Eastern & Northern European History Quiz

Eastern Europe's location between Asia and Europe influenced its history and diversity through migrations, trade and conflict.

East European history was dominated by strong empires, delaying the formation of independent countries.

Between 400 and 600 AD, Slavic groups moved into the region, forming kingdoms.

The Magyars (not Slavic), arrived in Central Europe, later Hungary, in the late 800s, facing possible Ottoman conquest

Austria became a major power pushing out the Ottomans, in the 1400s.

The process of breaking up a region into small, often hostile states.

In the early 1900s, the Ottoman Empire lost control of various territories, including Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, and Serbia.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist in 1914 ignited World War I.

After World War II, the Soviet Union controlled Eastern Europe, establishing communist nations that were heavily influenced by Moscow.

In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced reforms that gave Eastern European nations more freedom, which led to political instability and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.