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Twenty Questions

Twenty Questions. Subject:. Twenty Questions. 1. This nation’s was once called “Europe’s hermit” because of this isolation. Albania. 2. Nearly all the citizens of this nation are descended from the Magyars. Hungary. 3. This country was formerly ruled by the leader of Solidarity. Poland.

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Twenty Questions

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  1. Twenty Questions Subject:

  2. Twenty Questions

  3. 1. This nation’s was once called “Europe’s hermit” because of this isolation. • Albania

  4. 2. Nearly all the citizens of this nation are descended from the Magyars • Hungary

  5. 3. This country was formerly ruled by the leader of Solidarity • Poland

  6. 4. More than three quarters of this country is open field. • Poland

  7. 5. In the early 1990s, this country’s new democratic government permitted both collective and privately owned farms to operate within a country. • Hungary

  8. 6. This country was formerly ruled by Vaclav Havel • Czech Republic

  9. 7. The climate of Eastern Europe shows …? • A transition between the climates of Western Europe and those of Northern Eurasia

  10. 8. The plain that the Hungarians call the pustza… • Used to be covered with grassland but is now farmland

  11. 9. Name the countries of the Balkan peninsula (8) • Croatia • Slovenia • Romania • Serbia- Montenegro • Bulgaria • Macedonia • Albania • Bosnia- Herzegovina

  12. 10. The term Eastern Europe refers to the nations that… • Formed a buffer between the West and the Soviet Union after WWII

  13. 11. The inhabitants of Eastern Europe who arrived about 2,000 years ago and stayed are.. • The Slavs, who first settled around the Carpathian Mountains.

  14. 12. Explains how Czechoslovakia was divided in 1993. • It was divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia and the division was a peaceful separation. (Velvet Divorce)

  15. 13. Explain the breakup of the former Yugoslavia • There was violent tension between ethnic groups. Slovenia left peaceful because it did not want to lose money. There were violent wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina between the Muslims, ethnic Croats and ethnic Serbs (ethnic cleansing)

  16. 14. Which Balkan Country was left in economic chaos by the communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu? • Romania

  17. 15. What is Karst? • An area made up of soft limestone

  18. 16. What is multiethnic? • Composed of many ethnic groups

  19. 17. What are collective farms? • A state- owned farm in the former Soviet Union managed by workers who shared the profits from the produce.

  20. 18. What is the “Velvet Revolution”? • A revolution in Czech Republic in the 1980s that had no bloodshed that ended with a democratically elected parliament.

  21. 19. What does Balkanize mean? • To break up into small, mutually hostile political units. (Balkans after WWI)

  22. 20. What is the multiplier effect? • The effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout the economy.

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