Chapter 12 Eastern Europe

The tendency of diverse territories to break up into small hostile nations:

• Socialism

• Communism

• Balkanization

• Ethnic Cleansing

Limestone caves found in Slovenia are an example of:

• Karst Topography

• Pinsk Marshes

• a sarcophagus

• none of these

Which sea is known for a lack of oxygen?

• Baltic Sea

• Black Sea

• Adriatic Sea

• Dead Sea

Approximately how many Eastern Europeans died in World War II?

• 6 million

• 3 million

• 20 million

• 80 million

True or False: Most Eastern European governments support the EU becoming the "United States of Europe":

• True

• False

True of False: Western Europe (France, Germany, Switzerland) is more rural than Eastern Europe.

• True

• False

Semi-independent states ruled by the influence of the Soviet Union following World War II:

• Soviet Bloc

• Crimean Peninsula

• Iron Gate

Largest marshland in Europe:

• Danube Basin

• Pinsk Marshes

• Chernobyl

Most important river in Eastern Europe

• Euphrates

• Don

• Danube

• Florence

Top grain crop in Eastern Europe:

• rye

• wheat

• barley