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1 Eastern Europe Includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia

2 History of Eastern Europe
Crossroads between East and West Made up of land belonging to the Holy Roman Empire and Ottoman Empire Central battleground between Nazi Germany and Communist Soviet Union Soviet Union took control of most Eastern European nations Satellite Nations- countries dominated by other countries

3 History of Eastern Europe
Breakup of Soviet Union in 1991 led to many new independent states being developed. Break-up of nations in the Balkan Peninsula known as balkanization Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia broke along ethnic lines in the 1990s

4 Governments of Eastern Europe
Most today have elected political systems

5 Economy of Eastern Europe
Move from communist (government-controlled) economies to free market economies Communism Capitalism Socialism Government Control Public Ownership Low degree of government control

6 Economy of Eastern Europe
Based heavily in agriculture and natural resources Some industrialization in the western nations Czech Republic and Poland

7 Culture Religion Languages Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodox Islam
Vary depending on nation Those more in the west use Latin alphabet Those more to the east use Cyrillic alphabet


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