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Eastern Europe Honors Geography Test Study Guide

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

shadow government

b)

shatter belt

c)

development zone

d)

Balkan state

2.

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

a)

Magyars

b)

Romans

c)

Germans

d)

Slavs

3.

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

a)

Vlad Tepes

b)

Slobodan Milosevic

c)

Bram Wallachia

d)

Lech Walesa

4.

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

a)

Vlad Tepes

b)

Slobodan Milosevic

c)

Bram Wallachia

d)

Lech Walesa

5.

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

a)

Auschwitz

b)

Buchenwald

c)

Dachau

d)

Ravensbruck

6.

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

a)

Lithuania, Latvia, and Belarus

b)

Estonia, Belarus, and Lithuania

c)

Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

d)

Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland

7.

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

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Romania

d)

Estonia

e)

Poland

8.

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

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Romania

d)

Estonia

e)

Poland

9.

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

a)

Alps.

b)

Tatra Mountains.

c)

Carpathians.

d)

Rhodope Mountains

10.

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

a)

Czech Revolution.

b)

Orange Revolution.

c)

Velvet Divorce.

d)

Velvet Revolution.

11.

After Czechoslovakia gained independence, the Czechs and Slovaks agreed to split the country in two in what was known as the . . .

a)

Great Compromise

b)

Great Divide

c)

Velvet Divorce

d)

Orange Revolt

12.

To give the Czech people a direct stake in the success of the new Czech Republic's economy, the government began an experiment in . . .

a)

Mass Privatization

b)

Mass Media

c)

Mass Hysteria

d)

Mass Collectivization

13.

The tendency of a region made up of many ethnically and religiously diverse minorities to break into small, hostile countries is called. . .

a)

Privatization

b)

Balkanization

c)

Collectivization

d)

Nationalization

14.

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is . . .

a)

Banja Luka

b)

Dubrovnik

c)

Sarajevo

d)

Sofia

15.

Mount Musala is the highest point in which mountain range?

a)

Transylvania Alps

b)

Dynamic Alps

c)

Balkan Mountains

d)

Pennine Mountains

16.

Whereas most people of the Carpathians are Roman Catholic, the people of Romania are mostly . . .

a)

Protestant

b)

Eastern Orthodox

c)

Muslim

d)

Atheistic

17.

The Danube River flows through a break in the Carpathian Mountains called the . . .

a)

Bronze Door

b)

Iron Gate

c)

Transylvanian Alps

d)

Wallachian Plain

18.

Which three countries lie on the eastern plains?

a)

Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria

b)

Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine

c)

Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus

d)

Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania

19.

During and after what revolution did the Ukraine experience fair elections and a shifted focus toward Western Europe and the EU?

a)

Orange Revolution

b)

Velvet Revolution

c)

Dayton Revolution

d)

Red Revolution

20.

Which peninsula juts out into the Black Sea and is attached to Ukraine by a 2.5-mile-wide isthmus?

a)

Balkan Peninsula

b)

Peloponnesus

c)

Crimean Peninsula

d)

Donets Peninsula

21.

What city serves as the headquarters for the CIS?

a)

Kiev

b)

Minsk

c)

Pinsk

d)

Yalta

22.

What site in Poland was the largest Nazi extermination camp?

a)

Auschwitz

b)

Buchenwald

c)

Dachau

d)

Ravensbruck

23.

Which region in Poland, watered by the Oder River, has been disputed throughout history?

a)

Kiev

b)

Minsk

c)

Pinsk

d)

Yalta

e)

Silesia

24.

Which country of eastern Europe has some of the best farmland in Europe, partly due to the Danube and Tisza Rivers?

a)

Poland

b)

Lithuania

c)

Hungary

d)

Romania

e)

Czech Republic

25.

What is the tendency of diverse territories to break up into small, hostile nations?

a)

Privatization

b)

Balkanization

c)

Collectivization

d)

Nationalization

26.

Which region of Slovenia is famous for its sinkholes and limestone caves?

a)

Wallachia

b)

Dalmatia

c)

Karst

d)

Transylvania

e)

Silesia

27.

Which region of Slovenia is famous for its sinkholes and limestone caves?

a)

Wallachia

b)

Dalmatia

c)

Karst

d)

Transnistria

e)

Silesia

28.

