Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Curious

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1. In Ancient times the territory of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of which Roman province? Moesia Pannonia Illiricum Thracia

2. What powerful Slavic tribes settled in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina during 6th and 7th centuries AD? Bosnians and Slovenes Bosnians and Serbs Serbs and Croats Bosnians and Croats

3. Who ruled the parts of territory of present-day Bosnia in the 8-13 centuries AD (and in what order)? Germans, Byzantines, Croats, Hungary Franks, Serbs, Croats, Byzantine, Mongols Franks, Serbs, Croats, Byzantines, Hungary Serbs, Croats, Byzantine, Venetians

4. What is the name of the longest-lasting Bosnian medieval dynasty? Kotromanic Nemanjic Kulenovic Hrvatinic

5. The greatest Bosnian king, Tvrtko I, ruled what other countries besides Bosnia? Serbia, Croatia, Dalmatia Croatia, Dalmatia, Slavonia, Croatia, Dalmatia, Montenegro Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia

6. A strong religious movement blossomed in medieval Bosnia, characterized as "dualistic [Manichean] heretics" by Pope. What were its adherents called? Paulicians Cathars Bogomils Patarins

7. When did Bosnia fall to Ottoman Turks? 1463 1482 1389 1520

8. The elite corps of Ottoman army, composed of Christian youths, forcibly converted to Islam, often taken by force as young boys from the Balkan provinces, were called what? Janissaries Sereskers Askers Bashi-Bazouks

9. What Bosnian 'kapetan' (local hereditary official) rose local Bosnian army against Sultan Mahmud II in 1831? Hasan Husein Hairudin Hamid

10. Who crushed a major Christian, mostly Serb, rebellion in 1850-51 against Ottoman rule? Omer-Pasha Latas Kemal-Pasha Ataturk Topal Osman-Pasha Mustafa-Pasha

11. Under Ottoman occupation system, non-Muslims were deprived of many rights, such as owning land, bearing arms, trading or being elected to official posts. What were these deprived people called? Bashi-Bazouks Askeris Rajas Sereskeris

12. The beginning of new uprising of Bosnian non-Muslim population in 1875 against Ottoman rule, which lead to liberation of almost all of Bosnia and Herzegovina, except major cities, broke out where? Nevesinje Travnik Sarajevo Gradacac

13. Where did Austria-Hungary got a mandate to occupy Bosnia and Herzegovina as a "protectorate"? Neyi San Stefano Berlin Verseilles

14. The new occupying power immediately strived to create a new Bosnian national consciousness, in order to undermine the local Christians' sense of identity as Serbs and Croats. Who was in charge of this project? Baron Istvan von Burian Benjamin Kallay Frantz Ferdinand Oskar Potiorek

15. Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina with mandate to bring peace and stability. However, Austria-Hungary suddenly annexed it later. When was this? 1914 1904 1908 1912

16. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot dead in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a young Serb from the 'Young Bosnia' clandestine organization. When exactly was this? April 28, 1914 July 28, 1914 June 28, 1914 May 28, 1914

17. The Yugoslav Committee and the Serbian government-in-exile decided in July 1917 to create a single democratic South Slav state, including Bosnia and Herzegovina. Where did they decide this? Paris Belgrade Corfu Zagreb

18. After creation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Bosnia and Herzegovina retained no formal status of its own. True False

19. After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, the entire Bosnian territory was absorbed into what country? Germany Croatia Italy Serbia

20. Two organized and strong resistance movements against Ustashas and Nazis emerged. Name them! Partisans and Balli Kombetar Partisans and Maquis Partisans and Chetniks Partisans and Domobrans

21. In November of 1943, in still occupied country, Tito’s anti-Fascist movement decided to reorganize post-war Yugoslavia into federation of six republics, thus historically re-creating Bosnia and Herzegovina. In what Bosnian town this historical meeting took place? Foca Bihac Jajce Sarajevo

22. On what date was Sarajevo liberated from Axis occupation? March 27, 1945 April 6, 1945 May 5, 1945 Maz 25, 1945

23. When was the first decree issued to the effect that the term "Muslim" denotes "national" rather then a religious identity in Bosnia? 1945 1974 1961 1968

24. When was the referendum on the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina held? April 7, 1992 December 25, 1991 February 29, 1992 March 8, 1992

25. U.S.-sponsored peace talks in Dayton, Ohio, in November 1995, ended the three and a half years of civil war and created Bosnia as a country consisting of two separate entities. Name them! Croat-Bosnian Federation and the Serb Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Serb Republic Croat-Bosnian Fedaration and Herzegovina Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina