Eastern Europe

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

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

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

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

Which country is NOT in the Balkans region?

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

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

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

Vladimir Lenin created what country in 1917?

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

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

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

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

What country split into FOURTEEN countries in the 1990s?

What former Soviet Socialist Republic did Russia invade in 2014?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is the longest river in Europe?

West Slavic languages use what alphabet?

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

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

The Velvet Revolution toppled the Communist dictator of what country?

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

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

Which alphabet has more characters?

Vojislav Kostunica beat Slobodan Milosevic in elections in what year?

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

East Slavic languages use what alphabet?

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

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

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

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

What is the longest and largest river in Poland?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Who was the 1st American in space?

What body of water separates Scandinavia from the Baltic States?

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

What Soviet cosmonaut was the first person in space?

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

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

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

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

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

In what year was the Berlin Wall torn down?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which country was not part of Yugoslavia?

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

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

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

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

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In what year did the Soviet Union collapse?

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

What is the newest country in Europe?

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

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

Which country was not part of Yugoslavia?

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

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