Nation-building in the Baltic states

Regarding nation-building strategies, these two countries granted citizenship only to the descendants of the pre-1940 state.

• Latvia and Estonia

• Lithuania and Latvia

• Estonia and Lithuania

This is the only country that granted citizenship to all its residents:

• Latvia

• Estonia

• Lithuania

This country vigorously promoted the use of its national language and even included a new narrative of its history.

• Latvia

• Estonia

• Lithuania

Due to its continued business ties with Russia, this country still holds regional clusters of exclusive Russian speakers.

• Latvia

• Estonia

• Lithuania

When did the Baltic states join NATO and the EU?

• 2014

• 2004

• 2006

Due to decades of Russification, the Baltic states feared that their distinctive language and culture would diminish; therefore, they devised different strategies to preserve both the language and the culture. Choose one of those strategies.

• They deported all Russian descendants

• They prohibited the Russian language everywhere, even on the media

• They introduced policies aimed at ensuring the revitalization of the national language and culture

Choose one of the requirements that two of the Baltic states introduced for naturalization.

• Be competent in the national language

• Have properties valued at more than 100,000 euros

• Have four or more babies

One of the conditions for some minorities to obtain Lithuanian citizenship was:

• Never return to their country of origin

• Embrace the Lithuanian national narrative

• Have properties valued at more than 100,000 euros

Despite all the efforts to prioritize the usage of the national language, some schools in which the main language of instruction was Russian were still working.

• True

• False

Russian-speaking communities in the Baltic region disappeared in the mid-1990s as it had been anticipated.

• True

• False