History of Belarus

The first signs of settlements in ancient Belarus date back approximately 100,000-35,000 years.

• true

• false

Belarus colonization .................... began in the early centuries AD.

• by the Vikings

• by the Slavs

• by the Germans

• by the Romans

This city is well known to the people, who are interested in history.

It played a major role in the history of Belarus and the USSR during the Second World war.

• Brest

• Gomel

• Pinsk

• Borisov

beautiful town that Ivan the Terrible conquered in 1563, is the oldest in Belarus

• Orsha

• Vitebsk

• Grodno

• Polotsk

Drivyaty, the fifth largest lake in Belarus is in ................

• Braslav

• Vitebsk

• Polotsk

• Miory

The Augustow Canal is

• National Park

• a legendary palace

• an artificial waterway connecting the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea.

One of the oldest castles in Belarus and the first castle fully made of stone which survived the siege of Tatars and Moscow forces.

• Lida Castle

• Krevo Castle

• Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky Palace

• Golshany Castle

The first Duke of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Mindouh, was crowned in

• Vitebsk

• Golshany

• Novogrudok

• Svyatsk

National Park Pripyatsky is home to over ........................

• 125 species of birds

• 340 species of birds

• 250 species of birds

• 90 species of birds

Before the Second World War, there were plans to relocate Belarus’ capital to ..................... , because Minsk was too close to the country’s western border.

• Baranovichi

• Gomel

• Mogilev

• Brest