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Test 3 - Southern Europe
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Geography
Undergraduate 2
11/14/2011

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Yugoslavia
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capital is Belgrad; after WWI Wilson combined countries into one; Balkanization
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Serbia
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largest group of serbs; Christian orthodox; strong tie with Russia; Communist philosophy; dominate others in region; lost to Turks
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Slovenia
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capital is Ljubljana; oldest; strong german influence; catholic; westernized; Slovak; successful part of European union
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Croatia
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similar to Serbia; older than serbs; right wing politics; wwII concentration camp for Serbs; 1991-94 civil war between Croatia and Serbia; 1995 trail of tears; capital is Zagreb
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Bosnia
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capital is Sarajevo; turkish influence; muslim; 1995 declared independence; war between Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia; UN sends dutch army but to no avail; barely stable
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Kosovo
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(part of Serbia); capital is Pristina; historic heartland of Serbia; Albanian illegal immigrants; war between Albania and Serbia; declared independence in 2008 (recognized by US)
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Albania
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not Serbs; short with blonde hair; Catholic; taken over by Turkish; poorest country in Europe; often immigrate into Kosovo illegally
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Fyrom (Macedonia)
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capital is Skopje; declared independence (not recognized by european union)
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Montenegro
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became independent in 2006; capital is Podgorica
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