DRB QUIZZES (2ND PARTIAL)

DRB QUIZZES (2ND PARTIAL) What is the word for an array of nonaligned or friendly states that cushion or protect a larger country from invasion, as happened with the former Soviet Union and its Easterns European neightbors? - Buffer zone Which of the following European countries is NOT a member of the European Union? - Switzerland Which nation was NOT part of the former Yugoslavia? - Albania Which nation, formerly part of Yugoslavia is deeply divided along ethnoreligious lines, with large minorities of Muslims, Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christian? - Bosnia The highest GNI per capita in Europe are found in which trio of nations? - Norway, Denmark and Sweden The conflict over Transdniester is focused within which nation? - Moldova In the Russian Domain, what non-Christian religion has the greatest number of believers? - Islam What language is most frequently spoken within Moldova? - Romanian The majority of the population of Crimea - Is russian and want to accept russian annexation Today in Russia a total of ______ people control 35% of Russian's wealth. - 110 The primary destination for Russia's petroleum exports is currently - Western europe The Russian language uses which alphabet? - Cryilic The Russian currency instrument is know as the - Ruble Russia forcibly annexed which peninsular part of Ukraine in 2014? - Crimea What has become of democracy in Russia in the post-Soviet era? - Once a flowering democrracy - has turned more and more to a centrally controlled and censoring government What is perestroika? - Restructuring of the planned What percent of Russia's farmland had been provatized by 2003? - 90% Which of the following is a Salavic language? - Ukrainian What is glasnost? - A URSS openness Which of the following is NOT a current economic challenge facing Russia? - The climate has made Russia to import lots of food Approximately what percentage of Russian citizens claim a Russian linguistic identity? - 80% Which of the following EU member states does