- 1. What is the total area of North Macedonia?
A) 25,436 km2
B) 20,000 km2
C) 15,000 km2
D) 30,000 km2
- 2. Which country shares the longest border with North Macedonia?
A) Albania
B) Serbia
C) Bulgaria
D) Greece
- 3. What is the name of the river that forms a central valley in North Macedonia?
A) Ohrid
B) Vardar
C) Drin
D) Morava
- 4. Which mountain range includes Mount Korab, the tallest mountain in North Macedonia?
A) Šar Mountains
B) Dinaric range
C) Osogovo-Belasica
D) Rhodope range
- 5. Which lake is considered one of the oldest in the world?
A) Lake Skopje
B) Dojran Lake
C) Lake Ohrid
D) Lake Prespa
- 6. What percentage of North Macedonia's territory is covered by the Aegean basin?
A) 60%
B) 87%
C) 50%
D) 75%
- 7. Which river forms the Adriatic basin in North Macedonia?
A) Binačka Morava
B) Black Drin
C) Morava
D) Vardar
- 8. How many spa towns and resorts are there in North Macedonia?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Seven
D) Nine
- 9. Which mountain range is older and lower than the Šar Mountains and West Vardar/Pelagonia range?
A) Dinaric range
B) Osogovo-Belasica
C) Rhodope range
D) Šar Mountains
- 10. What was the most recent major earthquake in North Macedonia?
A) 2001
B) 1975
C) 1989
D) 1963
- 11. Which three countries border North Macedonia to the north, east, and south respectively?
A) Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria
B) Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania
C) Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece
D) Albania, Kosovo, Greece
- 12. Which of the following is not a natural lake in North Macedonia?
A) Dojran Lake
B) Lake Prespa
C) Lake Skopje
D) Lake Ohrid
- 13. What percentage of North Macedonia's territory is covered by the Black Sea basin?
A) 50%
B) Less than 1%
C) 13%
D) 87%
- 14. Which river joins the Danube and flows into the Black Sea?
A) Black Drin
B) Vardar
C) Morava
D) Binačka Morava
- 15. Which region was passed to Bulgaria after the Balkan Wars?
A) Bitola region
B) Ohrid region
C) Strumica region
D) Skopje region
- 16. What actions were taken by Serbia against Bulgarian institutions after the Balkan Wars?
A) Closed 641 Bulgarian schools and 761 churches, expelled Exarchist clergy and teachers
B) Promoted the use of Macedonian dialects in education
C) Allowed Bulgarian dialects and standard Bulgarian to be used freely
D) Nationalized all Bulgarian properties without closing any institutions
- 17. Which organization, along with local Albanians, organized an uprising against Serbian rule?
A) Greek Liberation Front
B) Serbian Chetniks
C) Bulgarian National Army
D) IMRO (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization)
- 18. How many Serbian regulars were reported to have suppressed the Ohrid–Debar uprising?
A) 150,000
B) 100,000
C) 50,000
D) 75,000
- 19. What was the Bulgarian policy towards the region during World War I known as?
A) Grecification
B) Bulgarisation
C) Serbianisation
D) Romanianisation
- 20. Which language was forbidden by the Bulgarians during their occupation in World War I?
A) Serbian Cyrillic
B) Macedonian
C) Greek
D) Albanian
- 21. What happened to Serbian priests under Bulgarian rule during World War I?
A) They were converted to Bulgarian Orthodox
B) They were allowed to practice freely
C) They were arrested and deported
D) They were given higher positions in the church
- 22. What was required of Serbian-sounding names under Bulgarian occupation?
A) Kept the same
B) Changed to Bulgarian ones
C) Removed entirely
D) Translated into Greek
- 23. What was done to Serbian books and libraries under Bulgarian rule?
A) Donated to Greek institutions
B) Translated into Bulgarian
C) Taken from schools and libraries and publicly destroyed
D) Preserved in national archives
- 24. What was the fate of adult males under Bulgarian occupation?
A) Allowed to continue their civilian lives
B) Sent to labour camps or forced to join the Bulgarian Army
C) Enrolled in educational programs
D) Granted asylum in neighboring countries
- 25. What was the aim of the Bulgarian government regarding the non-Bulgarian Slavic population?
