EASTERN EUROPE

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EASTERN EUROPE

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

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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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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
• When Soviet Union fell ethnic groups in Europe
  began demanding independence
• Serbian troops (lead by Slobodan Milosevic)
  massacred Bosnian Muslims.

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MODERN PROBLEMS

• 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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MEDITERREANEAN COUTRIES

• SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ITALY, GREECE

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PICTURES OF EASTERN EUROPE
BOSNIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
BUDAPEST
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POLAND
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PICTURES
SPAIN
ACROPOLYS
LISBON
ST. PETERS SQUARE
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BASICS

• RELIGION CATHOLIC, GREEK ORTHODOX
• LANGUAGE ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND GREEK
• GOVERNMENT DEMOCRACYS, BECOMING MORE STABEL
• ECONOMY FREE ENTERPRISE, SOME SOCIALISM
• CAPITALS LISBON, MADRID, ROME, ATHENS

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HISTORY

• ROMAN EMPIRE
• SPAIN CONQUERED BY MOORS, ROMANS
• SPANISH EMPIRE
• PORTUGAL SEA POWER
• DEMOCRACY IN GREECE
• WWII MUSSOLINI
• SPAIN FRANCO
• GREECE ANCEINT GREECE

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CURRENT ISSUES

• NORTHERN VS SOUTHERN ITALY
• REGIONS IN SPAIN, CASTILLA, BASQUE
• POLLUTION AND POPULATION
• GREECE INDUSTRIALIZING
• ITALY FASHION AND SHOES EXPORTER
• SPAIN, ITALY, PORTUGAL WINE EXPORTERS

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PICTURES OF MEDITERREANEAN
BARCELONA
ATHENS