North Macedonian Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

155 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

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  1. Complete the sentence about Pehčevo with the correct year: In ______ many Gallipoli Serbs, adherents of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, arrived in Yugoslavia as refugees from Gelibolu and part of…
  2. Complete the sentence about Makedonska Kamenica with the correct year: Local football club FK Sasa spent several seasons in the Macedonian top tier and won the Macedonian Republic League in ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Čair with the correct year: On 26 November ______, an earthquake struck Albania and Čair Municipality held 3 days of mourning in solidarity with the earthquake victims.
  4. Complete the sentence about Butel with the correct year: In the aftermath of the ______ insurgency some Macedonians from Čair moved to other Skopje urban areas such as nearby Butel.
  5. Complete the sentence about Gjorče Petrov with the correct year: Here he joined the Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee founded in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Gjorče Petrov with the correct year: In ______, Petrov established close ties with Bulgarian officers from the region of Macedonia, such as Ivan Tsonchev, Anastas Yankov an…
  7. Complete the sentence about Arachinovo with the correct year: During the ______ Macedonia conflict, it was occupied by ethnic Albanian insurgents.
  8. Complete the sentence about Čučer-Sandevo with the correct year: According to Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov, in ______ the village had 360 inhabitants who were Bulgarian Christians.
  9. Complete the sentence about Čučer-Sandevo with the correct year: In his ______ map of Macedonia, German explorer Leonhard Schultze-Jena shows Čučer as a Serbian village.
  10. Complete the sentence about Čučer-Sandevo with the correct year: In ______, in his map of Northwest Macedonia, Russian scientist Afanasii Selishchev shows Čučer as a Bulgarian village instead.
  11. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The village had 518 inhabitants in ______, of which 328 were Serbs and 180 Macedonians.
  12. Complete the sentence about Čučer-Sandevo with the correct year: In ______ the number decreased to 274 inhabitants, of which 234 were Serbs and 35 Macedonians.
  13. Complete the sentence about Krivogaštani with the correct year: According to the ______-68 Ottoman defter, Krivogaštani appears being largely inhabited by an Albanian population.
  14. Complete the sentence about Rosoman with the correct year: The settlement is recorded as village and as "Rosoman" in the Ottoman Tahrir Defter number 370 dating to ______ and as a village of the Köprü…
  15. Complete the sentence about Rosoman with the correct year: On the ______ ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as having a mixed population of Bulgarians and Muslim Bulgarians.
  16. Complete the sentence about Zajas with the correct year: In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in ______, the village of Zajas was inhabited by 2150 Muslim Albanians.
  17. Complete the sentence about Zajas with the correct year: During the Albanian revolt of ______, Zajas was the political and organizational center of the insurgent-revolutionary movement for the Kaza of…
  18. Complete the sentence about Zajas with the correct year: On 6 May ______ the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo called for a general uprising in Albanian regions in Yugoslavia.
  19. Complete the sentence about Zajas with the correct year: The Balli Kombëtar committee held a meeting in Zajas in ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Oslomej with the correct year: According to the ______ Albanian census, Oslomej was inhabited by a total of 81 Serbs and 148 Bulgarians.
  21. Complete the sentence about Vrapčište with the correct year: According to the ______-68 Ottoman defter, Vrapčište exhibits predominantly Orthodox Christian Slavic and minority Albanian anthroponyms.
  22. Complete the sentence about Želino with the correct year: According to the ______-68 Ottoman defter, Želino exhibits an Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponomy along with a presence of Albanian onomast…
  23. Complete the sentence about Tearce with the correct year: According to Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov in the year ______ the village had a population of 600 Bulgarians and 600 Turks.
  24. Complete the sentence about Tearce with the correct year: Starting in ______, Turkish schools were opened in areas with large Albanian majorities, such as Tearce.
  25. Complete the sentence about Bogovinje with the correct year: According to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov in ______, the village of Bogovinje was inhabited by 600 Muslim Albanians.
  26. Complete the sentence about Čaška with the correct year: On the ______ ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a Christian Bulgarian village.
