loss of freedoms, tight grip, etc
500
Eastern Europe is made up largely of people from this ethnicity.
What is Slav or Slavic
500
Most of Russia's resources are located here, but they are very hard to get to.
What is Siberia
500
This country was split up into several other countries at the end of the Cold War
What is Yugoslavia
500
The cruel Soviet leader with the really impressive mustache
What is Joseph Stalin