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Eastern Europe

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