| A | B |
|---|
| Ukraine | Kiev, capital |
| Poland | Warsaw, capital |
| Hungary | Budapest, capital |
| Romania | Bucharest, capital |
| borders Baltic Sea | Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine |
| farthest north | Estonia |
| country bordering eastern Europe on the northeast | Russia |
| the southern European country across the Adriatic Sea from eastern Europe | Italy |
| Balkanization | breaking up of a geographical area |
| narrows | a strait that connects two bodies of water |
| cultural crossroad | a place where different cultures come into contact |
| slavic | having to do with people from Central Asia who settled in Europe |
| Ethnic group | people with common language, culture and set of values |
| Judaism | The religion of the Jewish people who believe in one God as the creator of the universe |
| Jewish | the followers of Judaism |
| Islam | the religion of Muslims, who follow the Koran |
| Muslim | the followers of the Islam religion |
| shortage | not having enough of something |
| market economy | a system where people own businesses, called acpitalism |
| Soviet Union | Estonia, Lativia and Lithuania broke away in 1991 |
| Curved mountain range from Slovakia to Romania | Carpathian Mountains |
| Marie Curie | studied radioactivity |
| Germany | invaded Poland in World War I and II |
| Largest lake | Lake Balaton in Hungary |
| Dnepr and Danube | most important rivers |
| glaciers | caused many rivers |
| Slavic language | most spoken language |
| one problem for the people | low standard of living |
| shortages | another problem for the people |
| ethnic fighting | bigest problem for the people |
