World Geography Chapter 6 "Eastern Europe"
The mountainous country of _______ lies in the west facing the Adriatic Sea
Albania
Macedonia was the ancient home of __________ ___ _____
Alexander the Great
The Czech Republic was formally part of Czechoslovakia. The ______ created Czechoslovakia after World War 1
Allies
_________ was the largest of several Nazi "death camps" where the Nazis killed over 2.5 million Jews and Poles
Auschwitz
Nine countries of Eastern Europe, called the Balkans lie on the ______ Peninsula. They share the peninsula with Greece and Turkey
Balkan
The rest of Serbia is mountainous, The Dinaric Alps cross into the southwest, and the ______ Mountains rise in the southeast before crossing into Bulgaria
Balkan
The tendency of diverse territories breaking up into small, hostile nations is called ______________
Balkanization
________, the capital since 1402, lies near the edge of the Pannonian Plains where the Sava River joins the Danube
Belgrade
The western half of the Czech Republic, called _______, is a large basin ringed by highlands
Bohemia
The capital of Hungary, ________, lies on the Danube River at the foot of the mountains. With more than 2 million people, it is the ______-largest city in Eastern Europe
Budapest, fourth
Slovakia lies in the heart of the __________ Mountains
Carpathian
What three landlocked nations share parts of the Carpathians
Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary
The Carpathian Mountains pick up on the east side of the _______ River, becoming the dominant system in eastern Europe
Danube
The ______ Alps run down from the border of Italy along the western edge of four countries -- Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro
Dinaric
______ is the country's main port
Durres
The Balkan Peninsula is a mountainous region that juts down from ______ into the eastern end of the Mediterranean
Europe
The eastern wing of Croatia lies on the _________ Plains, part of the Great Hungarian Plain
Pannonia
The agricultural heart of Serbia is the northern plains or _________ Plains. This fertile farmland is part of the Great Hungarian Plain
Pannonian
_________ is the capital of Montenegro
Podgorica
Which four nations in Eastern Europe have ports on the Baltic Sea?
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
The capital of the Czech Republic, ______, has over one million people
Prague
In the 18th century Poland was caught between three growing empires -- _______, _______, and ______. In a series of three agreements the foreign emperors agreed to divide up Poland's territories. In 1795 Poland ceased to exist as an independent country
Prussia, Austria, and Russia
____ is the capital and largest city of Latvia
Riga
Although it doesn't share any of the Dinaric Alps or a border with Greece, ________ is still on the Balkan Peninsula
Romanina
Romania means "land of the _______" It was the last province to be captured by the Roman Empire
Romans
____ is Bulgaria's major port on the Danube
Ruse
The capital if the country, ________, lies almost between Bosnia and Herzegovina in the south
Sarajevo
In 2003, the country was divided into a union of two semi-independent states, and they took the name ______ and __________
Serbia and Montenegro
The capital of Macedonia, ______, lies in the north
Skopje
Bratislava, the capital of ________, lies within the Little Alfold, just downstream from Vienna on the Danube River
Slovakia
During the Cold War what three countries along with Macedonia were part of the Communist country of Yugoslavia
Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia
_____, Bulgaria's capital, lies on this range on a mountain tributary that flows into the Danube
Sofia
The hardworking ship builders of Gdansk formed __________, the first trade union in the Iron Curtain
Solidarity
Poland become part of the ______ ____ a string of semi-independent countries in the Iron Curtain. Puppet rulers, like puppets on strings, took orders from the Soviets
Soviet bloc
The Bohemian Basin is ringed by the _______ Mountains on the northern border with Poland and the Bohemian Mountains on the western boundary with Germany
Sudeten
The major port and capital city, ________ lies on the northern coast
Tallinn
Unlike the city dwellers crammed into the capital, ______, most Albanians live on small farms
Tirane
When Macedonia declared independence after the breakup of Yugoslavia, ______ refused to let the European Union formally recognize its independence
Greece
While Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union, devout Roman Catholics opposed the atheistic government by setting up crosses on a place called the ____ __ _______
Hill of Crosses
East of the Danube, the Great _________ Plain, takes dominance. This spreads through many other countries in Easter Europe
Hungarian
Serbia and Montenegro followed the _____________ path under the leadership of Slobodan Milosevic
authoritarian
Hungary is part of a ______ within a sweeping curve in the Carpathian Mountains
basin
Why is Eastern Europe called the "shatter belt"?
because the size, shape and number of countries have shifted back and forth
Croatia is shaped like a _________
boomerang
Krakow was the first _______ of Poland
capital
With a population of over 2 million, Warsaw, is Poland's _______ and largest city
capital
The _______ portions of Bosnia is dominated by the forested Dinaric Alps.
