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Eastern Europe Review

Total questions: 88

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What body of water is the most important for trade in Eastern Europe?

a)

Rhine River

b)

Black Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Danube River

2.

What caused the disaster at Chernobyl?

a)

terrorists

b)

flooding

c)

nuclear power plant explosion

d)

pollution

3.

After World War II, most of Eastern Europe was forced to adopt governments that were influenced by -

a)

the Baltics

b)

Germany

c)

Serbia

d)

the Soviet Union

4.

Which of the following IS a Baltic republic?

a)

Belarus

b)

Estonia

c)

Bosnia

d)

Macedonia

5.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, the governments of many Eastern European countries became -

a)

democratic

b)

communist

c)

monarchies

d)

dictatorships

6.

Which Eastern European country split into 5 separate countries in the 1990s?

a)

Yugoslavia

b)

Moldavia

c)

Czechoslovakia

d)

Poland

7.

Major differences between Poland and the Baltic Republics included -

a)

embroidery styles

b)

crafts

c)

language and religion

d)

food

8.

Violence in the Balkans through the 1990s resulted from -

a)

Soviet domination

b)

poor economies

c)

ethnic conflict

d)

mistreatment of the Magyars

9.

Major mountain range in Eastern Europe

a)

Pindus

b)

Pyrenees

c)

Carpathians

d)

Alps

10.

City once the center of a great empire in what is today Ukraine -

a)

Prague

b)

Kiev

c)

Budapest

d)

Slovenia

11.

Major industrial center and Polish capital

a)

Warsaw

b)

Prague

c)

Kiev

d)

Belarus

12.

Fierce invaders that swept into Hungary leaving behind major cultural influences; later defeated by Austria.

a)

Magyar

b)

Slavs

c)

Czechs

d)

Rus

13.
What is a peninsula?
a)
a long, narrow waterway created by people
b)
a piece of land surrounded by water
c)
a piece of land surrounded by water but attached to land on one side
d)
a small body of water set off from the main body of water
14.
This started World War I
a)
an assassination
b)
a revolution
c)
the invasion of a neutral country
d)
a formal treaty
15.
Which term best describes the unity of a country's people in order to fight for what they believe in based on history, culture, and/or religion?
a)
colonialism
b)
nationalism
c)
imperialism
d)
communism
16.
Eastern European countries are landlocked which means most trade and transportation is along the____.
a)
Danube River
b)
Caspian Sea
c)
Black Sea
d)
Trans Siberian Railroad
17.

What is the largest eastern European country, excluding Russia?

a)

Ukraine

b)

Poland

c)

Czech Republic

d)

Bulgaria

18.

What is the name of the Ukrainian dance featuring acrobatic leaps?

a)

Magyars

b)

Hopak

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Kaolin

19.

What fine clay is used to make pottery in the Czech Republic?

a)

Hopak

b)

Potash

c)

Kaolin

d)

Cyrillic

20.

What mineral is used to make fertilizer?

a)

Potash

b)

Hopak

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Kaolin

21.

Which term is the alphabet first created to write the Slavic language?

a)

Kaolin

b)

Hopak

c)

Potash

d)

Cyrillic

22.

What country was divided into two regions under one government through the Dayton Peace Accords?

a)

Albania

b)

Bosnia

c)

Serbia and Montenegro

d)

Macedonia

23.

Which Eastern European country has the highest standard of living?

a)

Albania

b)

Czech Republic

c)

Slovakia

d)

Bulgaria

24.

What three countries make up the Baltic Republics?

a)

Romania, Albania, and Hungary

b)

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

c)

Bulgaria, Bosnia, and Croatia

d)

Slovakia, Czech, Republic, and Slovenia

25.

The Carpathian Mountains take up about one-third of which nation?

a)

Romania

b)

Poland

c)

Albania

d)

Bulgaria

26.

Albania has a coastline along what sea?

a)

Black Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Adriatic Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

27.

Moldova was once a part of which nation?

a)

Romania

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Poland

d)

Ukraine

28.

Many Bulgarians vacation at resorts along the coast of which sea?

a)

Black Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Adriatic Sea

29.

What country is known as the “Breadbasket of Europe?

a)

Moldova

b)

Albania

c)

Ukraine

d)

Belarus

30.

What capital city is the only capital in the world is on a border with another country?

a)

Budapest

b)

Bratislava

c)

Prague

d)

Warsaw

31.

What country did the Czech Republic split from in 1993?

a)

Hungary

b)

Slovakia

c)

Poland

d)

Yugoslavia

32.

What kind of government will you find in the Czech Republic?

a)

Soviet Socialism

b)

Federal Republic

c)

Parliamentary Government

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

33.

What river does Hungary heavily depend upon?

a)

Tisza River

b)

Volga River

c)

Rhine River

d)

Danube River

34.

What is the capital of Albania?

a)

Tirane

b)

Minsk

c)

Vilnius

d)

Bucharest

35.

What is the capital of Belarus?

a)

Minsk

b)

Zagreb

c)

Warsaw

d)

Skopje

36.

What is the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina?

a)

Sarajevo

b)

Talinn

c)

Belgrade

d)

Ljubljana

37.

What is the capital of Bulgaria?

a)

Sofia

b)

Prague

c)

Tirane

d)

Podgorica

38.

What is the capital of Croatia?

a)

Zagreb

b)

Chisinau

c)

Kiev

d)

Budapest

39.

What is the capital of the Czech Republic?

a)

Prague

b)

Pristina

c)

Riga

d)

Bratislava

40.

What is the capital of Estonia?

a)

Tallinn

b)

Riga

c)

Vilnius

d)

Podgorica

41.

What is the capital of Hungary?

a)

Budapest

b)

Bucharest

c)

Belgrade

d)

Skopje

42.

