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WorksheetsEastern Europe Honors Geography Test Study Guide
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
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.
After Czechoslovakia gained independence, the Czechs and Slovaks agreed to split the country in two in what was known as the . . .
Great Compromise
Great Divide
Velvet Divorce
Orange Revolt
To give the Czech people a direct stake in the success of the new Czech Republic's economy, the government began an experiment in . . .
Mass Privatization
Mass Media
Mass Hysteria
Mass Collectivization
The tendency of a region made up of many ethnically and religiously diverse minorities to break into small, hostile countries is called. . .
Privatization
Balkanization
Collectivization
Nationalization
The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is . . .
Banja Luka
Dubrovnik
Sarajevo
Sofia
Mount Musala is the highest point in which mountain range?
Transylvania Alps
Dynamic Alps
Balkan Mountains
Pennine Mountains
Whereas most people of the Carpathians are Roman Catholic, the people of Romania are mostly . . .
Protestant
Eastern Orthodox
Muslim
Atheistic
The Danube River flows through a break in the Carpathian Mountains called the . . .
Bronze Door
Iron Gate
Transylvanian Alps
Wallachian Plain
Which three countries lie on the eastern plains?
Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria
Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine
Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus
Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania
During and after what revolution did the Ukraine experience fair elections and a shifted focus toward Western Europe and the EU?
Orange Revolution
Velvet Revolution
Dayton Revolution
Red Revolution
Which peninsula juts out into the Black Sea and is attached to Ukraine by a 2.5-mile-wide isthmus?
Balkan Peninsula
Peloponnesus
Crimean Peninsula
Donets Peninsula
What city serves as the headquarters for the CIS?
Kiev
Minsk
Pinsk
Yalta
What site in Poland was the largest Nazi extermination camp?
Auschwitz
Buchenwald
Dachau
Ravensbruck
Which region in Poland, watered by the Oder River, has been disputed throughout history?
Kiev
Minsk
Pinsk
Yalta
Silesia
Which country of eastern Europe has some of the best farmland in Europe, partly due to the Danube and Tisza Rivers?
Poland
Lithuania
Hungary
Romania
Czech Republic
What is the tendency of diverse territories to break up into small, hostile nations?
Privatization
Balkanization
Collectivization
Nationalization
Which region of Slovenia is famous for its sinkholes and limestone caves?
Wallachia
Dalmatia
Karst
Transylvania
Silesia
Which region of Slovenia is famous for its sinkholes and limestone caves?
Wallachia
Dalmatia
Karst
Transnistria
Silesia
The name of which Eastern European country means "black mountain"?
Montenegro
Albania
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
What country was proclaimed to be the world's first truly atheistic country?
Montenegro
Albania
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Which region of Moldova, a landlocked country, is valuable for its heavy industry?
Wallachia
Dalmatia
Karst
Transnistria
Silesia
Which are of Ukraine is sometimes called the "Russian Riviera"?
Crimea
Dalmatia
Karst
Transnistria
Silesia
What resort city is located in "the Russian Riviera"?
Kiev
Minsk
Pinsk
Yalta
Silesia
Which city serves as Russia's main naval base?
Kiev
Minsk
Pinsk
Yalta
Sevastopol
The headquarters of the CIS are in which Eastern European capital?
Kiev
Minsk
Pinsk
Yalta
Sevastopol
What valuable mountain region in the present Czech Republic did Hitler invade an claim in 1938?
Crimea
Sudetenland
Karst
Transnistria
Silesia
Where did leaders sign the peace agreement that ended the civil war in Bosnia?
Dayton, Ohio
Miami, Florida
Washington D.C.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New York City, New York
What narrow break in the Carpathian Mountains does the Danube River flow through?
Iron Curtain
Iron Gate
Mordor
Suez Canal
Drake Passage
What term refers to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia collectively?
Baltic States
Balkan States
Carpathian States
Ural States
What name was given to the group of semi-independent states ruled by puppets of the Soviet Union following World War II?
Iron Gate
Commonwealth of Independent States
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Soviet Bloc
What is one of the largest ethnic minorities in Europe whose work traditionally reflected the life of wanderers?
Gypsies
Bosniacs
Romanians
Serbs
Slavs
What is the most populous city in all of Eastern Europe?
Kiev
Minsk
Warsaw
Crimea
Sevastopol
What plain covers almost all of Poland?
Great Hungarian Plain
Northern European Plain
Western European Plain
Southern European Plain
Eastern Europe has been called what due to the frequent changes in the size, shape, and number of countries?
shadow government
shatter belt
development zone
Balkan state
Which region in Romania has a long intrigued Western Europeans, who flew it as a place of mystery and danger?
Wallachia
Dalmatia
Karst
Transylvania
Silesia
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The "land of the Romans"
Romania
Croatia
Ukraine
Albania
Poland
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Shaped like a boomerang
Romania
Croatia
Ukraine
Albania
Poland
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Most important industrial and agricultural center in the CIS
Romania
Croatia
Ukraine
Albania
Poland
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Proclaimed by Enver Hoxha to be the first truly atheistic country
Romania
Croatia
Ukraine
Albania
Poland
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Home of Solidarity
Romania
Croatia
Ukraine
Albania
Poland
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Largest of the Baltic States; home of the Hill of Crosses
Lithuania
Latvia
Belarus
Hungary
Bulgaria
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Middle of the Baltic States; capital is Riga
Lithuania
Latvia
Belarus
Hungary
Bulgaria
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"White Russia"; capital is Minsk
Lithuania
Latvia
Belarus
Hungary
Bulgaria
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Many ancestral roots in Magyars from the east
Lithuania
Latvia
Belarus
Hungary
Bulgaria
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Capital is Sofia
Lithuania
Latvia
Belarus
Hungary
Bulgaria
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Overthrew the Communist party in the Velvet Revolution
Lithuania
Latvia
Belarus
Hungary
Czech Republic
