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History of Ukraine Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge on the history of the 'breadbasket of Europe'.

A multiple-choice quiz by YuYuSNluv. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
YuYuSNluv

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
255,809

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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1053

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. During the 10th and 11th centuries, Ukraine was the centre of powerful and prestigious state in Europe. What was it called at the time? Hint

Kievan Rus

Poland

Muscovy

Volhynia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which two countries was Ukraine ruled by during 1300-1600? Hint

Germany and France

Romania and Turkey

Russia and Hungary

Poland and Lithuania

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was established during the mid of seventeenth century by Dnieper Cossacks? Hint

Kievan Rus

Ukraine

Zaporozhian Sich

Rukraine

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who led the largest of Cossack uprising against Commonwealth and the Polish king in 1648? Hint

Taras Bulba

Oleg Stupka

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Boghdan Chernivetski

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which country oppressed Ukrainians in Galicia who sympathized with Russia during WW1? Hint

Austria-Hungary

Russia

Austria

Romania

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1930s, who organized Holodomor, a famine, the collecting of the agricultural products, in which millions Ukrainians starved to death in, and those who resisted got arrested? Hint

None of these

Hitler

Stalin

Gorbachev

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who did some elements of the Ukrainian nationalist underground fight against during World War II? Hint

Nazi

Both Nazi and Soviet Army

Soviet Army

France

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where did a nuclear reactor explode on 26th April 1986 sending out in the air more radioactivity than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined? Hint

Kiev Nuclear Power Plant

Chernivtsi

Nuclear Power Plant in Lviv

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

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Question 9 of 10

9. When did the Ukrainian Parliament proclaim Ukraine's Independence from the USSR? Hint

December 12, 1991

May 1, 1992

November 23, 1990

August 24, 1991

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Question 10 of 10

10. When was the new Constitution of Ukraine adopted? Hint

1991

1996

1992

1994

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. During the 10th and 11th centuries, Ukraine was the centre of powerful and prestigious state in Europe. What was it called at the time?

Answer: Kievan Rus

Kievan Rus layed the foundation for the national identity of Ukrainians, as well as other East Slavic nations, through subsequent centuries.

2. Which two countries was Ukraine ruled by during 1300-1600?

Answer: Poland and Lithuania

It was called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

3. What was established during the mid of seventeenth century by Dnieper Cossacks?

Answer: Zaporozhian Sich

Poland had little real control of this land in what is now central Ukraine, which became an autonomous military state, at times allied with the Commonwealth in the military campaigns.

4. Who led the largest of Cossack uprising against Commonwealth and the Polish king in 1648?

Answer: Bohdan Khmelnytsky

This uprising finally led to the separation of Ukraine from Poland and Russia.

5. Which country oppressed Ukrainians in Galicia who sympathized with Russia during WW1?

Answer: Austria-Hungary

Over twenty thousand supporters of Russia were arrested and placed in an Austrian concentration camp in Talerhof, Styria, and in a fortress at Terez�n (now in the Czech Republic).

6. In 1930s, who organized Holodomor, a famine, the collecting of the agricultural products, in which millions Ukrainians starved to death in, and those who resisted got arrested?

Answer: Stalin

Stalin instituted a program of collectivization of agriculture as the state combined the peasants' lands and animals into collective farms and enforcing the policies by the regular troops and secret police. Those who resisted were arrested and deported and the increased production quotas were placed on the peasantry.

7. Who did some elements of the Ukrainian nationalist underground fight against during World War II?

Answer: Both Nazi and Soviet Army

Some Ukrainians joined Soviet forces, forming the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1942, while many Ukrainians collaborated with the Nazis, having been ignored by all other powers.

8. Where did a nuclear reactor explode on 26th April 1986 sending out in the air more radioactivity than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined?

Answer: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Large areas of Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and beyond were contaminated in varying degrees. Around 150,000 people were evacuated from the contaminated area, and 300,000-600,000 took part in the clean-up. By the year 2000, about 4,000 cases of thyroid cancer had been diagnosed in children who had been exposed to radiation from the explosion.

9. When did the Ukrainian Parliament proclaim Ukraine's Independence from the USSR?

Answer: August 24, 1991

In August of 1991, the conservative Communist leaders of Soviet Union attempted a coup to remove Gorbachev and to restore Communist party power. In response, on 22 August 1991 the Ukrainian parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine in which the parliament declared Ukraine as independent democratic state.

10. When was the new Constitution of Ukraine adopted?

Answer: 1996

The constitution turned Ukraine into a semi-presidential republic, and established a stable political system. It was adopted on 28 June 1996.

Source: Author YuYuSNluv

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