On maps, this younger mountain range looks like an eastward extension of the Alps.

This is Russia’s most important waterway and the longest river in Europe.

What was the most common ethnic group in Eastern Europe?

Which Russian leader expanded Russia’s empire and encouraged the development of education and journalism?

What were serfs?

A Bosnian-Serb terrorist triggered World War I by assassinating Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary on June 28, 1914.

A group of revolutionaries called Bolsheviks took control of the Russian government shortly after Czar Nicholas stepped down.

Who used terror and force to transform the Soviet Union into a communist dictatorship

The USSR created which pact with their satellite states?

The United States, Canada, and other European nations created this alliance.

The Soviet Union is dissolved and all its republics gain independence.

This leader created "glasnost" and "perestroika."

This Polish trade union was formed to put pressure on the communist government.

Eventually, the Soviet Union lost control over Eastern Europe.

Ethnic tensions flared in the Balkan Peninsula and the Yugoslav republics become separate countries.

The Cold War occurred between these two superpowers

The Yugoslav wars took place in this region of Europe

This war was a competition for world influence and power

Grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes

Countries that are under the influence of a more powerful country.

An economic system that says all property should belong to the community

This czar implemented fashion reform and expanded the Russian empire

An area of high elevation

a vast, level area of grassy land that supports only low-growing, vegetation-like grasses.

River water mixed with saltwater

The title given to an emperor of Russia’s past.