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Eastern Europe Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name

Class

Date

A broad lowland area north of the Carpathians covering most of Poland and many Baltic countries is the ___________________.

Northern European Plain

Hungarian Plain

Black Sea Basin

Transylvanian Plateau

What is the largest eastern European country, excluding Russia?

Ukraine

Poland

Czech Republic

Bulgaria

What three countries make up the Baltic Republics?

Romania, Albania, and Hungary

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Bulgaria, Bosnia, and Croatia

Slovakia, Czech, Republic, and Slovenia

The European part of Russia is separated by the Asian part of Russia by the ____.

Himalayan Mountains

Caspian Sea

Ural Mountains

Black Sea

Eastern European countries are landlocked which means most trade and transportation is along the____.

Danube River

Caspian Sea

Black Sea

Trans Siberian Railroad

During the Cold War the Soviet Union had what type of government?

Democratic

Communist

Socialist

Dictatorship

Per capita income, life expectancy, literacy rate and a country's GDP are all indicators of _____.

economic development

what type of leader they have

types of government

agricultural development

In what type of economy does the government own all of the businesses?

Market Economy

Command Economy

The government of Russia today is a _____.

theocracy

democracy

dictatorship

communist

10.

Most of Russia's population lives in the ___.

North

South

East

West

11.

Under Putin, what type of government does Russia have?

monarchy

Federal Republic Government

Communist

Dictatorship

12.

The 20th century competition between the Soviet Union and the United States was called the ____.

Warm War

Hot War

Cold War

13.

The breakup of Yugoslavia was caused because of differences in religion and _____.

environmental concerns

voter participation

economic beliefs

ethnic groups

14.

True of False.
A group of revolutionaries known as Bolsheviks seized control of Russia's government

True

False

15.

At the end of World War II, who were the two main powers or superpowers?

Bosnia and Montenegro

United States and Soviet Union

Germany and Russia

Croatia and Slovenia

16.

In what European country did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster take place?

United Kingdom

Germany

Italy

Ukraine

17.

What caused the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on April, 26, 1986?

one of the reactors exploded

one of the staff set it on fire

Russia bombed it as an act of war

No one knows why it happened

18.

How did this nuclear explosion in Ukraine affect other parts of Europe?

winds spread the radioactive material and polluted groundwater

This nuclear explosion did not affect any other part of Europe

People came from all over to visit Chernobyl and see the cracked reactor

19.

the expelling from a country or genocide of an ethnic group; Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Muslims were affected most in Serbia

ethnic cleansing

satelites

cold war

20.

Soviet controlled Eastern European Nations during the Cold War 1945-1989

Satelites

Balkanization

Privitation

21.

What is the capital of Ukraine?

Kiev

Prague

Warsaw

Minsk

22.

How many time zones are covered in Russia?

23.

Most of Russia's natural gas, coal, and oil can be found where?

Moscow

Kazan

Siberia

Sochi

24.

What is the capital city of Russia?

St. Petersburg

Moscow

Vladivostok

Russia City

25.

Russia has lots of coastline but still struggles to trade because

its navy is underdeveloped

its ports sometimes freeze up

its coastline is all beaches so there is no access to ports

its coastline is all mountains

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Eastern Europe Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

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