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West Balkans Quiz

The Balkans received its name from the Turkish word that means
1. Wilderness
2. Mountain *
3. Meeting place
4. Uncivilized
The Balkans includes the countries of
1. Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania
2. Slovenia, Croatia, and the Bosnian Federation
3. Serbia and Montenegro, and Macedonia
4. All of the above *
Between the Sixth and the Eighth centuries what group arrived in the Balkan Peninsula?
1. Slavs *
2. Ottoman
3. Hungarians
4. Franks
How long did it take for the Turks to take control of the Balkans?
1. Just over one year
2. Over one hundred years *
3. Fourteen days
4. Twenty-two years
Although there was a Serbian rebellion against the Turks or Ottomans in 1689, independent Serbian self government was achieved in:
1. 1804
2. 1914
3. 1816 *
4. 1919
The 1878 Congress of Berlin
1. gave Serbia and Montenegro independence as sovereign states *
2. created the Croatian sovereign state
3. created Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Republic
4. declared the independence of Mongolia
Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Austria-Hungary in
1. 1816
2. 1893
3. 1914
4. 1908 *

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