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Ch. 18&19 Flashcards

1
Q

A state-owned farm in the former Soviet Union managed by workers who shared the profits from their produce.

A

Collective farms

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2
Q

A go-getter individual who starts and builds a business

A

Entrepreneurs

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3
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A section of a city in which a particular minority group is forced to live as a result of either economic or social pressures

A

Ghetto

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4
Q

The execution of 6 million Jews in nazi concentration camps during world war 2

A

Holocaust

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5
Q

The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy

A

Multiplier effect

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6
Q

A people’s sense of what makes them a nation

A

National identity

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7
Q

The process of selling government-owned industries and businesses to private owners who can run them more efficiently

A

Privatization

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8
Q

A revolution without bloodshed

A

Velvet Revolution

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9
Q

The majority of the countries of Eastern Europe have their capitols on the ________

A

Rivers

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10
Q

________is the family languages that is the most common in the region.

A

Slovakia

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11
Q

The holocaust resulted in the destruction of most of Poland’s __________

A

Jews

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12
Q

___________is the largest natural vegetation in the region

A

Mixed forest

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13
Q

The main economic activity is _________

A

Commercial fishing

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14
Q

The main religion of the people of Poland is ___________

A

Roman Catholic

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15
Q

1989 public opinion forced a __________ in Poland

A

Free election

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16
Q

The economy of ___________ is based on industry

A

Czech Republic

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17
Q

A low ____________rate is evidence that the Czech Republic has been successful in changing to a free-market economy.

A

Unemployment

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18
Q

Disputes over _______ have been a cause of conflict in the Balkan Peninsula

A

Land

19
Q

Most of the European countries have a major _______ passing through them

A

River

20
Q

The pop density of Eastern Europe is high _________

A

Katowice,Poland

21
Q

Most of the European countries are ___________

A

Landlocked

22
Q

__________ has maintained their national identity, although they have been ruled by variety of people.

A

Greece

23
Q

The Czech Republic has existed as an independent nation since ______

A

1993

24
Q

The Balkan nations have shared the ordeal of foreign domination and __________

A

Internal division

25
Q

_________ is known as the garden of Eastern Europe bc of its warm summers and mild winters

A

Bulgaria

26
Q

_________ are valuable shipping routes in Eastern Europe due to its limited access to the seas

A

Rivers

27
Q

Where is the population density high in Eastern Europe?

A

Katowice and Czech Republic

28
Q

What is one cause of the ethnic clashes common in Eastern Europe?

A

Each country has a large minority group.

29
Q

One cultural trait that has helped define the polish people as a nation is?

A

Membership in Roman Catholic Church and attachment to the land Katowice, Poland

30
Q

How do the economics of the Czech Republic and Slovakia differ?

A

Czech Republic is based on industry and Slovakia is based on farming and manufacturing

31
Q

Why are the names of the cities and countries of Eastern Europe so difficult to pronounce?

A

Bc of the different language base

32
Q

How would the climate affect the movement of invading armies through Poland?

A

Bc of the harsh winters they would be unable to invade with.

33
Q

To break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as occurred in the Balkans after world war 1

A

Balkanize

34
Q

What political party candidates received most of the votes?

A

Solidarity

35
Q

____________ make travel within Eastern Europe difficult

A

Mountains

36
Q

The majority of the countries of Eastern Europe have their capitols on the _____

A

Rivers

37
Q

Allied powers?

A

USA, France, Britain, Russia, and Italy

38
Q

Axis powers?

A

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria

39
Q

After ________, many current nations were created.

A

WW1

40
Q

Who was the leader on the nazis side?

A

Hitler

41
Q

Around the ______ you would find warmer climates of Eastern Europe

A

Sea

42
Q

During which world war were the concentration camps started?

A

WW2

43
Q

What was the country that was broken into 5 different outfits that created the Balkan Peninsula?

A

Yugoslavia

44
Q

What country was separated not the Czech Republic and Slovakia?

A

Czechoslovakia

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