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22 Cards in this Set
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Eastern Europe is appropriately called a ____ __.
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shatter belt
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Why is Eastern Europe called the shatter belt?
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Because the size, shape and number of countries is constantly changing.
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What four nations are in Eastern Europe?
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1. Poland
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_____, ________, and ____ are known as the Baltic States.
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Lithuania, Lativa and Estonia
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What is the dominant land feature of the Baltic Region?
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The Northern Europe Plain, with numerous rivers.
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The climate is known as a ___ _____ climate, which is cold and wet.
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humid continental
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_______ is located entirely on the plain, which has not offered protection from other countries in the past.
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Poland
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____% of Poland's population is Poles.
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97%
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The Poles were one of the first Slavs tribes to convert to _________.
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Christianity
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What three countries decided to divide Poland among themselves?
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Prussia, Austria and Russia
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After WWI, President _____ ordered that Poland be given their independence.
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Wilson
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During WWII, Poland became part of the ___ ___, a string of semi-independent countries in the Iron Curtain.
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"Soviet bloc"
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Poland began its journey to independence again with the legalizing of a labor union called _______.
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Solidarity
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______ is Poland's capital and largest city.
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Warsaw
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Warsaw lies on the ___ ___, the major artery of shipping through the Central Plains.
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Vistula River
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Poland's ________ is world renowed.
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sausage
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_______ is Poland's largest port.
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Gdansk
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_____ ______ was head of the union, Solidarity, which helped Poland gain its independence.
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Lech Walesa
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____ ___ is the region drained by the upper Vistula River.
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Western Galicia
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_______ was the first capital of Poland.
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Krakow
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The rail center of _______ is visited by foreigners today because it was the largest Nazi "death camp" in WWII.
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Auschwitz
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_____ is the region drained by the Oder River.
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Silesia
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