var region="Europe" Home Site Map Tutorial Find Game Quiz Game Word Game Holiday Game ... Help? WHERE IN EUROPE? WHERE IN EUROPE? WHERE IN EUROPE? AN ONLINE INTERACTIVE GEOGRAPHY GAME SITE ON EUROPE
A Geography Place Game world, web, online, interactive, internet, geography, geographic, country, countries, education, educational, learning, humanities, social sciences, game, games, europe, world, australia, america, asia, states, capitals, capital, cities, capital cities, usa, us, united states, south america ©Gary Radley 1998 garyradley@standard.net.au ALBANIA: Located on the Balkan Peninsula, bordered on the south by Greece and the north by Serbia. Albania became a Communist state in 1946. In succeeding decades it became the poorest country of Europe. In the 1990s it rejected Communism with the Communist party was voted out of office in March 1992. Albania has the smallest population of the Balkan countries with about 3.3 m. people. AUSTRIA: A small, mountainous country in Central Europe, Austria was once at the center of a great empire and one of the great powers of Europe. Its position at the middle of Europe made it a center of trade, transportation, and culture. About 98 % of the inhabitants of Austria are German-speaking. Population (1993). 7,938,000; 64.5 % urban, 35.5 % rural. Official Language is German. BELURUS: The Eastern European nation of Belarus lies nestled between Russia to the east, Poland to the west, Ukraine to the south and Lithuania to the north. From 1939 until December 1991 Belarus was a republic within the Soviet Union, after being annexed by Soviet military forces early in World War Two. A rich folk culture can be seen in their distinctive regional costumes, cooking, and decorative arts. | |
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