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What is the capital city of Ukraine?
Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kyiv
Kyiv
Odesa
Odesa
Lviv
Lviv
Which major river flows through Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine?
Volga
Volga
Dniester
Dniester
Dnieper
Dnieper
Danube
Danube
In which year did Ukraine declare independence from the Soviet Union?
1989
1989
1993
1993
1995
1995
1991
1991
What is the name of the peninsula in southern Ukraine, internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory but annexed by Russia in 2014?
Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Zakarpattia
Zakarpattia
Podolia
Podolia
Crimea
Crimea
Which Ukrainian city is known for its historic Potemkin Stairs and as an important Black Sea port?
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr
Lviv
Lviv
Odesa
Odesa
Dnipro
Dnipro
Which large body of water borders southern Ukraine?
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
Which mountain range forms Ukraine’s western border?
Ural Mountains
Ural Mountains
Alps
Alps
Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountains
Which of these languages is widely spoken in Ukraine alongside Ukrainian?
Romanian
Romanian
Polish
Polish
Russian
Russian
Hungarian
Hungarian
What is the currency used in Ukraine?
Hryvnia
Hryvnia
Euro
Euro
Ruble
Ruble
Zloty
Zloty
Which famous Ukrainian poet is sometimes referred to as the ‘Father of Ukrainian literature’?
Mykola Gogol
Mykola Gogol
Lesya Ukrainka
Lesya Ukrainka
Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 occurred near which Ukrainian city?
Donetsk
Donetsk
Poltava
Poltava
Pripyat
Pripyat
Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Which city in western Ukraine is renowned for its coffee culture and Austro-Hungarian architectural heritage?
Vinnytsia
Vinnytsia
Lviv
Lviv
Chernihiv
Chernihiv
Sumy
Sumy
What is the yellow in the Ukrainian flag said to symbolize?
Wheat fields
Wheat fields
Deserts
Deserts
Sunflowers
Sunflowers
Gold reserves
Gold reserves
Which Ukrainian city is famed for the Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square)?
Kyiv
Kyiv
Dnipro
Dnipro
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia
Kherson
Kherson
Which group of nomadic horsemen inhabited the territory of modern Ukraine in antiquity?
Scythians
Scythians
Huns
Huns
Vikings
Vikings
Cossacks
Cossacks
Which famous Orthodox monastery complex is located in Kyiv and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Sviatohirsk Lavra
Sviatohirsk Lavra
Pochaiv Lavra
Pochaiv Lavra
Khortytsia Monastery
Khortytsia Monastery
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
The city of Kharkiv is located in which region of Ukraine?
Northeast
Northeast
South
South
West
West
Northwest
Northwest
Who was the first president of independent Ukraine after 1991?
Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kravchuk
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Yanukovych
Leonid Kuchma
Leonid Kuchma
Petro Poroshenko
Petro Poroshenko
The Zaporizhian Sich was a stronghold of which group in Ukrainian history?
Tatars
Tatars
Cossacks
Cossacks
Poles
Poles
Ruthenians
Ruthenians
Which Ukrainian scientist invented the first practical helicopter?
Serhiy Korolyov
Serhiy Korolyov
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Sikorsky
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Ivan Puluj
Ivan Puluj
What is the name of the traditional Ukrainian egg decorating art?
Pysanka
Pysanka
Petrykivka
Petrykivka
Vyshyvanka
Vyshyvanka
Motanka
Motanka
Which World Heritage city in Ukraine is known for its medieval castle and baroque churches?
Ternopil
Ternopil
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi
Lviv
Lviv
Which river forms part of Ukraine’s border with Moldova?
Prut
Prut
Bug
Bug
Don
Don
Dniester
Dniester
What is the Holodomor?
A Ukrainian harvest festival
A Ukrainian harvest festival
A famine in Soviet Ukraine
A famine in Soviet Ukraine
A political uprising
A political uprising
A type of folk dance
A type of folk dance
Which Ukrainian port city is the largest on the Azov Sea?
Berdyansk
Berdyansk
Mariupol
Mariupol
Sevastopol
Sevastopol
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Which country borders Ukraine to the north?
Slovakia
Slovakia
Hungary
Hungary
Belarus
Belarus
Moldova
Moldova
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