Parliament and Free Enterprise
Type of government in the U.K.
Parliamentary monarchy
The world's worst nuclear power accident occurred in Ukraine 1986, at a power plant
Chernobyl
This country has one of the highest standards of living in Eastern Europe
Hungary
Leader that took control of Yugoslavia after WWII
Josip Broz Tito
What is the official writing system in Russia?
Cyrillic Alphabet
Main service industries in the U.K.
Language that replaced Ukrainian in schools, newspapers, and the government during Soviet rule of the Ukraine.
Russian
What two countries were made up when Czechoslovakia broke apart?
Slovakia and Czech Republic
Self-governing province within Serbia and Montenegro
Kosovo
Information that deliberately tries to influence opinion.
Propaganda
Recent construction project helped draw Britain more closely to Europe
The Channel Tunnel
Kievan Rus was the first eastern Slavic state. What caused it to collapse?
Invading nomads
Famous Czech writer, author of "The Metamorphosis"
Franz Kafka
Croatia is slowly recovering from billions of dollars caused by…
War
Why are winter sports so popular in Russia?
These sports are well adapted to the cold Russian climate
Main job of the British monarch
Ceremonial duties
Which of the following is an accurate statement about Poland's history?
a)During the Middle Ages, it ruled an empire.
b)During World War II, it was invaded by France.
c)It attracted Germanic settlers as early as 2000 B.C.
a)During the Middle Ages, it ruled an empire.
A peaceful protest by Czech people that led to the smooth end of communism in Czechoslovakia
Velvet Revolution
Ethnic group in the Balkan region that clashed with Bosniacs and Croats in the early 1990’s
Serbs
What impact did Soviet era have on arts?
Literature was censored and propaganda was encouraged
Power plants that use windmills to generate electricity
Wind farms
The religion of most people in Poland is Catholicism. What is the name of the person that became the first Polish pope?
Karol Wojtyla
Who conquered Hungary's territory in 1526?
Austrians and Ottoman Turks
Serbian leader who was tried for war crimes related to ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo
Slobodan Milosevic
Russian composer that wrote many great works incluiding Swan Lake.
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky