the study guide of history

What is the tendency of diverse territories to break up into small, hostile nations called?

Balkanization

What are Poland's two most important rivers?

Vistula River and Oder River

What important plain covers a large portion of Eastern Europe?

Great Hungarian Plain or Great Alfold

What is the national animal of Moldova?

Aurochs

What people group settled the Czech Republic and Slovakia?

Austria-Hungary

What mountain system extends from the Alps across Eastern Europe?

Carpathian Mountains

Name the Baltic States. Which one is strongly Roman Catholic?

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania/ Lithuania is catholic

What is an exotic limestone landscape called?

Karst

What is the capital of Belarus?

Minsk

Which country is the most densely populated?

Minsk

What is the highest peak of the Balkans?

Musala

What is the largest marshland in Europe?

Pripet Marshes

What type of government does Ukraine have?

Republic Unitary state Semi-presidential system Constitutional republic

Why is Eastern Europe considered a shatter belt?

Size, shape, and numbers of countries are always changing

What is the 3rd longest river in Europe?

Ural River

What is Poland's largest city?

Warsaw

What was the name of the city/place where radiation leaked out and affected thousands of people?

chernobyl

Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania make up the what?

on the east by Russia, on the southeast by Belarus, and on the southwest by Poland and an exclave of Russia