The name of which Eastern European country means "black mountain"?

a)

Montenegro

b)

Albania

c)

Hungary

d)

Romania

e)

Serbia

29.

What country was proclaimed to be the world's first truly atheistic country?

a)

Montenegro

b)

Albania

c)

Hungary

d)

Romania

e)

Serbia

30.

Which region of Moldova, a landlocked country, is valuable for its heavy industry?

a)

Wallachia

b)

Dalmatia

c)

Karst

d)

Transnistria

e)

Silesia

31.

Which are of Ukraine is sometimes called the "Russian Riviera"?

a)

Crimea

b)

Dalmatia

c)

Karst

d)

Transnistria

e)

Silesia

32.

What resort city is located in "the Russian Riviera"?

a)

Kiev

b)

Minsk

c)

Pinsk

d)

Yalta

e)

Silesia

33.

Which city serves as Russia's main naval base?

a)

Kiev

b)

Minsk

c)

Pinsk

d)

Yalta

e)

Sevastopol

34.

The headquarters of the CIS are in which Eastern European capital?

a)

Kiev

b)

Minsk

c)

Pinsk

d)

Yalta

e)

Sevastopol

35.

What valuable mountain region in the present Czech Republic did Hitler invade an claim in 1938?

a)

Crimea

b)

Sudetenland

c)

Karst

d)

Transnistria

e)

Silesia

36.

Where did leaders sign the peace agreement that ended the civil war in Bosnia?

a)

Dayton, Ohio

b)

Miami, Florida

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

e)

New York City, New York

37.

What narrow break in the Carpathian Mountains does the Danube River flow through?

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Iron Gate

c)

Mordor

d)

Suez Canal

e)

Drake Passage

38.

What term refers to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia collectively?

a)

Baltic States

b)

Balkan States

c)

Carpathian States

d)

Ural States

39.

What name was given to the group of semi-independent states ruled by puppets of the Soviet Union following World War II?

a)

Iron Gate

b)

Commonwealth of Independent States

c)

Iron Curtain

d)

Berlin Wall

e)

Soviet Bloc

40.

What is one of the largest ethnic minorities in Europe whose work traditionally reflected the life of wanderers?

a)

Gypsies

b)

Bosniacs

c)

Romanians

d)

Serbs

e)

Slavs

41.

What is the most populous city in all of Eastern Europe?

a)

Kiev

b)

Minsk

c)

Warsaw

d)

Crimea

e)

Sevastopol

42.

What plain covers almost all of Poland?

a)

Great Hungarian Plain

b)

Northern European Plain

c)

Western European Plain

d)

Southern European Plain

43.

Eastern Europe has been called what due to the frequent changes in the size, shape, and number of countries?

a)

shadow government

b)

shatter belt

c)

development zone

d)

Balkan state

44.

Which region in Romania has a long intrigued Western Europeans, who flew it as a place of mystery and danger?

a)

Wallachia

b)

Dalmatia

c)

Karst

d)

Transylvania

e)

Silesia

45.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The "land of the Romans"

a)

Romania

b)

Croatia

c)

Ukraine

d)

Albania

e)

Poland

46.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Shaped like a boomerang

a)

Romania

b)

Croatia

c)

Ukraine

d)

Albania

e)

Poland

47.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Most important industrial and agricultural center in the CIS

a)

Romania

b)

Croatia

c)

Ukraine

d)

Albania

e)

Poland

48.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Proclaimed by Enver Hoxha to be the first truly atheistic country

a)

Romania

b)

Croatia

c)

Ukraine

d)

Albania

e)

Poland

49.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Home of Solidarity

a)

Romania

b)

Croatia

c)

Ukraine

d)

Albania

e)

Poland

50.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Largest of the Baltic States; home of the Hill of Crosses

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Belarus

d)

Hungary

e)

Bulgaria

51.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Middle of the Baltic States; capital is Riga

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Belarus

d)

Hungary

e)

Bulgaria

52.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


"White Russia"; capital is Minsk

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Belarus

d)

Hungary

e)

Bulgaria

53.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Many ancestral roots in Magyars from the east

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Belarus

d)

Hungary

e)

Bulgaria

54.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Capital is Sofia

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Belarus

d)

Hungary

e)

Bulgaria

55.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Overthrew the Communist party in the Velvet Revolution

a)

Lithuania

b)

Latvia

c)

Belarus

d)

Hungary

e)

Czech Republic