1. Europe

2. Eastern Europe Under Communism Eastern Europe Under Russia The European Union Modern Europe Vocab/Ter ms 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 Why did the Soviet Union want to create a sense of national identity?

4. Answer 1 – 10 To discourage ethnic groups from seeking independence.

5. Question 1 - 20 What actions did the Soviet government take to try and establish a national identity?

6. Answer 1 – 20 Outlawed cultural celebrations, destroyed churches, prohibited use of native languages, controlled media and artistic expression.

7. Question 1 - 30 What major industries did the Soviet government take over?

8. Answer 1 – 30 Factories, railroads and businesses.

9. Question 1 - 40 What was the Soviet government’s role in production?

10. Answer 1 – 40 They decided what would be produced, how it would be produced and who would get what was produced.

11. Question 1 - 50 What was the “Prague Spring”?

12. Answer 1 – 50 A period of improvement when the Soviet government loosened control over Czechoslovakia.

13. Question 2 - 10 What major change occurred in Eastern Europe during 1991?

14. Answer 2 – 10 Soviet republics and nations under Soviet control declared independence and set up new governments.

15. Question 2 - 20 How are the economies of Eastern European countries changing?

16. Answer 2 – 20 From command economies to free-market economies.

17. Question 2 - 30 What were the three major ethnic groups in Yugoslavia when Tito was dictator?

18. Answer 2 – 30 Serbs, Croats and Muslims.

19. Question 2 - 40 Why did Milosevic order ethnic cleansing?

20. Answer 2 – 40 To kill minority ethnic groups so the Bosnian Serbs would be the majority.

21. Question 2 - 50 How has Russia’s economy changed since the Soviet Union collapsed?

22. Answer 2 – 50 Developing a free-market economy, private property ownership and new businesses.

23. Question 3 - 10 What was the original goal of the European Union?

24. Answer 3 – 10 To encourage trade.

25. Question 3 - 20 Why do many former Communist countries want to join the European Union?

26. Answer 3 – 20 To gain economic and political advantages.

27. Question 3 - 30 What changes do Eastern European nations need to make to join the European Union?

28. Answer 3 – 30 Economic, legal and environmental improvements.

29. Question 3 - 40 What have members of the EU done to improve trade?

30. Answer 3 – 40 They have done away with tariffs, lifted border controls and gave development loans.

31. Question 3 - 50 How is the EU improving the lives of people?

32. Answer 3 – 50 Tries to raise standards of living, provides job training, allows people to work in any member country, allows people to vote in local elections wherever they live, protects people’s rights through a Court of Justice.

33. Question 4 - 10 What steps did the EU take to improve the environment in Romania?

34. Answer 4 – 10 New waste treatment system, including recycling centers and cleaning up old dumping grounds.

35. Question 4 - 20 What difficulties have resulted from the free- trade market economy?

36. Answer 4 – 20 Uncontrolled high prices; economic inequality and crime.

37. Question 4 - 30 What new freedoms do Russians have since the breakup of the Soviet Union?

38. Answer 4 – 30 Freedom to elect leaders and own property, freedom of speech and religion and end of censorship.

39. Question 4 - 40 What characterized the era known as “The Thaw”?

40. Answer 4 – 40 Citizens had greater freedom; Khrushchev visited the United States.

41. Question 4 - 50 After détente, what did the Soviet Union continue to spend most of its money on?

42. Answer 4 – 50 Armed forces and nuclear weapons.

43. Question 5 - 10 What is private property rights?

44. Answer 5 – 10 The rights of individuals to own land or industry. In the 1950’s and 1960’s citizens of the Soviet Union di not have these rights.

45. Question 5 - 20 What does deposed mean?

46. Answer 5 – 20 Removed from power.

47. Question 5 - 30 During the 1970’s the U.S. and the Soviet Union enjoyed a period of improved relations called what?

48. Answer 5 – 30 Détente.

49. Question 5 - 40 Who allowed the countries of Eastern Europe to break away from the Soviet Union?

50. Answer 5 – 40 Mikhail Gorbachev

51. Question 5 - 50 Describe a coalition government?

52. Answer 5 – 50 When small political parties in a democratic country join forces.