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WorksheetsEastern Europe Practice
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is the capital of Russia
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Budapest
Warsaw
What is the capital of Poland
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Budapest
Warsaw
What is the capital of Ukraine
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Budapest
Warsaw
What is the capital of Hungary
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Budapest
Warsaw
Russia's biggest port is
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Budapest
Warsaw
In Russia, cold woodlands full of spruce, birch, and firs are called
taiga
tundra
steppes
In Russia, the permafrost covered northern region is
taiga
tundra
steppes
In Russia, the arid central grasslands are called
taiga
tundra
steppes
The mountains that separate Eastern from Western Russia are
Ural
Elbrus
Baikal
Crimea
The deepest lake in the world is
Ural
Elbrus
Baikal
Crimea
The tallest mountain in Europe is
Ural
Elbrus
Baikal
Crimea
The peninsula disputed between Russia and Ukraine is
Ural
Elbrus
Baikal
Crimea
What ethnicity are most Eastern Europeans?
Slav
Maygar
Aryan
Dacian
The predominant religion in Russia is
Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Muslim
Protestant
A Russian province is called a(n)
oblast
cossack
Eastern Bloc
NATO
The Russian mercenaries who expanded territory were called
oblast
cossacks
Eastern Bloc
NATO
The Soviet satellite states behind the Iron Curtain were called the
oblast
cossacks
Eastern Bloc
NATO
The Western military alliance that the Warsaw Pact was established to counter was called the
oblast
cossacks
Eastern Bloc
NATO
In terms of GDP, Russia ranks _____ in the world.
11th
9th
4th
2nd
In terms of population Russia ranks _____ in the world.
11th
9th
4th
2nd
Russian is written in the ____________ alphabet
Cyrillic
Latin
Greek
Arabic
The first leader of Communist Russia was
Lenin
Stalin
Nicholas II
Ivan the Terrible
The leader of Communist Russia during WWII was
Lenin
Stalin
Nicholas II
Ivan the Terrible
The first leader of Russia to hold the title Tzar was
Lenin
Stalin
Nicholas II
Ivan the Terrible
The last Tzar of Russia (and last of the Romanov dynasty) was
Lenin
Stalin
Nicholas II
Ivan the Terrible
The Polish king who defended Vienna against the Ottoman Turks was
Ian III Sobieski
Lech Walesa
Leo Tolstoy
Tschaikovsky
The first democratically elected president of Poland was
Ian III Sobieski
Lech Walesa
Leo Tolstoy
Tchaikovsky
John Paul II
The first non-Italian Pope in 500 years was
Ian III Sobieski
Lech Walesa
Leo Tolstoy
Tchaikovsky
John Paul II
The Russian author of War and Peace was
Ian III Sobieski
Lech Walesa
Leo Tolstoy
Tchaikovsky
John Paul II
The great Russian composer (of works such as The Nutcracker Suite) was
Ian III Sobieski
Lech Walesa
Leo Tolstoy
Tchaikovsky
John Paul II
The term for the 50 year conflict between the USSR and the US after WWII was
(a)
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)
The Soviet Alliance between Eastern Bloc countries was called the
(a)
The spread of the Orthodox faith in Eastern Europe was due to its being part of the _____________ Empire
Byzantine
Ottoman
Roman
Persian
The spread of the Muslim faith into some parts Eastern Europe was due to its being part of the _____________ Empire
Byzantine
Ottoman
Roman
Persian
Belarus
Ukraine
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Belarus
Ukraine
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Belarus
Ukraine
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Belarus
Ukraine
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Belarus
Ukraine
Romania
Hungary
Poland
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Red Square
The Kremlin
St.Basil's Cathedral
The Winter Palace
