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Whitehead-E. Europe
Eastern Europe
Question | Answer |
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Country torn apart by ethnic fighting | Bosnia |
Two countries created from the break-up of Czechoslovakia | Slovakia and Czech Republic |
Peninsula south of Eastern Europe | Balkan |
NATO used air strikes agains the Serbian government and forces here | Kosovo |
Countries with no access to sea or ocean ports | Landlocked |
Labor union and party that worked for reform in Poland | Solidarity |
Process of trying to rid another ethnic group for a pure group of their own people | Ethnic Cleansing |
Once made six separate republics held together by communism | Yugoslavia |
Reason for fighting in Bosnia and other areas of former Yugoslavia | ethnic |
Factor that led people to flee homes in Kosovo | government policy |
Changes occured in Eastern Europe at this time | the move from communism to independence |
civil wars in Easter Europe illustrate problem of | Ethnic rivalry |
Eastern Europe was controlled by this nation after WWII | Russia |
Type of government that controlled Eastern European nations from the late 40s to the late 80s | Communist |
Eastern European transition from communist government began with ... | Sharp price increases and high unemployment |
Slovakia became independent when it split with the ... | Czech Republic |
Country that was 6 separate republics held together by communist rule | Yugoslavia |
Name of the peaceful break-up of Czechoslovakia | Velvet Revolution |
Nation with conflicting ethnic groups | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Republics that maingtained the name Yugoslavia after 4 republics devlared independence | Serbia and Montenegro |
Most people from Kosovo are | Albanians |
This group stopped the government policiy of Serbia attacking the Muslims of Kosovo | NATO |