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Geography

Chapter 6

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1. Why is Eastern Europe considered a shatter belt? the size, shape, and number of countries are constantly changing
2. What are Poland's two most important rivers? Vistula/Oder
4. Name the Baltic States. Which state is strongly Roman Catholic? Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia///Lithuania
6. What mountains system extends from the Alps across eastern Europe? Carpathians
8. Compare and contrast the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Czech-industrial/Slovakia-farmers
9. What important plain covers a large portion of Eastern Europe? Northern European Plain
10. How is Hungary different from all its neighbors? descendents of the Magyar tribe-speak Uralic language
11. Name the mountain range that runs along the Adriatic coast in the Balkans. Dinaric Alps
12. What advantages help to explain why Slovenia is the most prosperous country in Eastern Europe? it has iron ore, copper, lead, and other metals/rich farmlands/joined NATO and EU-economy grew
13. Compare and contrast the Croats and the Serbs. Croats-Western Culture, Roman alphabet, Catholic religion Serbs-Eastern Culture, Cyrillic alphabet, Orthodox religion
14. What country has the only Muslin majority in any European nation? Albania
16. Name the three main mountain ranges of the eastern Balkans. Balkan Mountains, Rhodope Mountains, Transylvania Alps
18. What is the highest peak of the Balkans? Triglav
19. How is Romania unique among the Eastern Balkans? Its people are Eastern Ortodox
21. Why are two landlocked nations-the Czech Republic and Hungary--so much richer than Romania, which has a Black Sea port? Great Hungarian Plain-rich farmland-Tisza River Czech Republic-good farmland
22. In what country does Moldovia have the closest cultural ties? Romania
23. What is the main river of Ukraine? Dnieper River
24. Why is central Ukraine so valuable to the country? top agricultural producer, lots of coal and iron ore
26. What disputed region lies in Ukraine? Why has a final solution been so difficult to reach? Crimea Most of the natives are Russian and would like to join Russia.
27. What two Christian religions are most common in Eastern Europe? Which of the two is associated with Western Europe? Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholic
28. Contrast the Baltic States and the Balkans. Baltic States-low rolling hills with lakes and swamps/rich heritage Balkans-mountainous region/two dozen nationalities
29. List the major mountain ranges in the Balkans. Dinaric Alps, Rhodope Mountains, Transylvanian Alps
32. Solidarity Poland -a trade union Poland/in the Iron Curtain
40. Which Eastern European countries fit each description? coast on the Baltic Sea Estonia, Lativia, Lithuania
43. landlocked Belarus, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia
45. shatter belt the size, shape, and number of countries is constantly changing
46. Soviet bloc a string of semi-independent countries in the Iron Curtain
47. Cyrillic a type of language like Russian
48. mass privatization Czech Republic-getting property back from private citizens
49. Balkanization tendency of territories to break up into small hostile nations Balkan Peninsula
50. karst Slovenia-any exotic limestone
51 Bosniaks followers of Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
54. Significance Baltic States rich heritage, annual festivals while Soviet Union owned them invested time and resources still has great economy and transportation-good infrastructure
55. Warsaw Poland's largest city
59. Auschwitz largest of Nazi death camps
61. Hill of Crosses In Lithuania, the Roman Catholics set up crosses opposing the Soviet Union's atheistic govt.
62. Velvet Revolution overthrow of the Communist party in Czechoslovakia
63. Velvet Divorce split of Czech Republic and Slovakia
66. Balkans nine countries of eastern Europe-Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Eastern Balkans-Macedonia, Serbia Bulgaria, Romania
68. Dalmatia tourist area in Dalmatia; source of Dalmation dog
74. Orange Revolution Ukraine-an election held after people complained of fraud (one candidate was poisoned)
76. Chernobyl atomic generating station (Lenin)/Ukraine terrible nuclear accident in 1986-31 people died
79. Iron Gate break in Carpathian Mountains-Danube River flows through
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