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Eastern Europe
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Introduction
•SerhiySerhiy’’s Storys Story
•Chapter AtlasChapter Atlas
•Eastern Europe TodayEastern Europe Today
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What is Serhiy’s community like?
How does Serhiy’s family make a living?
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SerhiySerhiy’’s Storys Story
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How has land ownership changed in Serhiy’s community since Ukraine became an independent country?
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SerhiySerhiy’’s Storys Story
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What options is Serhiy considering for after high school?
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SerhiySerhiy’’s Storys Story
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How will Serhiy’s life after high school be different from his life now?
How will Serhiy’s life in his village prepare him for the possibilities after high school?
myStory
SerhiySerhiy’’s Storys Story
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How can you measure success?
Chapter Atlas
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What kind of crops did SerhiyWhat kind of crops did Serhiy’’s family grow? s family grow? Can farmers grow the same kinds of crops Can farmers grow the same kinds of crops
near your school?near your school?
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How does geography influence Eastern Europe?
How does this factor into your measurement of success?
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Glaciers have shaped the physical features of this nation.
Climate varies from the south to the north of the region.
Eastern European countries face many environmental challenges.
Eastern Europe has a varied religious background.
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Key IdeasKey Ideas
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The Balkan Peninsula is the most mountainous part of Eastern Europe.
The Carpathian Mountains and the Transylvanian Alps meet in the south of the region.
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Eastern Europe: Physical FeaturesEastern Europe: Physical Features
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The region’s rivers flow into the Baltic and Black Seas.
Most farms and cities are in the broad flatlands of the Great Hungarian Plain and the North European Plain.
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Eastern Europe: Rivers and CitiesEastern Europe: Rivers and Cities
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The climate varies across Eastern Europe.
In the south there is a subtropical climate, while the rest of Eastern Europe has a continental cool summer climate.
Mechanized farming is practiced on the North European Plain.
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Eastern Europe: Climate and AgricultureEastern Europe: Climate and Agriculture
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Industry has grown in areas of Poland where coal is available.
Both iron ore and coal are found in one region of Ukraine.
Oil and gas are in very short supply in Eastern Europe.
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Eastern Europe: Natural Resources and the Eastern Europe: Natural Resources and the EnvironmentEnvironment
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Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
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Christianity is the dominant religion in the region.
Many Jewish and Muslim people call this region home.
Religious life has become more active in this region since the end of Soviet Union rule.
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Religious DiversityReligious Diversity
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Protestant Christianity
• Estonia
• Roman Catholicism – after Protestant Reformation the country turned to Lutheranism, a form of this religion
• Changes to Culture– Church Services – Latin to Estonian language– Translated Bible: Estonians learned to read/write– Literature developed – stories spread values
and morals
Influence of Religion
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Catholicism
• Poland (several countries)
• Nationalism – Catholic Church opposed foreign rule – promoted Polish national identity – a strong devotion to country
• Influence on daily life:– Pilgrimages – religious journeys to Catholic
shrines
– Holidays, parades, values of culture
Influence of Religion
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Eastern Orthodox
• Serbia
• Main religion of that Balkan states
• Ancient roots to Catholicism – Middle Ages separate churches
• Believe in 9 high ranking bishops
• Holidays – Jan 7 Christmas – coined bread – coin equal good luck for the year
• National identity
Influence of Religion
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Islam• Bosnia• Ottoman conquest of the Balkans in 1300s
ruled for 500 years and converted the region to Islam
• Less strict practices – women work, western style dress, some consume pork
• Quran or Koran – holy book• Ramadan – month of fasting• Religious Tolerance – ethnic difference
Influence of Religion
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How can you measure success?
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What kind of economic conditions affect What kind of economic conditions affect SerhiySerhiy’’s community and country?s community and country?
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How did the Soviet collapse affect people How did the Soviet collapse affect people living in Eastern Europe?living in Eastern Europe?
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• ethnic adj. defined by a shared nationality, identity,
or heritage
In my neighborhood, most people have an Italian
ethnic background.
• potential n. ability, possibility
Jim can spell any word, and has the potential to
win the National Spelling Bee.
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Academic VocabularyAcademic Vocabulary
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Some countries of this region have had great success building new governments and economies.
Other countries have grown apart or have failed to form strong, democratic governments.
Ethnic conflict has troubled some countries.
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Key IdeasKey Ideas
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• entrepreneur person who organizes and manages his or her own business
• capital money or goods that are used to make products
• cuisine style of food
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Key TermsKey Terms
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• secede to break away
• ethnic cleansing attempt to create an area with only one ethnic group by removing or attacking other ethnic groups
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Key TermsKey Terms
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Poland and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have been among the most economically successful countries in Eastern Europe.
Poland’s Solidarity group opposed communism and led the first democratic government.
Poland became a market economy with more private business.
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PolandPoland
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The Baltic nations became democratic after the Soviet era.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania moved to market economies, and Estonia’s economy was especially successful.
Since the end of the Soviet era, traditions and religious practice in the Baltic nations have been revived.
The Baltic NationsThe Baltic Nations
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Central Europe includes the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Slovenia.
Czechoslovakia became a democracy and then later split into two democratic nations: Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
High levels of debt have slowed growth in Hungary.
Slovenia voted for independence from Yugoslavia.
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Central EuropeCentral Europe
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The divisions of Yugoslavia include Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
Other Balkan nations are Romania, Albania, and Bulgaria.
Ethnic conflict has led to ethnic cleansing, war in Bosnia, and Serbian efforts against Albanians in Kosovo.
After the Soviet era, political corruption became a problem for Romania, Albania, and Bulgaria.
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The Balkan NationsThe Balkan Nations
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Ukraine is a democracy.
Belarus is the only example of a dictatorship in Europe today.
Moldova’s weak government cannot control all of its territory or provide many basic services.
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Ukraine, Belarus, and MoldovaUkraine, Belarus, and Moldova
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Compare and contrast political progress in Compare and contrast political progress in the nations of Eastern Europethe nations of Eastern Europe
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How can you measure success?
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