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