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22 Cards in this Set
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Why is Greece considerd a western nation?
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western culture was formed by ancient greece .
example: democracy |
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what 3 ethic groups make up Bosnia-heregovia?
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Serbs, Croats and Muslims they hate each other very poor country.
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what 2 countries were formed from the "Velvet divorce" in Czechoslovakia?
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Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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what is national idenity?
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A people's sense of what make them a nation.
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what 2 countries were formed from the "Velvet divorce" in Czechoslovakia?
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Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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What 2 countries feared an invasion by macedonia?
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Greece and Albania most us trade routes over land.
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What is a "velvet revolution"?
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a revolution without bloodshed.
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What 2 countries feared an invasion by macedonia?
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Greece and Albania most us trade routes over land.
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What 2 industries is greece known for?
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Commercials shipping trade over water.
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Define inhabitable?
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Able to support permanent residents.
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what is a perishable good?
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goods that don't stay fresh long.
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what is sudsidence?
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a geological problem of sinking ground- happens in Venice Italy.
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what is ethnic cleansing?
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process of driving out other ethnic groups=mass murder. Happened in Bosina by the Serbs.
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What is privatiztion?
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selling government owned industries and business to private owners.
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what peninsula is in a eastern Europe?
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The Balkan Peninsula.
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What is Balkanize?
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to break up into small mutoally hostile political units.
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what is a tsunamis?
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giant wave caused by an under sea earthquake.
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What is Albania's nickname?
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"Europe's Hermit" nexto Adriatic sea- it is moontainous- very poor
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what country took control of poland after WWII?
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The Soviet Union
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Is Greece Flat or Mountainous?
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Mountainous
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what is a collective farm?
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Government pays workers and the also share in the profits
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What is karst?
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An area made up of soft limastone
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