Chapter 16 Eastern Europe

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

• polluted rivers

• a massive power plant exploding

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 European countries.

• much stronger than in Western European countries.

• about the same as in Western European countries.

• ahead of Western Europe because of tourism

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

• embroidery styles.

• crafts.

• languages and religion.

• food.

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

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

• . Soviet domination.

• poor economic planning.

• . ethnic conflict.

• mistreatment of Magyars.

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

• Yugoslavia

• Moldavia

• . Czechoslovakia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

After World War I European leaders combined many independent countries under one government to form

• Macedonia

• Poland

• Austria

• Yugoslavia