Eastern Europe (Ch 7) Test

Most of the Balkan Peninsula is covered by

• lakes.

• grasslands.

• plains.

• mountains.

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

• Rhine

• Danube

• Vistula

• Baltic Sea

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

• terrorists.

• massive flooding.

• a nuclear power 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.

• Soviet Union.

Which of the following is a Baltic republic?

• Belarus

• Latvia

• Budapest

• Albania

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the governments of many Eastern European countries became

• EU members.

• democratic.

• Communist.

• dictatorships.

Some of the biggest differences among the cultures of Poland and the Baltic Republics are in their

• embroidery styles.

• crafts.

• languages and religions.

• food.

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

• much weaker than in Western European countries.

• much stronger than in Western European countries.

• about the same as in Western European countries.

• ahead of Western Europe because of tourism.

Much of the violence that occurred in the Balkans in the 1990s resulted from

• Soviet domination.

• poor economic planning.

• ethnic conflict.

• mistreatment of Magyars.

World War I was started by

• ethnic conflict in the Balkans.

• the murder by a Serbian of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

• Poland.

• the breakup of Yugoslavia.