Quiz: How much do you know about Ukraine?

Ukraine is the biggest country in Europe when we look at land size, spreading across more than six hundred thousand square kilometers. It became an independent nation in 1991 after leaving the Soviet Union. Today, over thirty-six million people call it home. The capital city, Kyiv, is very old, with history going back more than fourteen centuries. From the tall Carpathian Mountains to the wide coast of the Black Sea, the nation is full of culture, history, and a strong spirit. How much do you know about this country? Take this quiz and prove you are a geographical expert!

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Quiz: How much do you know about Ukraine?

1 / 10

What is the official language of Ukraine?

Russian

Ukrainian

Polish

Belarusian

2 / 10

Ukraine was once the center of a powerful medieval state. What was it called?

Byzantine Empire

Kievan Rus

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Golden Horde

3 / 10

What is the tallest mountain in Ukraine?

Petros

Hutsul Peak

Pip Ivan

Hoverla

4 / 10

Ukraine is known as the “breadbasket of Europe.” What percentage of the world’s sunflower oil does it produce?

About 70%

About 10%

About 50%

About 25%

5 / 10

Which Ukrainian city is nicknamed the “Pearl of the Black Sea”?

Odesa

Dnipro

Kharkiv

Lviv

6 / 10

Which major river flows through Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine?

Don

Volga

Danube

Dnieper

7 / 10

What ancient group first settled in the Crimean Peninsula around the 7th century BCE?

Scythians

Huns

Mongols

Vikings

8 / 10

Which Ukrainian scientist invented the first helicopter in 1909?

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Igor Sikorsky

Sergey Korolev

Mykhailo Hrushevsky

9 / 10

The Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine are famous for what unique feature?

World’s longest salt cave

Primeval beech forests (UNESCO site)

Oldest gold mine in Europe

Europe’s largest desert

10 / 10

Which city is the oldest in Ukraine, often considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Eastern Europe?

Odesa

Chernihiv

Lviv

Kyiv

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