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Quiz about Geographically Speaking Poland

Geographically Speaking - Poland Quiz

A quiz to test your knowledge of Poland. The English form of place names is used. Good luck!

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

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
64,183

Updated
Feb 19 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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3789

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. On what sea is Poland's coastline? Hint

Baltic Sea

Gulf of Finland

North Sea

Gulf of Bothnia

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the approximate population of Poland? Hint

39 million

16 million

24 million

52 million

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Question 3 of 10

3. What mountains form Poland's southern border? Hint

Urals

Alps

Jura

Carpathians

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Question 4 of 10

4. What river forms part of Poland's western border? Hint

Oder

Elbe

Rhine

Danube

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the port on Poland's coast near the mouth of the Vistula?

Answer: (One Word (either form of name in English) Remember, no punctuation or diacritical marks in FI T B )

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Question 6 of 10

6. On what river is Poland's capital, Warsaw? Hint

Vistula (Wisla)

Oder (Odra)

Danube

Rhine

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Question 7 of 10

7. What country lies to the west of Poland?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is Poland's most mined substance? Hint

silver

coal

iron ore

zinc

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these countries does not border Poland on the east? Hint

Lithuania

Latvia

Belarus

Ukraine

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Question 10 of 10

10. Poland is land of many lakes. True or false.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On what sea is Poland's coastline?

Answer: Baltic Sea

Poland's coastline is on the Baltic sea, the easternmost part of the coastline is a bay of this sea, the Gulf of Danzig (Gdansk), and it is here that the port of Danzig (Gdansk) is located.

2. What is the approximate population of Poland?

Answer: 39 million

3. What mountains form Poland's southern border?

Answer: Carpathians

The Urals are in Russia and form part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. The Jura are on the French Swiss border.

4. What river forms part of Poland's western border?

Answer: Oder

The Oder, or Odra, rises in the Czech Republic and runs north to the Baltic Sea.

5. What is the port on Poland's coast near the mouth of the Vistula?

Answer: Danzig

Danzig was declared a free port in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. It was to gain control of this port that Hitler's troops marched into Poland in 1939. Protests against the Communist government were centered in this city.

6. On what river is Poland's capital, Warsaw?

Answer: Vistula (Wisla)

Warsaw was almost totally destroyed in World War II. It has since been rebuilt.

7. What country lies to the west of Poland?

Answer: Germany

Poland's borders have changed many times.

8. What is Poland's most mined substance?

Answer: coal

9. Which of these countries does not border Poland on the east?

Answer: Latvia

10. Poland is land of many lakes. True or false.

Answer: True

Poland has 9300 lakes, most of which are in the northern part of the country.

Source: Author minch

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