Chapter 13 sec.4
Eastern Europe
A Place where people pass through
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Cultural Crossroads - A place where people
cross paths
Armies and travelers going between Europe
and Asia
Balkanization
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Refers to the process of a region breaking up
into small mutually hostile units
Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand
World War I
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Slavs in Serbia wanted to free the Slavs who
were in Austria-Hungary
Group called the Black Hand assassinated
Austrian Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand
Assassination started WWI
WWII
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Germany took over the Balkans
Soviet Union took over Eastern Europe after
WWII
Instituted Communism
Communism
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Soviet Union controlled all of the countries of
Eastern Europe - satellites
Weren’t allowed to go to church, own property,
move to other cities or countries, worked for
the government
No freedom of the press, freedom of speech
German controlled Europe