How has Eastern Europe been most affected by the use of a variety of languages?

1. Human Geography
of Eastern Europe

2. • How has Eastern Europe
been most affected by
the use of a variety of
languages?
A. It has led to new arts
and literature.
B. It has made unification
difficult.
C. It has improved trade
and commerce.
D. 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. 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.
Human Geography of Eastern Europe

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. 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.
Human Geography of Eastern Europe

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. 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.
Human Geography of Eastern Europe

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.