The Balkan Peninsula - study guide
What is the population of Albania?
3.5 million people
What is to break up into small, mutually hostile political units?
Balkanize
Romania has broad plains with fertile soil along what River?
Danube River
Albania is a mountainous country often referred to as what?
Europe's
What is Macedonia like?
Fairly peaceful compared to its neighbors
What is the land like in Serbia?
Fertile plains along the Danube River
Fertile soil and warm summers/mild winters make Bulgaria what?
Garden of Eden
Bosnia and Herzegovina has abundant natural resources of what?
Iron and lead
What from the entrepreneurs has improved the economy recently?
Multiplier
What is the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout an economy?
Multiplier
What is the population of Slovenia?
Nearly 2 million
What is the population of Romania?
Nearly 23 million
What is the population of Croatia?
Nearly 5 million
What has stabilized the economy in Bulgaria in recent years?
New markets for goods and tourism
Most of the population of Croatia are what?
Roman Catholic
What are the countries that were made from Yugoslavia?
Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina , Serbia, and Montenegro
Where is Bulgaria located?
South of Romania and the Danube river
Slovenia has maintained close ties with what?
Western Europe
The investments of the American soft drink maker led to who establishing shops and making smal fortunes?
Entrepreneurs
Who are individuals who start and build businesses?
Entrepreneurs
Where is Albania located?
Along the Adriatic Sea
What invested millions to set up operations in Romania?
An American soft drink maker
Bosnia and Herzogovenia is divided between what?
Catholics and Muslims
What is the economy in Kosovo?
Poor
What is the land like in Montenegro?
Rugged mountain peaks
Most workers in Kosovo work as what?
Subsistence farmers or laborers
Several nations declared independence from what was once what?
Yugoslavia
