A World of Words: Eastern Europe - Introductory

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  1. air pollution
    pollution of the atmosphere
  2. Alps
    a large mountain system in south-central Europe
  3. amber
    a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin
  4. Balkan Mountains
    the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula
  5. Balkan Peninsula
    a large peninsula in southeastern Europe containing the Balkan Mountain Range
  6. Baltic Sea
    a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
  7. Belarus
    a landlocked republic in eastern Europe
  8. Black Sea
    a sea between Europe and Asia
  9. bloc
    a group united for a particular purpose
  10. Bosnia and Herzegovina
    a mountainous republic of south-central Europe
  11. Bulgaria
    a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
  12. capitalism
    an economic system based on private ownership of assets
  13. Carpathian Mountains
    a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area
  14. centralized
    located in one place or under control of a single authority
  15. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
  16. Cold War
    a state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States
  17. cold war
    a state of political hostility between countries
  18. communism
    a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership
  19. Croatia
    a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991
  20. currency
    the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
  21. Cyrillic
    an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
  22. Czech Republic
    a landlocked republic in central Europe
  23. Danube River
    the 2nd longest European river
  24. democratic
    based upon the principles of social equality
  25. development
    making some area of land or water more profitable or useful
  26. dictator
    a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  27. Eastern Orthodox Church
    derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
  28. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  29. ecosystem
    organisms interacting with their physical environment
  30. emigration
    moving from one place in order to settle in another
  31. Estonia
    a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
  32. euro
    the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies
  33. European Union
    an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members
  34. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  35. free press
    a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology
  36. Hungary
    a republic in central Europe
  37. immigration
    movement of people into a country or area
  38. independence
    freedom from control or influence of another or others
  39. industrial
    of or relating to commercial enterprise
  40. industrialization
    the development of commercial enterprise
  41. infrastructure
    basic facilities needed for the functioning of a country
  42. kaolin
    a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
  43. Kosovo
    a republic in the Balkan Peninsula that declared independence from Serbia in 2008; populated predominantly by Albanians
  44. landlocked
    surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land
  45. Latvia
    a republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
  46. life expectancy
    an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
  47. Lithuania
    a republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
  48. Macedonia
    landlocked republic on the Balkan Peninsula
  49. market economy
    an economy that relies on market forces to determine prices
  50. mineral
    a solid inorganic substance occurring in nature
  51. Moldova
    a landlocked republic in eastern Europe
  52. monastery
    the residence of a religious community
  53. Montenegro
    a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea
  54. mountainous
    containing many mountains
  55. nationalism
    the doctrine that your country's interests are superior
  56. oil shale
    shale from which oil can be obtained by heating
  57. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  58. parliament
    a legislative assembly in certain countries
  59. peninsula
    a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
  60. permafrost
    ground that is permanently frozen
  61. petroleum
    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  62. plain
    an extensive tract of level, open land
  63. Poland
    a republic in central Europe
  64. pollution
    contamination of the natural environment
  65. population
    the number of inhabitants in a given place
  66. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  67. republic
    a political system in which power lies in a body of citizens
  68. revolution
    the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
  69. Romania
    a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea
  70. Sarajevo
    capital and largest city of Bosnia
  71. Serbia
    a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia
  72. Slovakia
    a landlocked republic in central Europe
  73. Slovenia
    a mountainous republic in central Europe
  74. standard of living
    the level of material goods and services available
  75. state
    a politically organized body under a single government
  76. steppe
    an extensive plain without trees
  77. territory
    a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
  78. Tirana
    the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country
  79. tourism
    the business of providing services to travelers for pleasure
  80. Transylvanian Alps
    a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania
  81. Ukraine
    a republic in southeastern Europe
  82. unemployment
    the state of not having a job
  83. union
    a political unit formed from previously independent groups
  84. USSR
    a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
Created on Thu Jan 12 15:28:09 EST 2017 (updated Fri Apr 07 12:09:20 EDT 2017)

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