Geography Test 4 Part Chris

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ethnic cleansing

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the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

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Gegs and Tosks

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Among ethnic Albanians are two major subgroups: the Gegs, who generally occupy the area north of the Shkumbin River, and the Tosks, most of whom live south of the river. The Gegs account for slightly more than half of the resident Albanian population. Ethnic Albanians are estimated to account for 90 percent of the population.

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Albanians

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The Albanian people (Shqiptarët), from southeast Europe, live in Albania and neighbouring countries and speak the Albanian language.

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Dinaric Alps

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The Dinaric Alps or Dinarides form a mountain chain in southern Europe, spanning areas of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia

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Macedonians

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s the term by which ethnic Greeks inhabiting or originating from the region of Macedonia in Greece, are known

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Dayton Accords

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The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement

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Bosnia

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a mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to rid Bosnia of its Croats and Muslims

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Slovenians

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Most Slovenes today live within the borders of the independent Slovenia.Slovenes are recognized as national minorities in all four countries with which Slovenia shares a land border (Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Italy).

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Croatians

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a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. Due to political, social and economic reasons, many Croats have since migrated throughout the world, and established a notable Croatian diaspora.

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Kosovo

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a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians

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Belgrade

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capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro

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Serbians

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a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries

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Yugoslavia

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A former country of southeast Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea. It was formed in 1918 as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. Communist party control ended in 1990, and four of the six constituent republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia) declared independence in 1991. Serbia and Montenegro, the remaining states, abandoned the name Yugoslavia in 2003 and dissolved the federation entirely in 2006.

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Roma (Gypsies)

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Initially the Roma were respected for their skills as metalsmiths, gunsmiths, equine specialists, and musicians. As the Ottoman Turks gradually took over other parts of the Balkans, the Roma were subject to a growing body of prejudice that sought to restrict their settlement patterns or force them into a more permanent nomadic status.

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Bucharest

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The capital and largest city of Romania, in the southeast part of the country on a tributary of the Danube River.

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Vojvodina

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A region of northern Serbia. An agricultural area long a part of Hungary, it passed to Yugoslavia in 1918, receiving a degree of official autonomy in 1946. Serbia revoked its autonomy in 1990.

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Transylvania

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A historical region of western Romania bounded by the Transylvanian Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. Part of the Roman province of Dacia after A.D. 107, it was later overrun by Germanic peoples and came under Hungarian rule in 1003. Transylvania passed to various powers over the following centuries and finally became part of modern-day Romania after World War II.

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irredentism

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One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government.

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Magyars

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Barbarian people, who migrated into southern Europe, and in the early 10th century ad occupied Hungary, from where their horsemen raided into France, Italy, Germany, and even Spain. they settled down in Hungary and established a civilization

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Budapest

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The capital and largest city of Hungary, in the north-central part of the country on the Danube River.

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Moravian Gate

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A mountain pass of central Europe between the Sudetes and the western Carpathian Mountains. It was long a strategic trade and communications route.

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Moravia

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A region of central and eastern Czech Republic. Settled by a Slavic people at the end of the sixth century A.D., it became an independent kingdom in 870 but fell to the Magyars in 906 and later to the Bohemians. In 1526 Moravia came under the rule of the Austrian Hapsburgs. It was incorporated into Czechoslovakia in 1918.

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Prague

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The capital and largest city of the Czech Republic, in the western part of the country on the Vltava River. Prague was the capital of Czechoslovakia from the country's formation in 1918 until its dissolution in 1993

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Bohemia

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A historical region and former kingdom of present-day western Czech Republic. The Czechs, a Slavic people, settled in the area between the 1st and 5th centuries A.D. A later principality was independent until the 15th century, when it passed to Hungary and then to the Hapsburg dynasty of Austria. Bohemia became the core of the newly formed state of Czechoslovakia in 1918.

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Czechs

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1. A native or inhabitant of the Czech Republic.
2. A native or inhabitant of Bohemia; a Bohemian.
3. A person of Czech descent.

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Shatter Belt

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book

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Balkanization

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geopolitical term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.

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Carpathian Mountains

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a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania

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Danube River

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the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea

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Vistula River

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(a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea

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Silesia

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a region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland

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Katowice

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an industrial city of southern Poland

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Warsaw

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the capital and largest city of Poland; located in central Poland

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Gdansk

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a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea

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Velvet Divorce

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The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on 1 January 1993, saw Czechoslovakia split into two separate countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.