A) To promote multiculturalism and diversity
B) To create pure Bulgarian territories by denationalising them
C) To integrate them into Serbian culture
D) To establish a neutral zone with no specific national identity
- 26. What is the official name of North Macedonia?
A) Macedonian Republic
B) Kingdom of Macedonia
C) Republic of North Macedonia
D) North Macedonian State
- 27. Which ethnic group forms the majority in North Macedonia?
A) Turks
B) Albanians
C) Ethnic Macedonians
D) Roma
- 28. Which empire ruled North Macedonia before it became part of the Kingdom of Macedonia?
A) Ottoman Empire
B) Persian Achaemenid Empire
C) Roman Republic
D) Byzantine Empire
- 29. Which empire conquered North Macedonia in the second century BC?
A) Roman Republic
B) Persian Achaemenid Empire
C) Kingdom of Macedonia
D) Byzantine Empire
- 30. During which centuries did Slavic tribes begin raiding and settling in the region?
A) Sixth century CE
B) Fourth century BC
C) Second century AD
D) Tenth century CE
- 31. Which empire ruled North Macedonia from the mid-14th until the early 20th century?
A) Byzantine Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Bulgarian Empire
D) Roman Republic
- 32. In which year did North Macedonia become a member of the United Nations?
A) 1991
B) 2005
C) 1993
D) 2018
- 33. Which international organization is North Macedonia not a member of?
A) World Bank
B) NATO
C) Council of Europe
D) European Union
- 34. What type of economy does North Macedonia have according to the World Bank?
A) Upper-middle-income
B) Low-income
C) Lower-middle-income
D) High-income
- 35. What is one social service provided by North Macedonia?
A) Healthcare for employed individuals only
B) Private healthcare only
C) No health services
D) Universal health care system
- 36. When did the Prespa agreement lead to a name change for North Macedonia?
A) February 2019
B) January 1991
C) June 2018
D) October 2005
- 37. What was the official name of North Macedonia before June 2018?
A) Republic of Macedonia
B) Macedonian State
C) Kingdom of Macedonia
D) Socialist Republic of Macedonia
- 38. What was the required majority in parliament to enact constitutional changes for the name change?
A) Simple majority
B) Unanimous vote
C) Three-quarters majority
D) Two-thirds majority
- 39. When did the amendment to change North Macedonia's name enter into force?
A) 12 February 2019
B) June 2018
C) 19 October 2018
D) January 1991
- 40. What was the result of the non-binding national referendum on North Macedonia's name change?
A) 60% disapproval with 70% turnout
B) Rejected by a majority
C) Unanimous approval with full turnout
D) 90% approval but did not reach the required 50% turnout
- 41. Which ancient kingdom did North Macedonia roughly correspond to?
A) Illyria
B) Macedonia
C) Paeonia
D) Dardania
- 42. Who was the chief town of Paeonia under its early kings?
A) Skopje
B) Bylazora
C) Stobi
D) Ohrid
- 43. Which Persian ruler conquered Paeonia in the late 6th century BC?
A) Xerxes I
B) Darius the Great
C) Cambyses II
D) Cyrus the Great
- 44. Which city became the capital of Macedonia Salutaris?
A) Scupi
B) Stobi
C) Bylazora
D) Gradsko
- 45. Who led a group called Sermesianoi to settle in Pelagonia around 680 AD?
A) Bulgar ruler Kuber
B) Samuil
C) Tsar Boris I of Bulgaria
D) Sviatoslav
- 46. Which Byzantine emperor defeated Samuil's armies in 1014?
A) Constantine IX Monomachos
B) Alexios I Komnenos
C) John Tzimiskes
D) Basil II
- 47. Which empire conquered Rilep in the 14th century?
A) The Bulgarian Empire
B) The Byzantine Empire
C) The Serbian Empire
D) The Ottomans
- 48. Which city served as the capital of Rumelia Eyalet in the 19th century?
A) Ohrid
B) Skopje
C) Veles
D) Manastir (present-day Bitola)
- 49. In what year was Rumelia Eyalet abolished?
