Eastern Europe

What was the name of the 1st satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union?

What is the longest and largest river in Poland?

What country split into FOURTEEN countries in the 1990s?

What is a primary determining factor for what alphabet is used by South Slavic languages?

The "Miracle on Ice" was a US hockey victory over the Soviets in which Olympics?

The Volga River empties into what body of water--east of the Black Sea?

Which country split into TWO new countries in the 1990s?

What Soviet leader oversaw the collapse of the Communist Bloc and Soviet Union?

What major German river then flows through the Balkans on its way to the Black Sea?

Which country split into SEVEN new countries in the 1990s?

Which country's dictator was the only one killed in the revolutions of 1989-91?

Sarajevo was the site of genocide in the 1990s. It is the capital of what modern country?

Islam's existence in the Balkans is a legacy of what Empire that ruled the region until WWI?

Which country was not part of Yugoslavia?

Which alphabet has more characters?

What body of water is west of the Balkans, separating it from Italy?

What is the name of the peninsula between the Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, and Black Sea?

The "Eastern Bloc" name came out of what 20th Century event that shaped East European society?

What mountain chain is the traditional boundary between the European and Asian parts of Russia?

What German composer who lived mostly in Austria wrote "Ode to Joy," which is the E.U. anthem?

The Soviets brutally crushed a democratic revolt in what country in 1956?

What is the newest country in Europe?

The Catholic/Orthodox split generally coincided with the east-west split of what empire?

Serbian leaders were the first Europeans convicted of what charge since the Nazis in the 1940s?

Which of these countries is not considered a leading producer of hockey talent?

Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Austria & Hungary have all been major powers in history. True/False

What river flows through Russia and Ukraine on its way to the Black Sea?

The classical music piece, the "1812 Overture," celebrates Russia's defeat of what invader?

What region between Lithuania and Poland is owned by Russia, as a naval base on the Baltic Sea?

Nadia Comaneci was a star athlete who defected to the US in the Cold War.What sport was she in?

Which state of former Yugoslavia carried out the worst genocides in Europe since World War 2?

What president of Russia desires to rebuild "greater Russia"(essentially the old Soviet Union)?

What composer wrote "The Nutcracker," "Swan Lake," and the "1812 Overture"?

In what year was the Berlin Wall torn down?

What was the Soviet equivalent of the CIA? Vladimir Putin was an officer within it.

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

East Slavic languages use what alphabet?

What name did Winston Churchill give to the divide between east and west Europe?

What Serbian leader of Yugoslavia violently tried to prevent the country from falling apart?

Which crumbling country provided the highest quality competition for the 1992 Dream Team?

Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, and Toni Kukoc were the first big European stars in what sport?

What body of water is east of the Balkans, separating it from the Caucasus?

What major mountain chain of Western Europe also extends into Austria and Slovenia?

Lech Walesa won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping to bring about democracy in what country?

Erich Honecker of what country seemed like the only one to not realize Communism was crumbling?

The Velvet Revolution toppled the Communist dictator of what country?

West Slavic languages use what alphabet?

What Soviet cosmonaut was the first person in space?

Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania are member states of what sub-region?

"One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic." What Soviet dictator said this?

What event allowed Americans and Soviets to go head-to-head in the midst of the Cold War?

Who was the US President who oversaw the official end of the Cold War in 1991?

What military alliance intervened in the Yugoslav Civil War to try to stop the genocides?

Most languages of Eastern Europe are members of what family of languages?

Which country is NOT in the Balkans region?

The Adriatic coastal region of the Balkans gives its name to what breed of dog?

What was the typical length of economic plans forced on Eastern Europe by the Soviet dictators?

The old cities of Buda and Pest were combined in order to form what country's modern capital?

The Danube, the Don, and the Dnieper Rivers all flow into what body of water?

Because Eastern Europe was poorer than Western Europe in the 20th Century, it gained what name?

What capital of Greece is known as the birthplace of democracy?

What former Soviet Socialist Republic did Russia invade in 2014?

What branch of Christianity is the largest in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria?

What is the longest river in Europe?

What branch of Christianity is the most common in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Balkans?

During the Cold War, what was the name of the secret police force in Communist East Germany?

Vojislav Kostunica beat Slobodan Milosevic in elections in what year?

Which country was not part of Yugoslavia?

Polish, Czech, Slovak and Serbian are in what language sub-group?

What region on the Black Sea did Russia announce they had annexed in 2014?

In what year did the Soviet Union collapse?

Who was the 1st American in space?

Great composers including Mozart and Beethoven found a home in what Austrian capital?

Vladimir Lenin created what country in 1917?

The far-northern countries of Sweden, Norway, and Finland make up what sub-region?

What river is known as the "national river of Russia"?

What name's given to the series of protests/revolutions against Communist dictators in 1989-90?

By land area, Russia is the world's largest country. What is its capital?

What body of water separates Scandinavia from the Baltic States?

What ended the friendship between sports stars Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac?

Like much of Northern Europe, what branch of Christianity is the most common in Scandinavia?

Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian are in what sub-group of languages?

What was "Stalin's Grass" or "Stalin's Lawn"?

Who were the main target of the genocide in Bosnia in the 1990s?

What was the name of the program to rebuild Europe after World War 2?