Chp 7 Eastern Europe
What is one of Poland’s most important industries? Coal Mining 204
What has raised standards of living in Baltic Republics? Increased trade and industry 205
What river divides Hungary? Danube River 206
What is the Czech Republic’s capital? Prague 208
What factors are holding back Romania’s economy? Communist policies of the past Limit of production No private industry Few consumer goods Aging factories Pollution’ 212
What is the main religion of Bulgaria? Eastern Orthodox Christians Muslims make up 13%
What caused Yugoslavia to fall apart? Ethic tensions between groups Split into 5 countries Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Macedonia 213
What is the capital of Ukraine? Kiev 219
To what language is Belorussian similar? Russian Ukrainian Written in Cyrillic 220
Why does Moldova’s flag look similar to Romania’s? Moldova was once part of Romania 220