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23 Cards in this Set
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area of political uncertainty, constant tension, and frequent changes in political boundaries
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shatter belt
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The Leader of Solidarity who later became the first president of a free Poland
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Lech Walesa
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The largest city of Poland, located on the upper Vistula River
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Warsaw
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The dominant mountain system in eastern Europe
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Carpathians
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The swift and peaceful overthrow of Communism in Czechoslovakia was called
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Velvet Revolution
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When the Czechs and Slovaks agreed to split Czechoslovakia in two
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Velvet Divorce
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The tendency of a region made up of a large number of diverse minorities to break into many small, hostile countries
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Balkanization
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The area visited by the Apostle Paul where the churches at Philippi and Thessalonica were located
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Macedonia
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the religion of the people of Romania
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Eastern Orthodox
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region made famous as the setting for the story of Count Dracula
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Transylvania
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the warm southern shore of Crimea
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"Russian Riviera"
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Crimean port used as a naval base for Ukraine and Russia
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Sevastapol
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third largest city in Poland
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Krakow
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Peninsula that juts into the Black Sea and is attached to Ukraine by a 2.5 mile isthmus
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Crimean
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97% of Poles are descended from what people group?
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Slavs
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Which of the Baltic states is partially composed of 1500 islands?
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Estonia
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What is the only country in Europe with a Muslim majority?
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Albania
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What is the largest of the Baltic states and home of the Hill of the Crosses?
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Lithuania
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What country is the most important member of the Commonwealth of Independent States?
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Ukraine
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What is Russia's greatest handicap today?
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Soviet past
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What Russian ruler was responsible for reforms that led to the fall of the Soviet Empire?
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Gorbachev
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glasnost
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openness
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oblast
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Russian political unit equal to a state in the US
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