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11 Cards in this Set
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Eastern Europe has many ____
which allows invaders to ____ Then, the ____ ____ takes over to ____ from ____ it also crushed ____ ____ and ____ ____ |
plains, move around and attack
Soviet Union, protect itself from Western enemies political reform and free trade |
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The location between ____ and ____ shaped history
There are ____ diversity |
Asia and the rest of Europe, many
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Countries of E. Eu:: (13)
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Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia
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E. Eu. is a ____ ____, a place where ________
and because of this, many ____ ____ tried to ____ it |
cultural crossroad, various cultures cross paths, world powers, control
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empires and kingdoms::
AD 100 - ____ ____ held parts of E. Eu, and after its fall, the ____ empire took over 1300s and 1400s - the ____ empire of ____ takes over the southern part 400s to 600s - ____ groups move in 800s - non-slavic and magyars swept into modern day ____ and established a ____, which is later taken by the ____ 1400s - ____ becomes strong and drives the ____ out of ____ and takes over 1700s - ____ is divided among ____, ____, and ____ |
ancient Rome, Byzantine
Ottoman, Slavic, Hungary, Ottomans, Austria, Ottomans, Hungary, Poland, Prussia, Russia, Austria |
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wars::
1900 - ____ nations break free from ____ 1912 - ____, ____ and ____ goes against the ottomans, resulting in ____ losing most of europe 1913 - ____ countries fight over the Ottoman's lost area, hence the term ____, which is the process of ________ into ________ 1914 - A Serb murdered an ____ ____, leading to WWI post-WWI - ____ and ____ split. ____, ____, ____, ____, and ____ gained independence the ____ empire ends and ____ takes over as the replacement 1939 - ____ seizes ____, sparking ____. the ____ ____ attacks Germany from both sides E. Eu becomes ____ nations, which are nations ____ by other countries |
Balkan, Ottomans
Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ottomans Balkan, balkanization, a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units Austrian noble Austria and Germany, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechslovakia, Poland, and Yugoslavia Ottoman, Turkey Germany, Poland, WWII, Soviet Union satellite, dominated |
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recent changes::
The ____ ____ controlled for #____ decades 1980s - ____ economy problems and new leader ____ ____ was trying to ____ but the demands of ____ are increasing 1989 - some countries ended ____ control and in 1990, ____ and ____ followed suit ____ followed afterwards, and the communism loyalties were switched to ____ loyalties 1990s - 4/6 of ____ voted to be separate, but ____ rejects, leading to ____ war ____ splits peacefully into ____ and ____ |
Soviet Union, 4
severe, Mikhail Gorbachev, reform reformations Communism, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria instability, ethnic Yugoslavia, Serbia, civil CzechSlovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia |
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Economy::
____ is switched to ____ in 1948, still under ____ control the government took control, which often had no benefit for the industries because of the little ____ for the ____ trades between E. Europe and Soviet Union resulted with many ____ machineries and factories with heavy pollution 1989 and after - the economy switched to ____ economy, the industries make goods that the customers want to buy many factories are becoming ____ owned, leading to ____, ____ ____, and ____; but the countries are improving |
Farming, industry, Communism
satisfaction for the customers outdated market economy privately, inflation, closing downs, unemployment |
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problems::
Albania - ________ Romania - ________ Civil wars of 1990s damaged ____ and former ____ of ________, and ____ -> many of the buildings and equipments were ____, and many of the workers were ____ or they ____ the countries |
economic growth slowed down by old equipment, lack of raw materials, shortage of educated workers
few has money to invest, most are poor. The governemnt still owns some factories, which the foreigners doesn't like Yugoslavia and republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, damaged, killed, fled |
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CULTURE::
languagues:: patchwork - nearby countries ____ closely related with each other the number of languages makes it hard to ____ religion:: Romans - ____ Byzantine - ____ Ottoman - ____ Jews were decreased after the ____ -> most of the surviving ones fled to ____ folk art was produced by ____ people with ____ lifestyles instead of by ____ |
are not
unify Catholic Eastern Orthodox Christian Islamic Holocaust, Israel rural people with traditional lifestyles, professionals |
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modern life::
Eastern Europe has ____ urban than the rest of Europe as industry grows, ____ will too -> along with pollution, traffic, and house shortage many E. Europeans have ____ loyalties for their ____ groups, leading to ____ and ____ between each groups anti-semitism is the ____ against ____ there are also discriminations against the ____ in romania |
less, cities
fierce, ethnic, hate and rivalry discrimination against Jews Gypsies |
