Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent. There is no consensus on the precise area it covers, partly because the term has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic connotations. There are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region". A related United Nations paper adds that "every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct". 

One definition describes Eastern Europe as a cultural entity: the region lying in Europe with the main characteristics consisting of Greek, Byzantine, Eastern Orthodox, Russian , and some Ottoman culture influences. Another definition was created during the Cold War and used more or less synonymously with the term "Eastern Bloc". A similar definition names the formerly communist European states outside the Soviet Union as Eastern Europe. Some historians and social scientists view such definitions as outdated or relegated, but they are still sometimes used for statistical purposes. 

Several other definitions of Eastern Europe exist today, but they often lack precision, are too general or outdated. These definitions vary both across cultures and among experts, even political scientists, as the term has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic connotations. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How much land does Eastern Europe span across, precisely?
2. State the precise amount of territory covered by Eastern Europe?
3. What is the exact amount of area that makes up Eastern Europe?
Q2:
1. What is one definition of Eastern Europe?
2. What's one manner of defining Eastern Europe?
3. How can Eastern Europe be described?
Q3:
1. When defining Eastern Europe as a cultural entity, how many cultural influences are listed?
2. How many cultures have had an influence on Eastern Europe as a cultural entity?
3. How many influences are there on Eastern Europe as a cultural entity?
Q4:
1. When defining Eastern Europe as a cultural entity, how many cultural influences are listed?
2. How many cultures have had an influence on Eastern Europe as a cultural entity?
3. How many influences are there on Eastern Europe as a cultural entity?
Q5:
1. When did a definition of Eastern Europe as not just a cultural entity emerge?
2. When did Eastern Europe begin to be defined not just as a cultural entity?
3. When did definitions of Eastern Europe as something other than a cultural entity begin to take shape?
Q6:
1. What is a rough synonym for Eastern Europe?
2. What is basically synonymous with Eastern Europe?
3. What is a close approxmiation of Eastern Europe?
Q7:
1. Which former communist states are a part of eastern Europe?
2. Where in Eastern Europe used to be a part of the communist bloc?
3. Which nations in Eastern Europe were once communist?
Q8:
1. Is it outdated to define Eastern Europe as the formerly communist European states outside the Soviet Union?
2. Do researchers tend not to define Eastern Europe as the formerly communist European states outside the Soviet Union anymore?
3. Has it fallen out of fashion to say that Eastern Europe is made up of the formerly communist European states outside the Soviet Union?
Q9:
1. What do older definitions of Eastern Europe lack?
2. What is missing from older ways of defining Eastern Europe?
3. What do less recent ways of defining Eastern Europe not have?
Q10:
1. Do all political scientists agree on the definition of Eastern Europe?
2. Is there one definition of Eastern Europe accepted by the political science community?
3. Is there only one way of defining Eastern Europe that is accepted by political scientists?
Q11:
1. Does the term Eastern Europe have a lot of connotations?
2. Are there a number of connotations to the term Eastern Europe?
3. Does the word Eastern Europe have multiple different sub-meanings?
Q12:
1. Where can Eastern Europe be found?
2. What is the location of Eastern Europe?
3. Where on our globe is Eastern Europe?