What is the capital of Lativa?

a)

Riga

b)

Vilnius

c)

Tallinn

d)

Sarajevo

43.

What is the capital of Lithuania?

a)

Vilnius

b)

Riga

c)

Tallinn

d)

Bratislava

44.

What is the capital of Macedonia?

a)

Skopje

b)

Sofia

c)

Prague

d)

Chisinau

45.

What is the capital of Moldova?

a)

Chisinau

b)

Ljubljana

c)

Kiev

d)

Tirane

46.

What is the capital of Poland?

a)

Warsaw

b)

Budapest

c)

Minsk

d)

Sarajevo

47.

What is the capital of Romania?

a)

Bucharest

b)

Bratislava

c)

Sofia

d)

Warsaw

48.

What is the capital of Serbia & Montenegro?

a)

Belgrade

b)

Kiev

c)

Podgorica

d)

Tallinn

49.

What is the capital of Slovakia?

a)

Bratislava

b)

Belgrade

c)

Kiev

d)

Podgorica

50.

What is the capital of Slovenia?

a)

Ljubljana

b)

Bratislava

c)

Chisnau

d)

Riga

51.

What is the capital of Ukraine?

a)

Kiev

b)

Prague

c)

Warsaw

d)

Minsk

52.

a)

Albania

b)

Estonia

c)

Serbia

d)

Kosovo

53.

a)

Hungary

b)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

c)

Moldova

d)

Poland

54.

a)

Belarus

b)

North Macedonia

c)

Poland

d)

Slovakia

55.

a)

Latvia

b)

Montenegro

c)

Serbia

d)

Bulgaria

56.

a)

Czech Republic

b)

Lithuania

c)

Croatia

d)

Romania

57.

a)

Czech Republic

b)

North Macedonia

c)

Montenegro

d)

Ukraine

58.

a)

Albania

b)

Croatia

c)

Romania

d)

Estonia

59.

a)

Belarus

b)

Hungary

c)

Serbia

d)

Kosovo

60.

a)

Lithuania

b)

Moldova

c)

Latvia

d)

Romania

61.

a)

Lithuania

b)

Poland

c)

Croatia

d)

Belarus

62.

a)

Moldova

b)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

c)

Poland

d)

Latvia

63.

a)

Poland

b)

Slovenia

c)

Estonia

d)

Croatia

64.

a)

Albania

b)

Belarus

c)

Ukraine

d)

Romania

65.

a)

Slovenia

b)

Kosovo

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Lithuania

66.

a)

Moldova

b)

Estonia

c)

Czech Republic

d)

Ukraine

67.

The longest river in Poland is?

a)

Nile

b)

Danube

c)

Vistula

d)

Humboldt

68.

What type of government does present day Poland have?

a)

communist

b)

parliamentary monarch

c)

republic

d)

dictatorship

69.

What does NATO mean?

a)

Never Associate Tunnel Overages

b)

North Association Taxing Order

c)

North Albanian Tactical Organization

d)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

70.

Which country had the largest resistance during World War II?

a)

Serbia

b)

USA

c)

Russia

d)

Poland

71.

What is the name of the infamous concentration camp in Poland?

a)

Auschwitz

b)

Hitler Death Camp

c)

Gas Camp

d)

NATO

72.

The highest point in the Baltic States is?

a)

Mount Etna

b)

Suur Munamagi

c)

Mount Vesuvius

d)

Mount Rushmore

73.

True or False, the Baltic States are situated on the North European Plain.

a)

True

b)

False

74.

The largest lake of the Baltic States is called?

a)

Lake Peipus

b)

Lake Tahoe

c)

Lake Winnipeg

d)

Great Salt Lake

75.

The people of which Baltic country descend from the Finnic people?

a)

Estonia

b)

Latvia

c)

Lithuania

d)

Poland

76.

What was the main religion of the Baltic States before the 13th century?

a)

Catholicism

b)

Christian

c)

Islam

d)

Paganism

77.

Which of the Baltic States has the largest economy?

a)

Latvia

b)

Estonia

c)

Lithuania

d)

Poland

78.

To what ethnic group do most Hungarians belong?

a)

Magyars

b)

Slavic

c)

Russian

d)

Nordic

79.

What are three of the Czech Republic’s natural resources?

a)

coal, petroleum and silver

b)

gold, tourism and metal

c)

limestone, coal, and kaolin,

d)

oil, natural gas and wood

80.

Why has Slovakia had difficulty changing to a free market economy?

a)

Corruption during the privatization process after the fall of communism

b)

Lack of funding

c)

Technology being outdated

d)

Overwhelming pollution

81.

Which of the former Yugoslav republics is most prosperous?

a)

Slovenia

b)

Croatia

c)

Serbia & Montenegro

d)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

82.

Where is the Crimean Peninsula located?

a)

land in Ukraine that extends into the Black Sea

b)

Greece

c)

peninsula in Macedonia

d)

Balkan countries

83.

What type of government does Belarus have?

a)

republic

b)

communist

c)

socialist

d)

dictatorship

84.

Name three of Moldova’s agricultural products.

a)

corn, wheat and sugar

b)

apples, pineapples and coconuts

c)

tomatoes, barley and corn

d)

potatoes, apples, and tobacco

85.

True or False; The Danube River separates the fertile Hungarian Plain from Transdanubia’s rolling hills and forests.

a)

True

b)

False

86.

True or False; Ethnic conflicts have torn apart the former Yugoslav republics.

a)

True

b)

False

87.

True or False; Belarus' ties to Ruyssia have kept foreign companies from doing business with Belarus.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

True or False; Moldova’s eastern region has tried to seek independence, but even after a civil war, no lasting settlement has been reached.

a)

True

b)

False

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