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Whitehead-E. Europe
Eastern Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |