Slovakia - Exam
  • 1. What is the capital city of Slovakia?
A) Budapest
B) Prague
C) Vienna
D) Bratislava
  • 2. Which mountain range forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland?
A) Andes
B) Himalayas
C) Alps
D) Tatra Mountains
  • 3. Which river runs through Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia?
A) Seine
B) Nile
C) Danube
D) Thames
  • 4. Slovakia gained independence from which country in 1993?
A) Czechoslovakia
B) Soviet Union
C) Austria-Hungary
D) Germany
  • 5. What is the currency used in Slovakia?
A) Koruna
B) Forint
C) Euro
D) Pound Sterling
  • 6. Which mineral spring town in Slovakia is known for its thermal baths and spa resorts?
A) Piešťany
B) Zadar
C) Carlsbad
D) Baden-Baden
  • 7. Which traditional Slovak dish consists of potato dumplings with sheep cheese and bacon?
A) Bryndzové halušky
B) Goulash
C) Pierogi
D) Wiener Schnitzel
  • 8. Which historical castle is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Slovakia?
A) Prague Castle
B) Neuschwanstein Castle
C) Edinburgh Castle
D) Spiš Castle
  • 9. What is the national symbol of Slovakia?
A) Lion
B) Double Cross
C) Bear
D) Eagle
  • 10. What is the official name of Slovakia?
A) Kingdom of Slovakia
B) The Slovak Republic
C) Slovakia Central Europe
D) Republic of Bratislava
  • 11. Which country borders Slovakia to the north?
A) Hungary
B) Ukraine
C) Poland
D) Austria
  • 12. When did the Slavs arrive in present-day Slovakia?
A) 8th century
B) 5th and 6th centuries
C) 9th century
D) 7th century
  • 13. Which empire was established by the Slavs in the 7th century?
A) Avar Khaganate
B) Principality of Nitra
C) Great Moravia
D) Samo's Empire
  • 14. Into which kingdom was Slovakia integrated at the end of the 9th century?
A) Avar Khaganate
B) Great Moravia
C) Principality of Nitra
D) Kingdom of Hungary
  • 15. Who helped Slovakia recover after the Mongol invasion in 1241 and 1242?
A) Hungarian king Béla IV
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Kingdom of Austria
D) Principality of Moravia
  • 16. What was the Slovak Uprising in 1848?
A) A movement for Slovak national identity
B) Part of the Hungarian wars of independence
C) Successful independence from Hungary
D) A military campaign against Austria
  • 17. When was Czechoslovakia proclaimed?
A) 1939
B) 1918
C) 1848
D) 1945
  • 18. What treaty set the borders of Czechoslovakia in 1919?
A) Treaty of Trianon
B) Treaty of Saint Germain
C) Treaty of Versailles
D) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
  • 19. What was the first Slovak Republic?
A) A Soviet-backed communist state
B) Part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
C) An independent democratic state
D) A one-party clerical fascist client state under Nazi Germany
  • 20. When did Slovakia become an independent democratic state?
A) January 1, 1993
B) 1945
C) 1989
D) 1918
  • 21. What type of economy does Slovakia have?
A) Mixed economy without social security
B) Low-income subsistence economy
C) Advanced high-income market economy with a comprehensive social security system
D) Command economy
  • 22. What is Slovakia's contribution to the world car manufacturing industry?
A) Largest exporter of electric cars
B) Largest manufacturer of luxury cars
C) Largest producer of bicycles
D) World's largest per-capita car producer
  • 23. Which international organizations is Slovakia a member of?
A) BRICS, G20, African Union
B) NAFTA, Mercosur, CARICOM
C) ASEAN, OPEC, Arab League
D) European Union, eurozone, Schengen Area, United Nations, NATO, CERN, OECD, WTO, Council of Europe, Visegrád Group, OSCE
  • 24. How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there in Slovakia?
A) Eight
B) Five
C) Twelve
D) Ten
  • 25. From which older form does 'Slovensko' stem?
A) Slavus
B) Sloven/Slovienin
C) Gravettian
D) Windische Lande
  • 26. Which language term for Slovakia appeared in medieval Latin sources?
A) Slovenčina
B) Slavus
C) Windenland
D) Slovák
  • 27. What is the Czech word that influenced the modern Slovak national name?
A) Slavonia
B) Slovák
C) Slovensko
D) Gravettian
  • 28. When was the present Slovak form 'Slovensko' first attested?
