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36 Cards in this Set
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people who leave their homeland seeking safety in a foreign country
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refugees
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reasons for migration
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to locate fertile farmland,
to be closer to desired resources, for religious or political reasons, and to get away from enemies. |
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population statistics
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growth, density, projections
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Eastern Europe's negative population growth has been influenced by:
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increased industrialization, the movement of people to cities, more women in the workforce, housing shortages, uncertainty about the future, emigration
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Russia's population density is lowest in __________ most population lives west of the ______, on the __________
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Eastern Europe, Urals, North European Plain
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Russia receives the ______ most immigrants in the world
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second
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Which countries have a negative rate of natural population growth?
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Belarus, Bulgaria, Lithuania
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Which countries show no change in their rate of natural increase?
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Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
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Which Eastern European country's population density is closest to that of the United States?
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Estonia
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the division of an area into smaller regions, which usually are hostile to one another
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balkanization
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link between geography and politics
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geopolitical
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Ethnic groups formed republics within the country. These republics included:
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Serbia,
Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Macedonia. |
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The Slavic people in Eastern Europe observe several different religions:
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Eastern Orthodox,
Russian Orthodox, a branch of Christianity closely related to the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, and Muslim. |
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Other languages spoken in the region include:
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- the Baltic languages spoken in Lithuania and Latvia, and
- a derivative of the Uralic linguistic family spoken in Estonia. |
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_____ are the largest ethnic group
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Slavs
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more than ____ ethnic groups are in Russia
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60
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ethnic tensions are high in ______
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Chechnya
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_________ languages are dominant in the region
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Slavic
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Latin alphabet associated with __________ church
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Catholic
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Cyrillic alphabet associated with ________ church
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Orthodox
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In what Eastern European country did the Magyar settle?
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Hungary
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Which countries were once part of Yugoslavia?
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all but latvia and romania
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Which are Slavic languages?
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Polish, Russian, Czechoslovakia
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a government- controlled farm
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collective
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to transfer ownership from the government to the private sector
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privatize
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technically an independent nation that is under the military and/or financial control of another nation
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satellite country
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a nation with the economic and political strength to influence global events
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superpower
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To combat these problems, many nations have adopted strategies which:
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privatized industry and farming,
decreased inflation, and increased foreign investment. |
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The results of Soviet control were mixed:
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improved economic development, loss of freedom, food shortages
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To deal with these challenges many nations:
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joined EU, privatized farming, decreased inflation, and increased foreign investment
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Eastern Europe is _______ economically developed than Western Europe.
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less
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What has boosted the Czech Republic's economic development?
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foreign investment
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Which nation maintained close ties with Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union?
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Belarus
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What country's farms were collectivized by the Soviet Union in order to feed its people in other areas?
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Ukraine
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What country's economic development benefits from its abundant energy resources?
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Russia
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Which nations' levels of economic development have improved following the breakup of the Soviet Union?
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Albania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland
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