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Geography
Russia/Soviet Union
U.K., Ireland, & Scandinavia
The Balkans
100
A set of resources like roads and factories.
What is infrastructure.
100
The mountain range in Eastern Europe.
What is the Carpathians.
100
These countries were weaker than other European countries economically because of...
What is the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991
100
Traditional language of Ireland
What is Gaelic
100
The first Balkan country to join the European Union (EU).
What is Slovenia
200
An alliance among former Soviet republics.
What is the Commonwealth of Independent States.
200
A warm ocean current that keeps temperatures in Northern Europe relatively mild.
What is the North Atlantic Drift
200
Much of Eastern Europe was under the Soviet Union's government controls following this war
What is World War II
200
The governments of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland have this in common
What is they are both democracies.
200
This caused a lot of violence in the Balkans in the 1990s
What is ethnic conflicts.
300
The forcing out of ethic or religious groups from a place.
What is ethnic cleansing.
300
The simplest description of the physical geography of Northern Europe would be...
What is that it changes dramatically in different locations
300
This is the cause of the 1986 disaster at Chernobyl.
What is a nuclear power plant explosion
300
This gave the United Kingdom more economic power in order to build a large empire.
What is the Industrial Revolution
300
The Czech Republic and Slovakia were formerly known as this
What is Czechoslovakia
400
Early Scandinavian warriors.
Who are the Vikings
400
This region is the main agricultural are of Eastern Europe and the Balkans
What is the Hungarian Plain
400
Name the former Soviet Republics studied in this unit.
What is Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Estonia
400
Scandinavian countries all have this in common.
What is they have strong economies and high standards of living
400
This peninsula is one of Europe's largest
What is the Balkan Peninsula
500
To give up all weapons
What is disarm
500
This region is the main agricultural are of Northern Europe.
What is the Northern European Plain
500
This is the current leader of Russia
What is Vladimir Putin
500
This caused the island of Ireland to separate into two countries: Northern Ireland (U.K.) and the Republic of Ireland (independent)
What is religious conflicts and civil war. Catholics-Protestants fought over mistreatment of one another.
500
This country is the poorest country in Europe
What is Albania