After the fall of communism, the Yugoslavian republics began to
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break away.
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What happened when the Czechs tried to implement liberal reforms in 1968?
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The USSR and other Warsaw pact nations invaded.
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Germany was reunified in
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1990
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In 1978, Lech Walesa led a worker's strike in
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Poland
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What was the "Velvet Divorce"?
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Czechoslovakia's split into two countries
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Which event preceded the revolutions of 1989?
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Gorbachev made reforms in the Soviet Union.
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If East and West Germany had not reunified, it is most likely that
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West Germany would have grown much stronger than East Germany.
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Read this excerpt from a summary of events in Srebrenica.
Zina Hasanovic is one of the lucky ones - she knows what happened to her husband, Haris. As Serbian bullets raced through a group of tightly-packed Muslim prisoners, Haris, mortally wounded, fell on top of his first cousin and best friend, Mevludin Oric. Mevludin lay on the ground, covered in blood and for hours pretended to be dead. He managed to escape to tell Zina of her husband's fate.
Why is Zina Hasanovic referred to as "one of the lucky ones"?
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Most people never learned the fate of their loved ones.
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What best describes Yugoslavia before its breakup?
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It was home to many ethnic groups.
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Why was the end to communism in Czechoslovakia termed the "Velvet Revolution"?
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The transition was remarkably smooth.
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