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Europe Study Guide - Test on Friday2/26/16 Due on Feb. Tuesday 23”. _ Amajor tourist attraction in Spain is the. : is the major religion that was founded in Germany. js the largest crop grown in Europe. are types of livestock because they are awn Sapte sees seco eee eee raised by people as a resource. ze is Europe's top producer of olive oil. 6. inNorthern Europe's boreal forests you can find what type of wild large animals? 7. Two countries that produce oil from the North Sea are and - 8. What seas are found in Europe Screg ce esc ge sete eee 9. Europe is the largest continent in the world in size. 10. is the country in Europe with the largest population. aL, countries and islands in Europe. 12.Russia’s River empties into the Caspian Sea. 13.Europe shares a land border with : 14.Europe is mostly located in the and hemispheres. 15.The Mountain range separates Europe and Asia. 16.Europe is divided into regions. Essay Question: Read the following passage on Europe, Using evidence from the text on 2 separate sheet of Paper, explain what communism is, and how it affected the people in Europe while it was st in place. Tell how communism ended and what type of government took its place in Europe. Finally, explain what happened to several communist countries as a result of the fall of communism, Atone time, many European countries were part of a huge nation called the USSR, more commonly known as the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union existed from 1917 until 1991 and had a ‘ype of government called communism. in the Soviet Union, al the land and means to produce Boods were owned by the government. Residents had very litle freedom, and life was hard for many people. In 1991, the communist government fell, and the Soviet Union was divided into a number of republics, which later became countries. The European countries Belarus, Estonia, \atvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine were all part of the Soviet Union, There were several other countries in Europe that were not part of the Soviet Union but became communist after World War Il in 1945, These included Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, Their communist governments fell between 1989 and 1991 The countries then became democracies, meaning that citizens could elect their leaders. After the fell of communism, many former communist countries were divided into smatler SSuntries. For example, Yugoslavia split into Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, Czechoslovakia became the Cech Republic and Slovakia,

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