A) 1029
B) 1291
C) 1675
D) 16th century
  • 29. What technique was used to make the oldest surviving human artefacts in Slovakia?
A) Gravettian
B) Magdalenian
C) Clactonian
D) Acheulean
  • 30. Where were the earliest human tools found in Slovakia located?
A) Near Piešťany
B) In Bojnice
C) Near Gánovce
D) Near Nové Mesto nad Váhom
  • 31. What significant Neanderthal discovery was made near a village in northern Slovakia?
A) A cranium dated to c. 200,000 BCE
B) Shell necklaces
C) Stone tools
D) A female statue
  • 32. Which culture's vestiges were primarily found in river valleys and mountainous regions of Slovakia?
A) Acheulean
B) Clactonian
C) Magdalenian
D) Gravettian
  • 33. Which period do the Cypraca thermophile gastropods date back to?
A) Quaternary period
B) Cretaceous period
C) Tertiary period
D) Jurassic period
  • 34. Which culture is known for building strong and complex fortifications after the disappearance of the Čakany and Velatice cultures?
A) Celtic tribes
B) Kalenderberg culture
C) Scytho-Thracian people
D) Lusatian people
  • 35. What type of burial rite was common during the Hallstatt Period?
A) Sky burial
B) Inhumation
C) Cremation
D) Mummification
  • 36. Which culture's remnants, along with Celtic and Dacian influences, gave rise to the Púchov culture?
A) Čakany culture
B) Velatice culture
C) Lusatian origin
D) Kalenderberg culture
  • 37. Which tribe is often connected with the Púchov culture according to Roman sources?
A) Thracians
B) Lusatians
C) Cotini
D) Scythians
  • 38. What type of settlements did the Celts build in modern-day Bratislava and Devín during the La Tène Period?
A) Hill-forts
B) Flat urnfield cemeteries
C) Powerful oppida
D) Monumental burial mounds
  • 39. Which Roman outpost was located near the present-day Slovak-Hungarian border?
A) Laugaricio
B) Carnuntum
C) Brigetio
D) Gerulata
  • 40. What was the name of the settlement with a military fort and civilian vicus in present-day Rusovce?
A) Carnuntum
B) Laugaricio
C) Gerulata
D) Brigetio
  • 41. Who unified the Slavic tribes settled north of the Danube around 830?
A) Rastislav
B) Mojmír I
C) Árpád
D) Svätopluk I
  • 42. Who was the ruler that had the first known Christian church in present-day Slovakia consecrated by 828?
A) Khagan Bayan I
B) Rastislav
C) Samo
D) Pribina
  • 43. Who became Slovakia's first female president in 2019?
A) Zuzana Čaputová
B) Andrej Kiska
C) Iveta Radičová
D) Peter Pellegrini
  • 44. Which conference led to Czechoslovakia coming under Soviet influence?
A) The Treaty of Versailles.
B) The Potsdam Conference.
C) The Yalta Conference in February 1945.
D) The Munich Agreement.
  • 45. Which pact did Slovakia join on November 24, 1940?
A) The Treaty of Versailles
B) The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
C) The Tripartite Pact
D) The Atlantic Charter
  • 46. In which year did the Auxiliary of Legion II defeat the Quadi tribe?
A) 179 CE
B) 2 CE
C) 6 BCE
D) 8 BCE
  • 47. What is the total length of rivers on Slovak territory?
A) 60,000 kilometres (37,282 mi)
B) 39,000 kilometres (24,251 mi)
C) 49,774 kilometres (30,928 mi)
D) 25,000 kilometres (15,534 mi)
  • 48. When did Slovakia officially dissolve from the federation with Czech Republic?
A) 17 July 1992
B) 1 January 1993
C) 15 April 1993
D) 31 December 1992
  • 49. Who became Slovakia's Prime Minister for only six months in 2023?
A) Ľudovít Ódor
B) Peter Pellegrini
C) Eduard Heger
D) Igor Matovič
  • 50. What type of farms surrounded the military fort in Gerulata?
A) Cananefates
B) Marcomanni
C) Quadi
D) Villa rustica
  • 51. Which Byzantine Emperor did Rastislav ask to send teachers who would interpret Christianity in the Slavic vernacular?
A) Leo VI
B) Justinian I
C) Constantine VII
D) Michael III
  • 52. What is the primary geographical feature of Slovakia?
