Bellringer In which country does the Thames River run? On what two features does Iceland sit? What is the EU?

Netherlands

Balkans Peninsula in central Europe

Areas speak some Russian and German, but are taught the languages of their country as well – Estonian – Latvian – Lithuanian English and Polish too

Estonia Climate maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers Terrain marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south Tallinn – Well preserved medieval site

Latvia Climate is maritime; wet, moderate winters Natural resources – peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, timber, arable land Riga

Lithuania Climate is maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers – Transitional Terrain is lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil Natural resources – peat, arable land, amber Vilnius

Poland Multiethnic nation turned into a dominant Roman Catholic nation. How? – Nazi and Soviet occupation – Warsaw Ghetto Minorities are forced to live in a section of a city called a ghetto Rebellion and slaughter by Nazis – Burned to the ground

Poland Warsaw Auschwitz and Treblinka Food – Pierogies

Pittsburgh Pierogies

Czechoslovakia Velvet revolution and divorce – No bloodshed – Czech Republic Prague – Slovakia Bratislava

Romania Bucharest Transylvania Multiplier effect – Investments that spawn multiple related jobs

Yugoslavia Land of the southern Slavs Split into six nations – Slovenia – Croatia – Macedonia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Serbia and Montenegro Ethnic cleansing of Serbs and Croats

Serbia and Croatia Montenegro Mts. And Danube valley Belgrade Continental Climate – Cold winters, hot summers Ethnic Croats and Serbs Adriatic Sea Temperate Continental Climate Zagreb Split

Ukraine “Borderlands” so THE Ukraine is not correct Kiev Climate is Temperate Continental and Medi along the Black Sea – Breadbasket of E. Europe Chernobyl Crimea