Chapter 13.2

1. Human Geography of Eastern Europe Chapter 13.2

2. How has Eastern Europe been most affected by the use of a variety of languages? • It has led to new arts and literature. • It has made unification difficult. • It has improved trade and commerce. • It has allowed the English language to become dominant.

3. Warm-up – Hungarian Pigs • 1. What efforts have been made to protect and promote the Mangalitsa pig? • 2. What are the benefits of eating the Mangalitsa pig? • 3. What are the cultural benefits of raising the Mangalitsa pig?

4. Answers to Video • 1. An active conservation program promotes the breeding of the pig. • 2. The pig is not genetically modified, and the meat is healthier than other meat. The pig grows more slowly, • making the meat tastier. • 3. Raising the pig encourages biodiversity and promotes traditional Hungarian culture.

5. Human Geography of Eastern Europe • History and Government • Eastern Europe is a shatter belt, or region of great political instability, that drove the area’s Balkanization, or the division of the region into smaller hostile regions. • Yugoslavia attempted to reverse this process, since it combined smaller regions into one country, but it fell apart with the collapse of the Soviet Union. • Power struggles led to civil war and ethnic cleansing, or the genocide of an ethnic group, and Balkanization has continued with countries declaring independence.

6. Eastern Europe is a shatter belt, or region of great political instability, that drove the area’s Balkanization, or the division of the region into smaller hostile regions.

7. Eastern Europe is a shatter belt, or region of great political instability, that drove the area’s Balkanization, or the division of the region into smaller hostile regions.

8. Yugoslavia attempted to reverse this process, since it combined smaller regions into one country, but it fell apart with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

9. Power struggles led to civil war and ethnic cleansing, or the genocide of an ethnic group, and Balkanization has continued with countries declaring independence.

10. At the end of a three-month siege in Vukovar, the Serbian army had destroyed the community. While the Serbian army achieved its primary goal of consolidating their control over the Croatian area of eastern Slavonia, there was nothing left of the town but rubble. After the city fell, the Serbian army massacred at least 200 Croatian civilians

13. Human Geography of Eastern Europe • Population Patterns • The Slavs are an ethnic group that includes Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, and Macedonians. • The Roma are of Indo-European origin and are the largest minority population in Europe. • The majority of people live in urban areas, although there are large populations along the Danube and Vistula Rivers. • Eastern Europe experienced large migrations during and after World War II with people leaving to escape war and poor conditions.

14. The Slavs are an ethnic group that includes Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, and Macedonians.

15. The Roma are of Indo-European origin and are the largest minority population in Europe.

16. The majority of people live in urban areas, although there are large populations along the Danube and Vistula Rivers.

17. The majority of people live in urban areas, although there are large populations along the Danube and Vistula Rivers.

18. Eastern Europe experienced large migrations during and after World War II with people leaving to escape war and poor conditions.

19. Human Geography of Eastern Europe • Society and Culture Today • Countries have faced economic challenges in the transition to democratic governments. • The area is marked by many different religious and ethnic groups. • The family is the basic social unit and serves to reinforce social values. • The long history of folk and classical music makes it an important art form among peoples of the region.

20. Countries have faced economic challenges in the transition to democratic governments.

21. The fall of communism allowed eastern European countries to transition to market economy systems and new governments.

22. The area is marked by many different religious and ethnic groups.

23. The area is marked by many different religious and ethnic groups.

24. The family is the basic social unit and serves to reinforce social values.

25. The long history of folk and classical music makes it an important art form among peoples of the region.

27. Human Geography of Eastern Europe • Economic Activities • Over the past 20 years, Eastern Europe has transitioned to a market economy. • The region is known for low-cost, high quality electronic and automotive manufacturing, but still maintains its agricultural roots. • As political stability has improved, the region has become increasingly linked to Western Europe through trade and, more recently, by joining the European Union.

28. Over the past 20 years, Eastern Europe has transitioned to a market economy.The region is known for low-cost, high quality electronic and automotive manufacturing, but still maintains its agricultural roots.

29. Eastern European Agriculture

30. As political stability has improved, the region has become increasingly linked to Western Europe through trade and, more recently, by joining the European Union.