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Quiz about Former Soviet Socialist Republics

Former Soviet Socialist Republics Quiz

The former USSR was made up of 15 republics, all of which are now countries in their own right. How well do you know them?

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

Author
shooganooga

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
185,032

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. This republic is a landlocked country between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, with Turkey to the west. It shares a border with Iran. The capital city is Yerevan. Hint

Azerbaijan

Moldova

Georgia

Armenia

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Question 2 of 15

2. This large country borders Finland and Mongolia, among others. It also faces several other countries across three confined bodies of water, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Caspian Sea. Hint

Russia

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

Estonia

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Question 3 of 15

3. This country, found in Eastern Europe, shares a border with Romania along the Prut river. Its capital is Chisinau and two of its chief exports are wine and tobacco. Hint

Ukraine

Moldova

Georgia

Tajikistan

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Question 4 of 15

4. This Republic in the Caucasus on the Caspian Sea shares a border with Iran in the south. The Naxcivan exclave borders on Iran, Turkey and another former Soviet republic. The capital is Baku, and the population was just shy of 8 million in 2004. Hint

Armenia

Moldova

Kyrgyzstan

Azerbaijan

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Question 5 of 15

5. With the capital city of Tashkent and the Som for currency, this country lies in central Asia and shares a border with Afghanistan. Hint

Tajikistan

Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

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Question 6 of 15

6. When communist rule ended after the advent of glasnost, this country proclaimed its renewed independence on March 11, 1990, the first Soviet republic to do so. Hint

Ukraine

Estonia

Lithuania

Azerbaijan

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Question 7 of 15

7. Half this country's irrigated land is planted in cotton, making it the world's tenth largest producer. Hint

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

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Question 8 of 15

8. Located north-east of the Black Sea, Tblisi is the capital of this former republic. Hint

Latvia

Georgia

Armenia

Estonia

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Question 9 of 15

9. Situated between China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. this country is home to some of the highest mountains in the world, including the Pamir and Alay ranges. Hint

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

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Question 10 of 15

10. One of the Baltic states, this country naturally borders the Baltic Sea. The capital of Riga is located in the Northwest on the shores of the Gulf of Riga. Hint

Estonia

Belarus

Lithuania

Latvia

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Question 11 of 15

11. This former Soviet Republic is the ninth largest country in the world by area, and the second largest of the countries that made up the USSR. Hint

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

Ukraine

Russia

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Question 12 of 15

12. I am standing in Tallinn, and I have just spent my last five euro on a bottle of vodka. Therefore I am in which north-eastern European country? Hint

Latvia

Estonia

Lithuania

Belarus

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Question 13 of 15

13. In February 1991, the name of the capital, Frunze, was changed back to its prerevolutionary name of Bishkek. The central Asian country also shares a border with China. Hint

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan

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Question 14 of 15

14. This country is most well known by many people as being the location for possibly the worst nuclear disaster in history, Chernobyl. Hint

Armenia

Belarus

Ukraine

Russia

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Question 15 of 15

15. Sometimes referred to as 'white Russia', the capital of this nation is Minsk. Hint

Lithuania

Georgia

Belarus

Ukraine

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This republic is a landlocked country between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, with Turkey to the west. It shares a border with Iran. The capital city is Yerevan.

Answer: Armenia

Armenia was incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1828 and the USSR in 1920.

2. This large country borders Finland and Mongolia, among others. It also faces several other countries across three confined bodies of water, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Caspian Sea.

Answer: Russia

Russia is the largest country in the world, covering over 17 million square kilometres in both Asia and Europe.

3. This country, found in Eastern Europe, shares a border with Romania along the Prut river. Its capital is Chisinau and two of its chief exports are wine and tobacco.

Answer: Moldova

Moldova had a brief stint at being an independent republic in 1918, but was united with Romania that same year.

Answer: Azerbaijan

Critics of the government of Azerbaijan consider it to be a kleptocracy, which means ruled by thieves.

5. With the capital city of Tashkent and the Som for currency, this country lies in central Asia and shares a border with Afghanistan.

Answer: Uzbekistan

The shoddy irrigation methods used by the Russians to support the lucrative cotton industry in Uzbekistan are the main cause of the Aral sea shrinking to a third of its original size.

6. When communist rule ended after the advent of glasnost, this country proclaimed its renewed independence on March 11, 1990, the first Soviet republic to do so.

Answer: Lithuania

The Republic of Lithuania is in Northeastern Europe. One of the three Baltic States along the Baltic Sea.

7. Half this country's irrigated land is planted in cotton, making it the world's tenth largest producer.

Answer: Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan also possesses the world's fifth largest reserves of natural gas and has substantial oil resources.

8. Located north-east of the Black Sea, Tblisi is the capital of this former republic.

Answer: Georgia

Nino is the patron saint of Georgia.

9. Situated between China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. this country is home to some of the highest mountains in the world, including the Pamir and Alay ranges.

Answer: Tajikistan

93% of Tajikistan is mountainous.

10. One of the Baltic states, this country naturally borders the Baltic Sea. The capital of Riga is located in the Northwest on the shores of the Gulf of Riga.

Answer: Latvia

Latvia took advantage of the devastation of WWI to declare its independence in November 1918. Russia regained control in 1940, during WWII.

11. This former Soviet Republic is the ninth largest country in the world by area, and the second largest of the countries that made up the USSR.

Answer: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan was incorporated into the USSR after the Russian Revolution of 1917.

12. I am standing in Tallinn, and I have just spent my last five euro on a bottle of vodka. Therefore I am in which north-eastern European country?

Answer: Estonia

August 20 is a national holiday in Estonia, commemorating the signing revolution of 1991.

13. In February 1991, the name of the capital, Frunze, was changed back to its prerevolutionary name of Bishkek. The central Asian country also shares a border with China.

Answer: Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan was adopted into the Russian Empire in 1876.

14. This country is most well known by many people as being the location for possibly the worst nuclear disaster in history, Chernobyl.

Answer: Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in eastern Europe which borders the Black Sea to the south, the Russian Federation to the east, Belarus to the north and Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the west.

15. Sometimes referred to as 'white Russia', the capital of this nation is Minsk.

Answer: Belarus

Although landlocked, Belarus has 11,000 lakes.

Source: Author shooganooga

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