2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Poland Poland 2 Czech Slovakia & Hungary Czech Slovakia & Hungary 2 Balkans

True or False Poland is a multiethnic nation

False

What is a ghetto

An area of a city where minorities are forced to live

What is the major religion of Poland?

Roman Catholic

A majority of Poland is covered by the _________ __________ Plain

Northern European

this was a Polish trade union federation as well as the first non-Communist-controlled trade union in a Warsaw Pact countryPolishtrade union federationCommunistWarsaw Pact

Solidarity

The Holocaust resulted in the destruction of a majority of when religious/ethnic group of Poland?

Jewish

What form of government controlled Poland between the late 1940 to 1989

Communist

Was unemployment higher or lower after Poland broke from Communism?

higher

What was the Holocaust

When the Nazi’s slaughtered millions of civilians during WWII

True or False Iron ore is a valuable natural resource found in Poland?

False

The economy of the Czech republic is based ___________

Industry

What two countries were formed from the formed country of Czechoslovakia?

Czech Republic and Slovakia

What is the most serious problem facing the Czech Republic?

Pollution (air and water)

What land features dominate the landscape of the Czech Republic?

plateaus and mountains

What are collective farms

Farms owned by the government where the workers get a wage and a share of the profits

The economy of Slovakia is based on __________and __________

Farming and industry

True or False Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary share Western outlooks and ways

True

What physical feature in Hungary separates the broad plains of the east from the plateaus, hills and valleys in west

Danube River

The “Breadbasket of Europe” is found in which country?

Hungary

True or False The people of Hungary are descendents from the Magyars

True

True or False The Balkans were once ruled by the Turks

True

True or False Since the end of Communist rule, the Balkans have experienced more peace than war

False

After WWII Yugoslavia was made into how many separate republics held together under communist rule

six

Which country, despite having fertile plains and mineral resources is impoverished (poor)

Romania

What is Balkanize?

to break up into small, mutually hostile political units