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UNIT 3 QUIZIZZ. Eastern Europe

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Serbia views Kosovo as a sacred part of its heritage. In the 1990s, it attempted to assert control over Kosovo by –

a)

backing Croatia in the war against Bosnia’s Muslim population.

b)

joining with the United Nations to stop ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.

c)

eliminating the Muslim Albanians and their culture (ethnic cleansing).

d)

forming the Kosovo Liberation Army to assist in genocide against Muslim Albanians.

2.

What type of region is - "The Balkans - the 'Powder Keg' of Europe?

a)

perceptual region

b)

functional region

c)

formal region

3.

What type of region is -The Eurozone

a)

perceptual region

b)

functional region

c)

formal region

4.

What type of region is -The European Union

a)

perceptual region

b)

functional region

c)

formal region

5.

During the Cold War Joseph Stalin created satellite states in Eastern Europe. What were satellite states?

a)

communist countries under Soviet political and economic control

b)

countries that Stalin gave millions of dollars of economic aid to

c)

countries that shared in Stalin's space program

d)

countries that enjoyed the protection of the Soviet Union

6.

Which of the following physical features of Europe (they have several of these) have encouraged sea and ocean travel and trade?

a)

peninsulas

b)

mountain ranges

c)

rivers

d)

plains

7.

Mr Jones moved from the EU county of Lithuania to the EU country of Germany. Mr Jones is considered a __________ to the country of Lithuania?

a)

emigrant

b)

immigrants

c)

refugees

d)

asylum seekers

8.

What was the goal of NATO when it was first created?

a)

to stop the spread of communism

b)

to create a strong trading bloc

c)

to provide humanitarian aid to poorer countries

d)

to send armies to countries around the world in civil war

9.

What does Article 5 of NATO state will happen in a member country is attacked?

a)

a attack against one member is a attack against all and they will respond

b)

that member countries will assist in economic recovery

c)

that member countries will help negotiate peace

d)

that member countries will issue sanctions against the aggressor

10.

What Cold War term is illustrated in the political cartoon?

a)

the Iron Curtain

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

Policy of containment

d)

Marshall Plan

11.

Crimea has a strategic, historical and cultural importance to Russia. Due to these factors, what action did Russia take on the Crimean Peninsula in 2014?

a)

Russia will send his military to assist in a takeover and then they will annex the peninsula

b)

Russia will send in the military to prop back up the democratic leader

c)

Russia patrols the sea next to Crimea in order to look for opportunities to attack

d)

Russia gave the peninsula back to Ukraine after years of Russian control

12.
  • Establish complete power by changing the constitution to reduce term limits
  • Restrict freedom of speech, religion, the press and peaceful assembly
  • Jailed opponents
  • Violent crackdown on protestors

The above characteristics describe the Belarus' government. What type of government do they have?

a)

democracy

b)

dictatorship

c)

communist single-party state

d)

Absolute monarchy

13.

What Cold War term is being illustrated in the political cartoon?

a)

satellite states

b)

Berlin Wall

c)

containment

d)

Marshall Plan

14.

In this economic system, the government owns all property and means of production.

a)

communism

b)

capitalism

c)

socialism

d)

democracy

15.

Nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union were called--

a)

European Nations

b)

NATO

c)

Warsaw Pact

d)

Satellite Nations

16.

The organization whose members agreed to mutually defend other Communist nations is called--

a)

Korean Pact

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

NATO

d)

Satellite Nations