A) Plains
B) Mountainous nature
C) Deserts
D) Coastlines
  • 53. Which river forms a natural border with Hungary?
A) The Morava
B) The Ondava
C) The Ipeľ
D) The Hron
  • 54. What percentage of Slovakia's land surface is covered by forests?
A) 60%
B) 41%
C) 50%
D) 30%
  • 55. What was a significant political development in Slovakia at the end of 2022?
A) Joining NATO.
B) Energy crisis.
C) Eduard Heger's government collapsed after a lost no-confidence vote.
D) Adoption of the Euro.
  • 56. What was a significant event involving Prime Minister Robert Fico in May 2024?
A) Joining NATO.
B) He survived an assassination attempt.
C) Adoption of the Euro.
D) Energy crisis.
  • 57. When did Slovakia become a member of NATO?
A) 14 December 2000
B) 21 December 2007
C) 1 May 2004
D) 29 March 2004
  • 58. Which Roman outpost is located halfway between Vienna and Bratislava?
A) Carnuntum
B) Brigetio
C) Gerulata
D) Laugaricio
  • 59. Who became the first and only Slovak president to be re-elected?
A) Robert Fico
B) Andrej Kiska
C) Zuzana Čaputová
D) Ivan Gašparovič
  • 60. How many Czechoslovak civilians were killed during the 1968 invasion?
A) Over 500 civilians were killed.
B) No civilians were harmed during the invasion.
C) 137 Czechoslovak civilians were killed.
D) Approximately 1000 civilians lost their lives.
  • 61. Which agreement allowed ethnic Germans in the Sudetenland to join Germany in 1938?
A) The Treaty of Trianon
B) The Treaty of Versailles
C) The Munich Agreement
D) The Locarno Treaties
  • 62. Who became Slovakia's Prime Minister after the parliamentary election in 2023?
A) Robert Fico
B) Igor Matovič
C) Eduard Heger
D) Peter Pellegrini
  • 63. What event marked the decline of Avar power after 626?
A) Rise of Samo's empire
B) Gradual decline lasting until 804
C) Consecration of the first Christian church
D) Arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • 64. Who replaced Vladimír Mečiar as Prime Minister after the 1998 parliamentary election?
A) Vladimír Mečiar
B) Michal Kováč
C) Rudolf Schuster
D) Mikuláš Dzurinda
  • 65. What percentage of Slovakia's territory is covered by forests?
A) 60%
B) 30%
C) 40%
D) 44%
  • 66. Who was the first President of the Slovak Republic?
A) Rudolf Schuster
B) Michal Kováč
C) Vladimír Mečiar
D) Mikuláš Dzurinda
  • 67. On what date did Slovakia become a party to the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity?
A) 1 January 2000
B) 2 November 1998
C) 19 May 1993
D) 25 August 1994
  • 68. What is the highest peak in the Low Tatras?
A) Gerlachovský štít
B) Kriváň
C) Bystrá
D) Ďumbier at 2,043 metres (6,703 ft)
  • 69. Which season in Slovakia is characterized by wet weather and wind?
A) Spring
B) Summer
C) Winter
D) Autumn
  • 70. Who became the fourth President of Slovakia in 2014?
A) Ivan Gašparovič
B) Robert Fico
C) Zuzana Čaputová
D) Andrej Kiska
  • 71. Which of the following rivers is the shortest in Slovakia?
A) The Nitra
B) The Čierna voda
C) The Danube
D) The Váh
  • 72. Who set up an independent ecclesiastical province in Great Moravia with Archbishop Methodius as its head?
A) Pope Urban II
B) Pope John VIII
C) Pope Gregory VII
D) Pope Leo IX
  • 73. What was the name of the winter camp near the northernmost line of the Roman hinterlands?
A) Laugaricio
B) Gerulata
C) Carnuntum
D) Brigetio
  • 74. What event marked the end of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia?
A) The Velvet Revolution
B) The Fall of the Berlin Wall
C) The Warsaw Pact Invasion
D) The Prague Spring
  • 75. What was the duration of the Avar Empire in the Carpathian Basin?
A) 100 years
B) 250 years
C) 75 years
D) 300 years
  • 76. What was Slovakia's 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score?
A) 4.34/10
B) 3.0/10
C) 7.5/10
D) 6.0/10
  • 77. What percentage of forest stands in Slovakia are broadleaf trees?
