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The Baltic Sea Region

written by: shalom
 
Test your knowledge of the Baltic Sea Region. Good luck!

Question 1:


The Baltic Sea, bound by Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, has a connection to the Atlantic Ocean via the North Sea. There is also an artificial canal that links the Baltic Sea with the Arctic Ocean. Almost 200,000 people perished building this canal in the 1930s during Stalin's GULAG years. It links the Baltic Sea with this small sea in Russia.
Black Sea
Laptev Sea
Kara Sea
White Sea

Question 2:


The Baltic Sea connects to the North Sea via several natural straits of different sizes between Denmark on one side and Sweden and Norway on the other. Which of the following is NOT a strait between the two seas?
Skagerrak
Great Belt
Kattegat
Gotland

Question 3:


There are many rivers that flow into the Baltic Sea. The Daugava in Russia, Belarus, and Latvia is the longest ( 1,020km ). Another river, however, has the highest water discharge while being only 74 km in length. In this aspect, it is is the third largest river in Europe after Volga and Danube. Name it.
Neman, Lithuania
Odra, Poland-Germany
Vistula, Poland
Neva, Russia

Question 4:


There are nine countries that surround the Baltic Sea. Some of their capitals are port-cities located on the Baltic Sea, its gulfs, bays, or straits. Which Baltic capital has access to the sea only via a river system?
Vilnius
Tallinn
Helsinki
Stockholm

Question 5:


Gotland, the largest island in the Baltic Sea, is also a province of this Baltic country.
Estonia
Germany
Poland
Sweden

Question 6:


This city, founded in 1703, is the largest city on the Baltic Sea in terms of population.
Riga, Latvia
Stockholm, Sweden
St Petersburg, Russia
Kopenhagen, Denmark

Question 7:


The Kaliningrad region belongs to the Russian Federation, although it is separated from the Russian territory and borders Lithuania and Poland. Right before and during WWII the region was a part of this European country.
Lithuania
Poland
Sweden
Germany

Question 8:


Some countries around the Baltic Sea have very similar culture, history and language. The Prussian language that was a part of the Baltic language group is now extinct. What are the two remaining languages of the Baltic group?
Swedish and Danish
Latvian and Lithuanian
Finnish and Estonian
Russian and Polish

Question 9:


Arguably, the worst ship sinking in terms of loss of life in history occurred in the Baltic Sea. The Soviet captain Alexander Marinesko, the man Hitler called his personal enemy, sent almost 9,000 people, mostly civilians, down to the bottom of the sea when he torpedoed this German ship.
Steuben
Bismark
Goya
Wilhelm Gustloff

Question 10:


A disaster that took the lives of 852 people occurred in September of 1994 when the ferry ship named after this country sank in the Baltic Sea.
Estonia
Latvia
Poland
Finland

 
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