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Test 3 - Eastern Europe (Slavic)
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
11/14/2011

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Ukraine
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90% steppe region; Danube river; capital is Kiev; 1st major city of all Slavs but destroyed by Mongols; politically between Russia and US; Chernobyl nuclear accident
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Belarus
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capital is Minsk; very similar to Russia; communist dictator, strict, rigid; weak economy
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The Pale
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where Jews were forced to live 2000 years before Holocaust
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Poland
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used to be most powerful country in the world; large population; Vistula River; capital Warsaw; extreme catholic; use latin alphabet
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Warsaw, Poland
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capital; uprising against Germany; destroyed by Germany; had to rebuild new city
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Krakow, Poland
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royal capital; major university center; one of the largest cities within the pale; Auschwitz; jewish
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Czech Republic
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most advanced; industrialization; wealthy; split with Slovakia bc they didn't want to have to share their taxes; capital is Prague; catholic
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Slovakia
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similar language with Czech Republic; rural; agriculture; minerals; little education; catholic; small; capital is Bratislava
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Bulgaria
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similar to Russia with language and religion; different racial group with strong Turkish culture; capital is Sofia
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