Ch3 pp. 114-126

Question 1

Eastern Europe

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Question 2

Volga and Dnieper

Answer 2

Two important rivers that originate on the Northern European Plain.

Question 3

Russia

Answer 3

The world’s largest continent

Question 4

Danube River

Answer 4

Begins in western Europe and flows eastward toward the Black Sea

Question 5

Mount Elbrus

Answer 5

Europe’s highest peak

Question 6

Lake Baikal

Answer 6

The worlds deepest freshwater lake

Question 7

Ivan the Terrible

Answer 7

Russia’s first czar

Question 8

Bolshevik Revolution

Answer 8

A revolution which took place in Russia

Question 9

Lenin

Answer 9

A communist dictator

Question 10

(U.S.S.R.) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Answer 10

What Russia was called in 1922 till 1991

Question 11

(CIS) Commonwealth of Independent States

Answer 11

The name for many of the former soviet republics which have banded together

Question 12

The Baltic States

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Question 13

Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

Answer 13

These nations are often called The Baltic States for their location by the Baltic sea

Question 14

Belarus

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Question 15

Minsk

Answer 15

The capital of Belarus

Question 16

Ukraine

Answer 16

The largest European country after Russia

Question 17

Kiev

Answer 17

The capital of Ukraine

Question 18

Poland

Answer 18

A large country in the Northern European Plain which has many lakes

Question 19

Warsaw

Answer 19

The capital of Poland

Question 20

Czech Republic

Answer 20

Was combined with Slovakia to make Czechoslovakia

Question 21

Prague

Answer 21

The capital of Czech Republic

Question 22

Slovakia

Answer 22

Was combined with Czech Republic to make Czechoslovakia

Question 23

Hungary

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Question 24

Magyars

Answer 24

The ethnic group of Hungary. Also known as the Hungarians

Question 25

Budapest

Answer 25

The capital of Hungary

Question 26

Romania

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Question 27

Moldavia

Answer 27

A small nation culturally linked to Romania

Question 28

Bucharest

Answer 28

The capital of Romania

Question 29

Gypsies

Answer 29

Romania has one of the largest settlements of this nomadic group.

Question 30

Bulgaria

Answer 30

Known as "The Garden of Eastern Europe"

Question 31

Former Yugoslavian

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Question 32

Marshall Tito

Answer 32

The Communist leader that established the unified front in Former Yugoslavian

Question 33

Serbia and Montenegro

Answer 33

Each became separate nations in 2006

Question 34

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Answer 34

Shortly after these countries seceded and fighting broke out.

Question 35

Croatia

Answer 35

An Independent country

Question 36

Slovenia

Answer 36

Declared its autonomy around the time that Bosnia and Croatia did

Question 37

Macedonia

Answer 37

Declared its autonomy around the time that Bosnia and Croatia did

Question 38

Kosovo

Answer 38

2008 declared independence from Serbia

Question 39

Albania

Answer 39

The last of the Easter European governments to succumb to public demand for change