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Serbia
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 5 to 7
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   8.43

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    belgrade, democracy, revolt, mountainous, majority, republic, history, ethnic, renamed, natural, monarchy, conflict, lies, freedom, route, form
     content words:    United States, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, World War, Balkan Peninsula, Great Plains, Ottoman Empire, World War I., Middle Ages, Danube River

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Serbia
By Sharon Fabian 		  
1     Serbia may be best known in United States history as the place where Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated. His assassination is famous because it was the event that sparked World War I in 1914.
 
2     What else do you know about Serbia? Do you know where it is located? Do you know about important events in its history? Have you heard about Serbia anywhere else besides in history class? When has it been in the news? What might tourists go to visit in Serbia?
 
3     Serbia (known as Serbia and Montenegro today) is a small country, about 100,000 square kilometers, located on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. It lies south of Hungary, North of Albania and Macedonia, East of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and West of Romania. Serbia's location made it an important country throughout history because it is located on a main route linking Europe and Asia.
 
4     The northern part of Serbia is flat land, something like the Great Plains in the United States. The center and the southern parts are more mountainous, like the east and west coasts of our country.

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