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The Balkans Map Quiz
Eleven countries on the map of the Balkans, from Slovenia in the northwest to Greece in the south. Each answer comes with the capital and one fact worth knowing.
- 11 questions
- About 4 minutes
- Medium
- Every question is a map
About this quiz
Definitions of the Balkans vary. Slovenia and Romania are sometimes left out, and Turkey has a small European corner, East Thrace, which this quiz leaves out. The eleven countries here are the ones most lists agree on. They include Kosovo, whose independence Serbia does not recognize.
Most people get Greece and Romania right. The hard part is the western Balkans, where several small countries share borders that are hard to tell apart on a map.
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Encyclopedia
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of conflicts from 1991 to 2001 that broke Yugoslavia apart and killed about 140,000 people.
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Encyclopedia
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two wars in 1912 and 1913 that ended almost all Ottoman rule in Europe and reshaped southeastern Europe before World War I.
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Disputed territory
Kosovo
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, and more than 100 countries recognize it. A map, and why Serbia still claims it.