A) 1867
B) 1903
C) 1878
D) 1912
- 50. In which year was the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising organized?
A) 1885
B) 1897
C) 1903
D) 1912
- 51. Who was a leader of the Ilinden uprising and later included in the lyrics of North Macedonia's national anthem?
A) Svetozar Marković
B) Gotse Delchev
C) Ivan Mihailov
D) Vasil Levski
- 52. How many Serbian colonies were established in present-day North Macedonia by 1940?
A) 50,000 colonies.
B) About 280 colonies.
C) 100 colonies.
D) 500 colonies.
- 53. Into what administrative divisions was the Kingdom of Yugoslavia divided in 1929?
A) Counties.
B) Districts.
C) Provinces called banovinas.
D) Municipalities.
- 54. Who switched from the Yugoslav Communist Party to the Bulgarian Communist Party during World War II?
A) Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
B) Georgi Dimitrov
C) Metodi Shatorov (Sharlo)
D) Josip Broz Tito
- 55. In what year did the Bulgarian coup d'état occur, leading to a reorganization of their military?
A) 1943
B) 1944
C) 1945
D) 1946
- 56. On which date does North Macedonia officially celebrate its Independence Day?
A) April 2017
B) 2 August
C) 8 September
D) 15 January
- 57. Which day is also widely celebrated as the Day of the Republic in North Macedonia?
A) January 1992
B) St. Elijah's Day on 2 August
C) April 2017
D) 8 September
- 58. Who recommended EC recognition of North Macedonia in January 1992?
A) NATO
B) VMRO-DPMNE party
C) Robert Badinter
D) Bulgaria
- 59. What major event in 1999 seriously destabilized North Macedonia?
A) Yugoslav Wars
B) Antiquisation policy
C) The Kosovo War
D) 2001 insurgency
- 60. In what year did inter-ethnic tensions flare in Macedonia with incidents of violence between ethnic Albanians and Macedonians?
A) 1999
B) 2015
C) 2012
D) 2007
- 61. Who was elected as the Speaker of the Assembly in April 2017, leading to protests?
A) Talat Xhaferi
B) Hristijan Mickoski
C) Nikola Gruevski
D) Zoran Zaev
- 62. What policy did the VMRO-DPMNE government pursue starting in 2006?
A) Europeanisation
B) Balkanisation
C) Modernisation
D) Antiquisation
- 63. Which agreement led to North Macedonia changing its name from the Republic of Macedonia?
A) Skopje Agreement
B) Balkan Pact
C) Athens Accord
D) Prespa Agreement
- 64. When did North Macedonia accede to NATO?
A) June 2018
B) March 2020
C) July 2022
D) February 2019
- 65. When did North Macedonia officially begin EU accession talks?
A) November 2020
B) February 2019
C) March 2020
D) July 2022
- 66. What was cited as the primary reason for blocking North Macedonia's EU accession path in the 2023 European Commission Progress Report?
A) Unfulfilled constitutional changes
B) Military conflicts
C) Economic instability
D) Political corruption
- 67. Which region is known as the warmest in North Macedonia?
A) Gevgelija
B) Radoviš
C) Strumica
D) Vardar valley
- 68. How many main and regular weather stations are there in North Macedonia?
A) twenty
B) fifty
C) forty
D) thirty
- 69. What is the Forest Landscape Integrity Index score for North Macedonia as of 2019?
A) 6.30/10
B) 5.50/10
C) 8.90/10
D) 7.42/10
- 70. Which animal is very rarely found in the mountains of western Macedonia?
A) wolf
B) bear
C) wild boar
D) lynx
- 71. How many national parks does North Macedonia have?
A) four
B) five
C) three
D) six
- 72. What type of government does North Macedonia have?
A) parliamentary democracy
B) communist state
C) presidential republic
D) absolute monarchy
- 73. How many seats are there in North Macedonia's Assembly?
A) 80
B) 150
C) 120
D) 100
- 74. For how long is the president of North Macedonia elected?
A) Three years
B) Six years
C) Five years
D) Four years
- 75. How many times can a person be elected as president in North Macedonia?
