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Poland
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Potpourri
100
Under Communism, who owned and ran all businesses?
The government!
100
What religion are most Serbians?
Christian Orthodox Church
100
Other countries have invaded Ukraine because of this.
What is their vast natural resources?
100
The capital of Russia.
What is Moscow?
100
A holy place
What is a shrine?
200
Since the fall of Communism, who now owns and runs most of the businesses?
The people of Poland!
200
What religion are most Croatians?
Catholic
200
Under Soviet rule of Ukraine, individual farms were replaced with these.
What are collectives?
200
This part of Russia is similar to what it was like on the America frontier a century ago.
What is Siberia?
200
Rich, black soil found in Ukraine
What is chernozem?
300
People own and run their own businesses under this system.
What is free enterprise?
300
What religion are most Bosnians?
The Muslim religion
300
What happened in Chernobyl in 1986?
There was an explosion at a nuclear plant that left many dead, thousands affected with radiation, and caused all people living in the area to be forced to leave. It is still deserted and the soil and water contaminated with radioactive material.
300
Why have people come to Moscow since the fall of communism?
To invest their money in new businesses.
300
A large, government-owned farm
What is a collective?
400
For centuries, the center of Polish tradition has been this.
What is the Catholic Church?
400
What was the main cause of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina?
Tensions among religious and ethnic groups. No one group wanted to be ruled by another.
400
How does the unemployment rate compare to the rest of Europe?
It is very low (about 3%), compared to 5-10% for the rest of Europe.
400
One problem Russians have today in unifying their country.
What is uniting the many different ethnic groups?
400
Someone who spends money on improving a business in the hope of getting more money when it succeeds
What is an investor?
500
This is the traditional language of Poles.
What is Polish?
500
The organization through which countries work to bring about peace and cooperation in the world.
What is the United Nations?
500
Why was Ukraine called "the breadbasket of Europe"?
Because of their rich soil, vast amount of farm land, and because they supplied the Soviet Union with huge amounts of food when under their control.
500
Life in Moscow is a mix of this.
What is the old and the new? They still hold on to traditions but also are becoming very modern.
500
An economic system in which people can open and run their own businesses
What is free enterprise?