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Eastern Europe Practice

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Russia

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Kiev

d)

Budapest

e)

Warsaw

2.

What is the capital of Poland

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Kiev

d)

Budapest

e)

Warsaw

3.

What is the capital of Ukraine

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Kiev

d)

Budapest

e)

Warsaw

4.

What is the capital of Hungary

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Kiev

d)

Budapest

e)

Warsaw

5.

Russia's biggest port is

a)

Moscow

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Kiev

d)

Budapest

e)

Warsaw

6.

In Russia, cold woodlands full of spruce, birch, and firs are called

a)

taiga

b)

tundra

c)

steppes

7.

In Russia, the permafrost covered northern region is

a)

taiga

b)

tundra

c)

steppes

8.

In Russia, the arid central grasslands are called

a)

taiga

b)

tundra

c)

steppes

9.

The mountains that separate Eastern from Western Russia are

a)

Ural

b)

Elbrus

c)

Baikal

d)

Crimea

10.

The deepest lake in the world is

a)

Ural

b)

Elbrus

c)

Baikal

d)

Crimea

11.

The tallest mountain in Europe is

a)

Ural

b)

Elbrus

c)

Baikal

d)

Crimea

12.

The peninsula disputed between Russia and Ukraine is

a)

Ural

b)

Elbrus

c)

Baikal

d)

Crimea

13.

What ethnicity are most Eastern Europeans?

a)

Slav

b)

Maygar

c)

Aryan

d)

Dacian

14.

The predominant religion in Russia is

a)

Orthodox

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

Muslim

d)

Protestant

15.

A Russian province is called a(n)

a)

oblast

b)

cossack

c)

Eastern Bloc

d)

NATO

16.

The Russian mercenaries who expanded territory were called

a)

oblast

b)

cossacks

c)

Eastern Bloc

d)

NATO

17.

The Soviet satellite states behind the Iron Curtain were called the

a)

oblast

b)

cossacks

c)

Eastern Bloc

d)

NATO

18.

The Western military alliance that the Warsaw Pact was established to counter was called the

a)

oblast

b)

cossacks

c)

Eastern Bloc

d)

NATO

19.

In terms of GDP, Russia ranks _____ in the world.

a)

11th

b)

9th

c)

4th

d)

2nd

20.

In terms of population Russia ranks _____ in the world.

a)

11th

b)

9th

c)

4th

d)

2nd

21.

Russian is written in the ____________ alphabet

a)

Cyrillic

b)

Latin

c)

Greek

d)

Arabic

22.

The first leader of Communist Russia was

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Ivan the Terrible

23.

The leader of Communist Russia during WWII was

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Ivan the Terrible

24.

The first leader of Russia to hold the title Tzar was

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Ivan the Terrible

25.

The last Tzar of Russia (and last of the Romanov dynasty) was

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Nicholas II

d)

Ivan the Terrible

26.

The Polish king who defended Vienna against the Ottoman Turks was

a)

Ian III Sobieski

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Leo Tolstoy

d)

Tschaikovsky

27.

The first democratically elected president of Poland was

a)

Ian III Sobieski

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Leo Tolstoy

d)

Tchaikovsky

e)

John Paul II

28.

The first non-Italian Pope in 500 years was

a)

Ian III Sobieski

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Leo Tolstoy

d)

Tchaikovsky

e)

John Paul II

29.

The Russian author of War and Peace was

a)

Ian III Sobieski

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Leo Tolstoy

d)

Tchaikovsky

e)

John Paul II

30.

The great Russian composer (of works such as The Nutcracker Suite) was

a)

Ian III Sobieski

b)

Lech Walesa

c)

Leo Tolstoy

d)

Tchaikovsky

e)

John Paul II

31.

The term for the 50 year conflict between the USSR and the US after WWII was

(a)  

32.

What former republic, whose name meant "Land of the Southern Slav" is now divided into 7 nations following a brutal civil war in the 1990's

(a)  

33.

The Soviet Alliance between Eastern Bloc countries was called the

(a)  

34.

The spread of the Orthodox faith in Eastern Europe was due to its being part of the _____________ Empire

a)

Byzantine

b)

Ottoman

c)

Roman

d)

Persian

35.

The spread of the Muslim faith into some parts Eastern Europe was due to its being part of the _____________ Empire

a)

Byzantine

b)

Ottoman

c)

Roman

d)

Persian

36.
a)

Belarus

b)

Ukraine

c)

Romania

d)

Hungary

e)

Poland

37.
a)

Belarus

b)

Ukraine

c)

Romania

d)

Hungary

e)

Poland

38.
a)

Belarus

b)

Ukraine

c)

Romania

d)

Hungary

e)

Poland

39.
a)

Belarus

b)

Ukraine

c)

Romania

d)

Hungary

e)

Poland

40.
a)

Belarus

b)

Ukraine

c)

Romania

d)

Hungary

e)

Poland

41.

Check ALL that could be used to describe this picture

a)

Red Square

b)

The Kremlin

c)

St.Basil's Cathedral

d)

The Winter Palace