Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Eastern Europe
- Poland
- Poland is covered by the North European Plain
- 95% are Roman Catholic
- Not multiethnic due to Holocaust
- Population of mainly Poles
- Solidarity is an independent Polish workers' labor union
- Solidarity pressed for economic and democratic reform
- WWII-1989: dominated by Soviet Union
- Communist government put into place
- Polish wanted and fought for freedom
- Converting state-controlled industries into private enterprises was difficult
- Unemployment, Price increases, and difficulty attracting foreign investors have been problems for economy
- Poland has large deposits of coal, sulfur, and copper
- Depends on other countries for iron ore and petrolium
- Feritle Soil
- Czech Republic
- Two Regions
- Bohemia
- Coal, iron ore, copper, lead, and quartz
- Moravia
- Moravia's old coal and steel industries face an uncertain future
- Air and water pollution
- 56% of Czech forests destroyed by acid rain and industrial pollution
- Plateaus and mountains
- Size of South Carolina
- Slovakia
- Independent in 1993 when Czechoslovakia was peacefully divided
- Mixed economy of farming and manufacturing
- Not as successful as the Czechs in building a post-Soviet government and economy
- Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary share Western outlooks and ways
- Hungary
- Population dominated by Magyars
- Roman Catholic
- Ruled by foreign countries for much of its history
- Known as the "breadbasket of Europe" because of its fertile soil