REE 301
Identify the countries of Central/Eastern Europe whose main religion is Catholic
Christianity. - ANS-Slovakia, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary,
Austria, and Latvia
Identify the countries of Central/Eastern Europe which are predominantly Muslim. -
ANS-Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia
Identify which languages are Slavic. - ANS-Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish,
Czech, and Slovak
Identify which languages are Romance. - ANS-Moldovan and Romanian
Identify which languages are Baltic. - ANS-Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian
Identify which languages are non-Indo-European. - ANS-Hungarian
What is the Balkan Sprachbund? - ANS-similarities in grammar and syntax across the
Balkan languages that gives rise to the grouping Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin that
explains why native speakers of BCM can understand each other
Which languages of the region use the Latin alphabet? - ANS-Poland, Hungary, Czech
Republic, Romania, and the Baltic states
Which languages of the region use Cyrillic? - ANS-Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian,
Serbian, and North Macedonian
What was the major influencing factor in the choice of Latin or Cyrillic for these
languages? - ANS-Catholicism (W) and Orthodox (E)
Give the year and place of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech. - ANS-1946 in
Fullton, Missouri
Give the year of the Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches. - ANS-1054
How do you explain the idea that a nation is an "imagined community"? - ANS-Nations
are based on shared beliefs, socially constructed by the will of the people and bonded
by a feeling of belonging to the group
Identify the countries of Central/Eastern Europe whose main religion is Catholic
Christianity. - ANS-Slovakia, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Hungary,
Austria, and Latvia
Identify the countries of Central/Eastern Europe which are predominantly Muslim. -
ANS-Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia
Identify which languages are Slavic. - ANS-Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish,
Czech, and Slovak
Identify which languages are Romance. - ANS-Moldovan and Romanian
Identify which languages are Baltic. - ANS-Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian
Identify which languages are non-Indo-European. - ANS-Hungarian
What is the Balkan Sprachbund? - ANS-similarities in grammar and syntax across the
Balkan languages that gives rise to the grouping Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin that
explains why native speakers of BCM can understand each other
Which languages of the region use the Latin alphabet? - ANS-Poland, Hungary, Czech
Republic, Romania, and the Baltic states
Which languages of the region use Cyrillic? - ANS-Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian,
Serbian, and North Macedonian
What was the major influencing factor in the choice of Latin or Cyrillic for these
languages? - ANS-Catholicism (W) and Orthodox (E)
Give the year and place of Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech. - ANS-1946 in
Fullton, Missouri
Give the year of the Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches. - ANS-1054
How do you explain the idea that a nation is an "imagined community"? - ANS-Nations
are based on shared beliefs, socially constructed by the will of the people and bonded
by a feeling of belonging to the group
