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- IS THE CAPITAL AND CULTURAL, UNVERSITY , AND TOURIST CENTER OF CZECH REPUBLIC
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PRAGUE
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FIEN PRODUCTION OF - AND - IN CZECH REPUBLIC
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STEEL AND GLASS
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CZECH REPUBLIC BECAME A MEMBER OF NATO IN - AND EU IN
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1999, 2004
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SLOVAKIA WAS THE - HALF OF WAHT WAS CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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POORER
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- IS HIGH BUT JOINED EU IN 2004 IN SLOVOKIA
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UNEMPLOYMENT
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-, THE CAPITAL, IS THE COUNTRY'S EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER IN SLOVOKIA
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BATISLAVA
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HUNGARY SPEAKS - WHICH IS RELATED TO FINNISH
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MAGYAR
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HUNGARY HAS A HISTORY OF FOLK MUSIC TRADITIONS INSPIRED BY -
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GYPSIES
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- IS THE CAPITAL OF HUNGARY
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BUDAPEST
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SPAIN IS -% OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
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85%
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THE - RULED THE AREA DURING THE EARLLY CENTURIES AFTER CHRIST
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ROMANS
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IN TEH AD 700;S AN ARABIC PEOPLE CALLED - INVADED THE PENINSULA AND BROUGHT -, -, AND - -
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ISLAMIC RELIGION, IRRIGATION, AND NEW CROPS
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CHRISTIAN RULERS IN SPAIN
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KING FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA
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IN THE 1500'S, SPAIN HAD A STRONG0 AND MANY - AROUND THE WORLD
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NAVY, COLONIES
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SPAIN LOST ALL OF ITS EMPIRE IN
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THE 1800'S
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TODAY SPAIN IS A (GOVERNMENT)
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CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
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SELF-GOVERNMENT
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AUTONOMY
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SPAIN IS THE LEADING PRODUCER OF -,-,-,
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OLIVE OIL, WINE, AND ORANGES
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SPAIN HAS BEEN GROWING BUT STILL HAS ONE OF EUROPE'S HIGHEST - RATES
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UNEMPLOYMENT
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IMMIGRANTS CMOE FROM - TO FIND JOBS BUT USUALLY DON'T
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MOROCCO
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LARGE COLONIAL EMPIRE BUT THE ONLY COLONIES THAT REMAIN ARE - AND -
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AZORES AND MADEIRA
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PORTUGAL'S GOVERNMENT IS -
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DEMOCRATIC
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IMMIGRATION FROM NORTH AFRICA IS CAUSING -
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OVERCROWDING
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PORTUGAL IS THE LEADING PRODUCER OF
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CORK
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ONE OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS IN THE ITALY IS THE -
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EUTRUSCANS
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ROMANS SET UP A REPUBLIC IN CENTRAL - AND EXPANDED EMPIRE ACROSS EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, SW ASIA
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ITALY
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ROMAN - , -, AND - CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT EUROPE
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LAW, LIT., AND LANGUAGE
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MEANS "REBIRTH" A NEW INTEREST OFLEARNING AND EDUCATION FRMO 1300S TO 1500S
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RENAISSANCE
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ITALY BECAME A UNTIED COUNTRY IN -
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1861
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DURING THE MA, THESE CITIES FLOURISHED
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MILAN, FLORENCE, AND GENOA
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- RULED ITALY FROM 1920'S TO WWII
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MUSSOLINI
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- A MICROSTATE FOUNDED BY EARLY CHRISTIANS
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SAN MARINO
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LOCATED IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE , A PRINCIPALITY
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MONACO
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WHERE THE POPE LIVES AND WHERE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS CENTERED
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VATICAN CITY
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- IS EUROPE'S ONLY ISLAND MICROSTATE
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MALTA
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MANY ITALIAN FOODS WERE DEVELOPED DURING THE -
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RENAISSANCE
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-- IS ITALY'S POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER
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CENTRAL ITALY
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NORTHERN ITALY IS KNOWN AS THE
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"BREADBASKET OF ITALY"
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THE SOUTH IS KNOWN AS
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"MEZZOGIORNO"
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A SELF-GOVERNING CITY AND SURROUND AREA
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CITY-STATE
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IN -, GREECE BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY
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1829
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IN 1974, GREECE FINALLY GAINED A - GOVERNMENT
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DEMOCRATIC
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WOMEN'S ROLE HAS INCREASED IN -, -, AND -
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EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, AND BUSINESS
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COUNTRY REMAINS RELATIVELY -BY EUROPEAN STANDARDS (GREECE)
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POOR
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MANY IMMIGRANTS COME TO GREECE FROM -
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ALBANIA
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GREECE HAS A LACK OF - GROWTH
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POPULATION
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WESTER BALKANS INCLUDE
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MACEDONIA, ALBANIA, SERBIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA, SLOVANIA, KOSOVO
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A TERRITORIAL UNIT WHERE ONE ETHNIC GROUP IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS
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ENCLAVES
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THE - INVADED THE AREA BUT AFTER WORLD WAR I, THE BALKANS HAD WON IDEPENDENCE
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TURKS
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- WAS FORMED BUT ALBANIA REMAINED INDEPENDENT. A MONARCHY TRIED TO HOLD THE COUNTRY TOGETHER
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YUGOSLAVIA
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-- OCCUPIED TEH COUNTRIES AND MADE THEM COMMUNIST
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SOVIET UNION
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A DICTATOR NAMED -- RULED YUGOSLAVIA BUT HIS DEATH EVENTUALLY KED TI THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTRY AND CIVIL WAR
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JOSEF TITO
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AFTER TITO'S DEATH, THE -IN OTHER COUNTRIES DID NOT WANT TO BE CONTROLLED BY OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS IN CROATIA AND BOSNIA
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SERBS
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FIGHTING IN A REGION CALLED - BETWEEN ETHNIC ALBANIANS AND SERBS CAUSED THE UNITED STATES TO INTERVENE. REFUGEES FROM KOSOVO FLED TO ALBANIA FUTHER STRAINING THE COUNTRIES RESOURCES
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KOSOVO
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MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRY BECAUSE ATTRACTED BUSINESS AND TOURISTS
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SLOVENIA
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THE EASTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES INCLUDE
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ROMANIA, BULGARIA, MALDOVA
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EASTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES ARE CONTROLLED BY ROMAN, BYZANTINE, AND - EMPIRES
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OTTOMAN
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- ARE A SLAVIC PEOPLE AND FOLLOW THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX RELIGION
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BULGARIANS
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IN ROMANIA, 7 % ARE -
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HUNGARIAN
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- PEOPLE ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO ROMANIA AND ARE EASTERN ORTHODOX
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MALDOVA
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EAST BALKAN COUNTRIES ARE WORKING TO BRING - AND FREE MARKET ECONOMY
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DEMOCRACY
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MALDOVA IS DENSELY POPULATED WITH RICH SOLD AND A - CLIMATE
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MILD
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MALDOVA'S ECONOMY IS BASED ON -
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AGRICULTURE
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1/4 OF PEOPLE IN BULGARIA WORK IN
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AGRICULTURE
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- IS TRYING TO EXPAND ECONOMY BASED ON AGRICULTURE OIL, COAL, AND LOW TECHNOLOGY. BUCHAREST IS THE CAPITAL
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ROMANIA
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EAST BALKANS LACK SAFE WATER, HOUSING, AND -
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HEALTHCARE
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MANY PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE EAST BALKANS BECAUSE OF --
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NO JOBS
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