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The Balkan Peninsula

The Balkan Peninsula. 1918 Balkanize—”to break up into small, mutually hostile political units Communist post WWII Today—is divided into many small nations. Romania. Pop: 23 million Ethnicity: Romanian Eastern Orthodox Danube River North—Carpathian Mountains Poverty. Romania.

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The Balkan Peninsula

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  1. The Balkan Peninsula • 1918 • Balkanize—”to break up into small, mutually hostile political units • Communist post WWII • Today—is divided into many small nations

  2. Romania • Pop: 23 million • Ethnicity: Romanian • Eastern Orthodox • Danube River • North—Carpathian Mountains • Poverty

  3. Romania • Communist post WWII • Energy so scarce that TV aired only 2 hours per night • Economic Depression • American soft drink maker spent $150 million • Created 25,000 small shops • Entrepreneurs—go-getter individuals who start and build a business • Multiplier effect—is the effect an investment has in multiplying related jobs throughout an economy

  4. Bulgaria • Danube Plains and Balkan Mountains • Garden of Eastern Europe • Slavic • Welcomed Soviet control after WWII

  5. Bulgaria • Democratic • Economic Depression • Found markets in W. countries • American, German, Dutch, British, and Swedish companies invested • Millions to Black Sea resorts

  6. Albania • Adriatic Sea • Pop: 3.5 million • Post WWII Communist • Poverty • Billions in aid from foreign nations

  7. Other Balkan Nations • Former Yugoslavia • Broke up violently in 1991-1992 • “the land of the southern Slavs” • 6 republics combined after WWII • 24+ ethnic groups • Ethnic wars

  8. History • Tito ruled with iron fist • Broke up after his death • Slobodan Milosevic • Genocide in Bosnia, Kosovo War

  9. Other Balkan Nations • Slovenia: most wealthy • Croatia: tourism $ • Both declared independence in 1991 • Others followed • Conflicts in and between nations • Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict • Muslims, Croats, and Serbians • 250,000 people died

  10. Serbia and Montenegro • 6.5 of the 10 million are Serbs • Kosovo declared independence in Feb. 2008 • Danube • Farming

  11. Croatia • Pop: 5 million • ¾ Croat, ¼ Serb • Slavic • Serbs: Eastern Orthodox • Croats: Roman Catholic • Tourism on Adriatic

  12. Slovenia • Pop: 2 million • Julian Alps • Solid industry base

  13. Bosnia-Herzegovina • Serbs, Croats, and Muslims • Civil war • Natural Resources

  14. Macedonia • Quiet • Poorest • Conflict with Greece • Albanian Muslims

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