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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
How old is Estonia now? Kui vana on Eesti Vabariik? Vaata pilti!
800 aastat
102 aastat
100 aastat
50 aastat
Which country lies to the west of Estonia? Mis riik on Eestist lääne pool?
Estonia of 1918 had two areas that now belong to Russia. They are:
Jaanilinn (Ivangorod)
Karjala (East Karelia)
Viipuri (Vyborg)
Petseri (Pechory)
These 3 Estonian cities have airports. They are:
Tallinn, Tartu, Narva
Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu
Tallinn, Tartu, Riga
Tallinn, Tartu, Kihnu
After Estonia's independence was restored in 1991, a formal border split Seto communities, farms and church districts in two. Around 4,000 people live on the remaining Seto land in Estonia, with just 300 in Russia, according to a 2013 census. There is also a sizeable Seto diaspora, with around 10,000 Seto-speaking people elsewhere in Estonia and worldwide. Which maakond did the Setos belong to?
Harjumaa
Petserimaa
Raplamaa
Hungary
This city is divided between Latvia and Estonia. Is it:
Saatse
Petseri
Koidula
Valga
eSTONIA is also known for more giant boulders than any other European nation. How many have a diameter of more than 30 metres wide?
30
60
100
200
True or false: Estonia has more meteorite craters per square kilometer than any other nation in Europe.
True
False
If you saw this rock on the island of Osmussaar, how would you think it got there?
It was left behind by glaciers
It was thrown out of the sea from a meteorite explosion
It is a piece of oil shale that was brought up from a mine
Stonemasons from Gotland left it there
Shale oil is produced when the oil trapped in rock fragments is extracted using hydrogen to remove impurities. The major shale oil producers are China and Estonia, with Brazil a distant third. Estonia accounted for about 70% of the world's oil shale production in a study published in 2005. True or false?
True
False
What percentage of the population identifies as ethnically Estonian?
100 %
90%
80%
70%
“Visati meid ütte viirde,
tõistõ viirde tougati
sääl meid surbi Säksa rüütli
Vinne vürsti vindsodi”
This is the national anthem of:
Setomaa
Liivimaa
Saamimaa
