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What are the three colours normally seen on Pan-Slavic flags?

Red, White and Blue. The Pan-Slavic countries include those found in eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The red, white and blue stripes are used on the Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian flags. They are also common on other Central European country flags, such as Slovakia and Czech Republic, as well as Russia.

Which former Yugoslav republic boasts the most coastline?

Croatia. Croatia has the most coastline of the former Yugoslav republics with 5,835 km. Next is Montenegro with 199 km, and third and fourth are Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with 47 and 20 km respectively.

The former Yugoslav countries are known for having many religions. Which of the following is NOT a common religion in the region?

Anglicanism. Anglicanism isn't a widely practiced religion in former Yugoslavia. Croatians and Slovenians are known to be predominately Roman Catholic, while Serbians, Montenegros and Macedonians are mostly Eastern Orthodox. Many people in Bosnia and Herzegovina are Muslim, as they were converted to Islam when the Ottoman Turks occupied.

What mountains dominate the Yugoslav landscape?

Dinaric Alps. The Dinaric Alps occupy quite a large space in Yugoslavia. The tallest mountain is Deravica at 2,656 metres. The Dinarics also border the Julian Alps.

Croatia, a former Yugoslav country, has the sixth largest amphitheatre in the world. In which city is it found?

Pula. The amphitheatre in Pula is one of Croatia's main tourist attractions. According to Wikipedia, it is one of the most well preserved pieces of Roman architecture left. For years it has been opened for summer film festivals. During the Italian Fascist occupation, the Italians considered disassembling it and moving it to Italy, but abandoned the project because of the costs involved.

A former Yugoslav country is well-known for its patriotic red and white checkers on its national sports teams' kits. Which one?

Croatia. The red and white checkers come from the Coat of Arms, or šahovnica. They represent a chessboard that has 13 red squares and 12 white squares.

What country out of former Yugoslavia was said to have recovered the most quickly economically after the 1991 Civil War?

Slovenia. Its recovery may due to a number of reasons. First, Slovenia had one of the lowest populations and one of the highest GDPs at the time. Also it is quite geographically isolated from the rest of the states (it only borders Croatia to the west), and therefore has had to endure less border conflicts.

Which of the Yugoslav republics is the only one to border Greece?

Macedonia. Macedonia borders Greece to the south. Macedonia is officially known as the Republic of Macedonia.

Which of the former Yugoslav republics is the largest in area?

Serbia. Serbia is largest at 88,361 km . Then comes Croatia at 56,594 km , followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina at 51,206 km. Fourth is Macedonia at 25,713 km.

In Yugoslav countries (particularly Serbia or Croatia), you will often see the suffix "ic" at the end of a surname. What does this mean?

Son of. For example - "Petric" means "Son of Peter". Other common surname endings include "ec", "ek" and "ac".