EASTERN EUROPE

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EASTERN EUROPE

• POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, BALTICS,
  EASTERN BALKINS

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Europes Mountains

• Alps found in Switzerland, Germany, Northern
  Italy, Western Austria and Eastern France-large,
  new mountains
• Pyrenees border between France and Spain
• Dinaric found along Dalmatian coast (along
  Adriatic Sea)
• Carpathians Flow through Eastern Europe

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European Mountains
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The European Plain

• Lowland that stretches from the Atlantic Coast of
  France to into Russia
• Most of Europes agriculture takes place along
  this area

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Europes Rivers

• Have long been used for trade and travel
• Provide the historical backbone of the European
  economy
• Still important means for trade

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North Atlantic Drift

• Weather pattern that keeps much of Northern
  Europe far more mild than latitudinal placement
  should allow
• Warm air moves up from mid-Atlantic and pushes
  into England and then across the European Plain

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Basics

• RACE
• MANY DIFFERENT RACES
• SLAVIC, MAGYARS, SERBS, CROATS, GERMANS, ETC
• RELIGION
• CATHOLIC POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC,
• MUSLIM BALKANS
• GREEK ORTHODOX BALKINS, EASTERN BALKANS
• PROTESTANT CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA
• LANGUAGE
• GERMAN, HUNGARIAN, POLISH, RUSSIAN, TRIBAL

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History

• AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
• HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
• SOME AUTONOMOUS CONTROL
• WWI
• WWII
• SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN BLOC
• FALL OF SOVIET UNION

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PICTURES OF EASTERN EUROPE
BOSNIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
BUDAPEST
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Poland and Romania

• Poland
• Has long separated two stronger powers of Russia
  and Prussia/Germany
• Recreated after WWI but after conquered in 1939
  by Germany and Russia
• 1945 created again but under domination of USSR
• Protest against USSR from satellite states
  started in 1980s in Poland

• Romania
• Historically has not independent
• Conquered primarily by Russians, Austro-Hungarian
  and Holy Roman Empires
• Does have unique Romanian language and culture
• Today poverty levels are high, low standards of
  living are the norm

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Modern Problems across Eastern Europe

• RACE
• FALL OF SOVIET UNION
• FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKIA
• LOW STANDARD OF LIVING AND HEALTH CARE
• RELIGIOUS ISSUES
• FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
• EMIGRATION
• EUROPEAN UNION

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The Former Yugoslavia

• Genocide that took place in 1980s and 1990s
• Yugoslavia created after WWI and forced to become
  communist.
• Different ethnic groups cant get along Croats,
  Slovenes, Macedonians, Serbs and Montenegrins
• Also religious differences with Catholicism,
  Orthodoxy and Islam
• When Soviet Union fell ethnic groups in Europe
  began demanding independence
• Serbs had long seen the Balkan peninsula as
  their territory
• Serbian troops (lead by Slobodan Milosevic)
  massacred Bosnian Muslims.