  27. Complete the sentence about Dolna Banjica with the correct year: Starting in ______, Turkish schools were opened in areas with large Albanian majorities, such as Gorna Banjica and Dolna Banjica.
  28. Complete the sentence about Dolna Banjica with the correct year: According to the ______ Albanian census, Dolna Banjica was inhabited by 987 Muslim Albanians, 139 Serbophone Orthodox Albanians, 25 Ser…
  29. Which place completes this sentence about Struga? According to him the marshes in the region were turned into a habitable region by tzar Samuel of Bulgaria at the time when he made the city of ______…
  30. Which place completes this sentence about Struga? During the 16th century, Struga was located in the Sanjak of ______ of the Ottoman Empire.
  31. Which place completes this sentence about Vinica, North Macedonia? The town is located under the mountain of Plačkovica, in the southeastern part of the ______ Valley.
  32. Which place completes this sentence about Skopje 2014? In a speech at the opening of Porta Macedonia in January 2012, then Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski stated that ______ 2014 was his idea.
  33. Which place completes this sentence about Skopje 2014? The ______ 2014 project has been criticized by various groups since the time it was first announced.
  34. Which place completes this sentence about Mother Teresa Memorial House? On her 100th birthday anniversary, the Memorial House of Mother Teresa was incorporated into the ______ 2014 project.
  35. Which place completes the sentence? I admit that some critiques about ______ 2014 are reasonable.
  36. Which place completes this sentence about Kale Fortress? In 1346 at the ______ Fortress, Stefan Dušan adopted the title of Emperor at his coronation and he had transferred the capital of Serbian Empir…
  37. Which place completes this sentence about Saint Naum Monastery? The monastery was established in 905 by St Naum of ______ himself.
  38. Which place completes this sentence about Kumanovo Municipality? After the Karposh Uprising in 1689, ______ entered a period of stagnation.
  39. Which place completes this sentence about Kumanovo Municipality? After 1945, ______ experienced fast economic, administrative and cultural development.
  40. Which place completes this sentence about Kumanovo Municipality? By the 2003 territorial division of the Republic, the Orašac Municipality was merged with ______, as was a part of the rural Klečevce M…
  41. Which place completes this sentence about Kriva Palanka? The town of ______ is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has 18,059 inhabitants.
  42. Which place completes this sentence about Kriva Palanka? From 1877 to 1912, ______ was part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire while after the Balkan Wars it became part of the Kingdom of Ser…
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Bogdanci? There are some roads passing through the Geveglian – Bogdanci's field, connecting Bogdanci with ______, Stojakovo, Gjavoto and the expressway E-75.
  44. Which place completes this sentence about Lozovo? At the end of the 19th century, when the region was part of the Ottoman Empire, the village was part of the Kaza of ______.
  45. Which place completes this sentence about Zajas? During the Albanian revolt of 1912, Zajas was the political and organizational center of the insurgent-revolutionary movement for the Kaza of ______.
  46. Which place completes this sentence about Delčevo? Delčevo, according to a legend in Byzantine times, was called ______, as a Greek variant of the Slavonic Tsarevo.
  47. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Prespa? The Lake ______ is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece.
  48. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Prespa? In Classical times, the ______ region formed part of ancient Lynkestis, and the lakes were called Little and Great Brygeis.
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Prespa? Achillius on an island called Agios Achillios in the Small ______ Lake, on the Greek side of the border.
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Lake Prespa? The Great ______ also saw its surface area decrease by seven percent and its volume reduced by half from 1984 to 2020.
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Galičica? Together with the first high-mountain zone primarily covered by extensive grasslands, these features define ______'s unique alpine character.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Dojran? The old city of ______ was totally ruined during the First World War, and the modern villages were established after the Second World War.
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Dojran? The bazaar, near Lake ______, had 300 shops and craft workshops.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Dojran? Today the two villages are seen as one town although most new buildings are located in Star ______, and are devoted to attracting tourism.
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Prespa? The largest town is ______ in North Macedonia with 9,000 inhabitants.

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