Eastern Europe Honors Geography Test Study Guide

An area of political uncertainty, constant tension, and frequent changes in political boundaries is often called a . . .

• shadow government

• shatter belt

• development zone

• Balkan state

Ninety-seven percent of Poles are descended from what people group?

• Magyars

• Romans

• Germans

• Slavs

The leader of Solidarity who later became the first president of free Poland was . . .

• Vlad Tepes

• Slobodan Milosevic

• Bram Wallachia

• Lech Walesa

Who was the head of the first trade union and later became the first president of free Poland?

• Vlad Tepes

• Slobodan Milosevic

• Bram Wallachia

• Lech Walesa

The Nazis killed more than 2.5 million Jews and Poles in the death camp thirty-three miles west of Krakow, Poland, known as . . .

• Auschwitz

• Buchenwald

• Dachau

• Ravensbruck

Which three countries were the first of the fifteen republics in the Soviet Union to declare independence?

• Lithuania, Latvia, and Belarus

• Estonia, Belarus, and Lithuania

• Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

• Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland

What country is the largest of the Baltic States and the home of the Hill of the Crosses?

• Lithuania

• Latvia

• Romania

• Estonia

• Poland

Which of the Baltic States is partially composed of fifteen hundred islands?

• Lithuania

• Latvia

• Romania

• Estonia

• Poland

The dominant mountain system in eastern Europe is the . . .

• Alps.

• Tatra Mountains.

• Carpathians.

• Rhodope Mountains

The swift and peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia was called the . . .

• Czech Revolution.

• Orange Revolution.

• Velvet Divorce.

• Velvet Revolution.