A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 40%
D) 70%
  • 78. Which Roman settlement's remains are found in Stupava?
A) Cananefates
B) Quadi tribe
C) Roman buildings
D) Marcomanni
  • 79. Which season in Slovakia lasts from 21 March to 20 June?
A) Spring
B) Summer
C) Autumn
D) Winter
  • 80. Who was Slovakia's first female Prime Minister?
A) Zuzana Čaputová
B) Andrej Kiska
C) Iveta Radičová
D) Peter Pellegrini
  • 81. What percentage of Czechoslovakia's population did the Czechs constitute during the 1930s?
A) 55%
B) 60%
C) 43%
D) 50%
  • 82. Which auxiliary cavalry unit was stationed at Gerulata?
A) Cananefates modelled unit
B) Quadi tribe
C) Legion II
D) Marcomanni
  • 83. Who was the U.S. Secretary of State that referred to Slovakia as 'a black hole in the heart of Europe'?
A) Colin Powell
B) Condoleezza Rice
C) Hillary Clinton
D) Madeleine Albright
  • 84. On what date did Slovakia declare itself a sovereign state in 1992?
A) 1 January 1993
B) 15 April 1993
C) 31 December 1992
D) 17 July 1992
  • 85. Who was the ruler of the Great Moravian Empire during the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius?
A) King Svätopluk I
B) Duke Rastislav
C) Pribina
D) Samo
  • 86. What was the religious affiliation of most Slovaks in the 17th century before the Counter-Reformation?
A) Catholicism
B) Lutheranism
C) Orthodoxy
D) Judaism
  • 87. What was one of the major issues Slovakia faced in the 1990s?
A) Civil war
B) Organized crime
C) Earthquakes
D) Famine
  • 88. What was the term used to describe Slovakia's period of economic and political challenges in the 1990s?
A) The Silver Era
B) "Wild 90s" (Divoké 90.roky)
C) The Golden 90s
D) The Velvet Decade
  • 89. Who was named the Bishop of Nitra by Pope John VIII?
A) Cyril
B) Wiching
C) Rastislav
D) Methodius
  • 90. Which part of the Tatra Mountains is closest to the Polish border?
A) Belianske Tatras
B) Western Tatras
C) Low Tatras
D) High Tatras
  • 91. What was the name of the Catholic hymnal in Slovak produced by Jesuit Benedikt Szöllősi?
A) Cantus Catholici
B) Methodian Canticles
C) Slovak Psalter
D) Glagolitic Hymns
  • 92. Which lowland area is the largest in Slovakia?
A) Eastern Slovak Lowland
B) Tatra Lowland
C) Carpathian Lowland
D) Danubian Lowland
  • 93. What was the result of the Battle of Pressburg in 907?
A) The Magyars routed Bavarian armies.
B) Both sides withdrew without a clear victor.
C) A peace treaty was signed.
D) Bavarians defeated the Magyars.
  • 94. What was the first Slavic alphabet developed by one of the missionaries?
A) Cyrillic script
B) Latin script
C) Greek script
D) Glagolitic script
  • 95. Which peak is the highest in the Western Tatras?
A) Kriváň
B) Ďumbier
C) Bystrá at 2,248 metres (7,375 ft)
D) Gerlachovský štít
  • 96. Which war led to the establishment of Thököly's kuruc rebels?
A) War of Spanish Succession
B) Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664)
C) Hundred Years' War
D) Thirty Years' War
  • 97. Who became Slovakia's sixth President in 2024?
A) Zuzana Čaputová
B) Peter Pellegrini
C) Ivan Gašparovič
D) Andrej Kiska
  • 98. Who led the revolution that caused the Slavic population to secede from the Avar Empire in 623?
A) Khagan Bayan I
B) Samo, a Frankish merchant
C) Pribina
D) Attila
  • 99. What was the center of Samo's empire in the seventh century?
A) Eastern Slovakia
B) Western Slovakia
C) Northern Slovakia
D) Southern Slovakia
  • 100. What was Czechoslovakia's stance on the Security Council measures during the Korean War?
A) They fully supported all Security Council measures.
B) Czechoslovakia abstained from voting on any resolutions.
C) The country was not involved in discussions about the Korean War.
D) Czechoslovak communist leaders considered the intervention against North Korean aggression illegal.
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