central
The Masurian Lakeland lies ____ of the Vistula, on the coastal plains, and the Pomeranian Lakeland lies in the ____
east,west
Today Slovenia has the ________ per capita GPD in Eastern Europe
highest
Slovenia was the first Yugoslavian republic to demand ____________
independence
The Baltic States were the first of the fifteen republics in the Soviet Union the declare _____________.
independence
Lithuania is the _________ of the Baltic States, and the farthest from Russia's capital
largest
Near the mouth of the Vistula is Gdansk, Poland's ________ ____
largest port
Latvia is the ______ Baltic State
middle
The eastern Balkans are dominated by __________
mountains
Macedonia is almost completely covered by _________ (80%)
mountains (80% is covered by mountains)
Bosnia consists of the ________ and central portions of the country
northern
Northern Bulgaria is a fertile valley along the Danube River. The river forms most of Bulgaria's ________ border
northern
The hilly _________ portion of the country is pastureland in the northeast and forests in the northwest
northern
Estonia is the ____________ of the Baltic States
northernmost
Lithuania has the _______ documented history of the Baltic States
oldest
Slovenia has a democratic ________ form of government
republic
Hungary is divided by the Danube River, Europe's ______-largest river
second
Belgrade has been conquered and destroyed more than 30 times. With more than 1.5 million people, it is the ______-_______ city in the Balkans
second-largest
The Daugava River flows through Latvia, dividing the north and east from the _____ and ____
south and west
Herzegovina consists of the ________ portion of the country. (the Dinaric Alps continue in this of the country)
southern
Slobodan Milosevic promised the Western powers that he would stay out of surrounding civil wars, while he was secretly _________ the Serb minorities
supplying
Albanians are divided into two groups that speak different dialects: the ____ in the north and the _____ in the south
the Gegs, the Tosks
Krakow the _____ largest city in Poland is located on the Vistula River
third
After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, ___ of the six regions, Serbia and Montenegro, united and retained the name Yugoslavia
two
The Great Poland Lakeland is located ____ of Warsaw
west
The Dinaric Alps extend into northern Albania, where they are called the _____ ________ ____
North Albanian Alps
Bulgars account for ___% of the population of Bulgaria and Turks account for another 9%
84%
Forests cover more than _/_ of Croatia
1/3
Over 50% of Lithuania is cultivated land and almost _/_ is forest
1/3
Latvia has over __,____ rivers (but few are very long), and over _,____ lakes
12,000; 3,000
Estonia's __,___ islands make up 10% of its land area
15,000
Poland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in ____ and the European Union (EU) in ____
1999, 2004
The Czech Republic joined NATO in _____ and the EU in _____
1999, 2004
Latvia became a member of NATO and the EU in ____
2004
Lithuania joined NATO and the EU in ____
2004
Romania joined NATO in ____ and joined the EU in ____
2004, 2007
In 1933 , on the eve of Hitler's rise to power in Germany, the Jewish population in Poland was about _____ _______ (the largest population of Jews in Europe) By 1955, this number has decreased to about __,____!
3 million, 45,000
The east part of the Czech Republic is Moravia. about ___% of the Czech Republic is Moravian
4%
About __% of Lithuania's population is Roman Catholic
80%
The Danube River flows east from the Great Hungarian Plain through a break in the Carpathian Mountains called the _____ _____.
Iron Gate
________ is Lithuania's major warm-water port on the Baltic Sea
Klaipeda
_____ is the only commercial seaport on Slovenia's tiny Adriatic coastline
Koper
Romania's language is the only one in Eastern Europe that developed from _____
Latin
What three countries are known as the Baltic States?
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
In the southwest of Slovakia, crops are grown on a plain called the ______ ______
Little Alfold
70% of Albania's population is ______, the only Muslim majority in any European nation
Muslim
Macedonia experienced internal fighting in 2001. An ethnic-Albanian group calling itself the __________ ___________ _____ (NLA) attempted to over throw the Macedonian government. A peace treaty was signed later in 2001 that ended the NLA but didn't eliminate tensions between the ethnic-Albanians and ethnic-Macedonians
National Liberation Army
The _____ leveled the city in 1944 during the Sixty-three-day Warsaw Uprising, killing over a quarter-million of the city's civilization. Though the Nazis rebuild the quaint buildings in Warsaw, the rest of the city has a ______ appearance
Nazis, modern
Nearly half of Romania is a section of the Carpathian Mountains system called ____________
Transylvania
Bulgaria's major port on the Black Sea, _____, lies on the northern portion of the country
Varna
But Czechoslovakia fell to Hitler's armies in 1939 and then the Soviets in 1945. The overthrow of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia, in 1989, was so swift and peaceful that it was called the _______ ____________
Velvet Revolution
Warsaw lies on the _______ River, the major artery of shipping through the Central Plains
Vistula River
After World War 1, President _______ ______ of the United States insisted that the Poles be given their own nation again
Woodrow Wilson
______, the capital and largest city of Croatia, lies on the Sava River
Zagreb