Eastern Europe Review

Most of the Balkan Peninsula is covered by

• lakes
• grasslands
• marshes
• mountains

What body of water is most important to trade and transportation throughout Eastern Europe?

• Rhine
• Danube
• Vistula
• Aegean Sea

In 1986 a disaster at Chernobyl that ruined forests and soil was caused by

• terrorists
• massive flooding
• a nuclear plant explosion
• polluted rivers

After World War II much of Eastern Europe was forced to accept governments run or influenced by

• the Baltic Republics
• Germany
• Serbia
• the Soviet Union

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the economies of many Eastern European countries were

• much weaker than in Western Europe
• much stronger than in Western Europe
• about the same as in Western Europe
• ahead of Western Europe

Which of these Eastern European countries split into two countries in 1993?

• Yugoslavia
• Moldavia
• Czechoslovakia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina

One of the most prosperous cities of inland Eastern Europe is

• Warsaw
• Tallinn
• Budapest
• Mostar

Much of the violence that occurred in the Balkans in the 90s resulted from

• Soviet domination
• poor economic planning
• ethnic conflict
• mistreatment of Magyars

Which of the following describes the climate of the Balkan coast?

• warm summers and mild winters
• cold winters and mild summers
• long, harsh winters and wet summers
• short, dry winters and hot, humid summers

Which two kingdoms ruled much of Eastern and Northern Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Poland and Estonia
• Lithuania and Latvia
• Latvia and Estonia
• Poland and Lithuania