A) Once
B) Thrice
C) Indefinitely
D) Twice at most
- 76. What is the role of the president of North Macedonia primarily considered to be?
A) Legislative
B) Ceremonial
C) Judicial
D) Executive
- 77. Who holds the real power in North Macedonia's government?
A) The prime minister
B) The Constitutional Court
C) The Assembly
D) The president
- 78. How many municipalities are there in North Macedonia since 2019?
A) 90
B) 80
C) 70
D) 60
- 79. In which year did North Macedonia pass legislation for greater local autonomy to ethnic Albanians?
A) 2004
B) 2001
C) 2008
D) 2006
- 80. Who led the centre-right party VMRO-DPMNE in the 2006 elections?
A) Zoran Zaev
B) Nikola Gruevski
C) Gjorgi Ivanov
D) Talat Xhaferi
- 81. Who became the prime minister of North Macedonia in June 2017?
A) Zoran Zaev
B) Talat Xhaferi
C) Gjorgi Ivanov
D) Nikola Gruevski
- 82. Who was the acting prime minister of North Macedonia as of 4 January 2020?
A) Zoran Zaev
B) Gjorgi Ivanov
C) Nikola Gruevski
D) Oliver Spasovski
- 83. Who was the president of North Macedonia as of May 2019?
A) Talat Xhaferi
B) Zoran Zaev
C) Gjorgi Ivanov
D) Stevo Pendarovski
- 84. Who became North Macedonia's first female president?
A) Stevo Pendarovski
B) Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
C) Talat Xhaferi
D) Zoran Zaev
- 85. Who was elected as prime minister of North Macedonia in January 2022?
A) Oliver Spasovski
B) Zoran Zaev
C) Gjorgi Ivanov
D) Dimitar Kovačevski
- 86. What is the name of North Macedonia's legislative body?
A) Assembly (Sobranie)
B) Congress
C) Parliamentary Council
D) Senate
- 87. When did the Constitution of North Macedonia come into use?
A) In 2020
B) In 2004
C) In 2017
D) Shortly after independence in 1991
- 88. What type of state is North Macedonia described as in its constitution?
A) A social free state
B) An absolute monarchy
C) A federal state
D) A socialist state
- 89. Who appoints the judges in North Macedonia?
A) The prime minister
B) The president
C) The assembly
D) The Constitutional Court
- 90. Which of the following is not a statistical region in North Macedonia?
A) Eastern
B) Skopje
C) Pelagonia
D) Central
- 91. In which year were most of the current municipalities in North Macedonia established or amalgamated from previous ones?
A) 1989
B) 2013
C) 1996
D) 2004
- 92. Prior to 1996, how many administrative districts were there in North Macedonia?
A) 34
B) 123
C) 10
D) 80
- 93. What was the number of municipalities before they were reduced to 80 in 2013?
A) 123
B) 34
C) 84
D) 10
- 94. Which term is used for both municipalities and administrative districts in North Macedonia?
A) Regioni
B) Communes
C) Counties
D) Opštini
- 95. Which international organization referred to North Macedonia as 'the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia' until 2019?
A) NATO
B) World Trade Organization
C) The United Nations (UN)
D) European Union
- 96. Which organization's summit in 2008 resulted in Greece vetoing North Macedonia's invitation to join NATO?
A) UN General Assembly
B) NATO Bucharest summit
C) OSCE Istanbul summit
D) EU Copenhagen summit
- 97. Which EU Enlargement Commissioner proposed the start of accession negotiations with North Macedonia in 2012?
A) Jean-Claude Juncker
B) Margot Wallström
C) Štefan Füle
D) Catherine Ashton
- 98. Which organization did North Macedonia join in 2001?
A) World Bank
B) NATO
C) La Francophonie
D) European Union
- 99. What was the role of Matthew Nimetz in the naming dispute between Greece and North Macedonia?
A) Greek Foreign Minister
B) EU Enlargement Commissioner
C) Prime Minister of North Macedonia
D) Mediator for the UN negotiating process.
- 100. When did North Macedonia become an EU candidate state?
A) 2015
B) 1999
C) 2005
D) 2010
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