Czech countryside
Historical development
Vocabulary
Countryside in the world
100

Czech republic has one of the highest or lowest number of municipalities in Europe?

One of the highest (cca 6250)



100

Name at least two factors, that influenced formation of settlements.

Presence of water, fertile land, good climate conditions, favourable relif ...

100

Which word describes the process of moving people from countryside to cities?

Rural-urban migration/urbanization

100

Which main function has the countryside in most of the world?

production function

200

What is the upper limit of the number of inhabitants, according to the law, for a settlement to be considered a municipality (village)?

3000 

200

In what century and because of which event started the first big migration of people from countryside to towns?

In 18. (19.) century because of Industrial revolution

200

What is the superior word for cows, pigs or sheep?

Livestock 

200

Which type of state has no people living in the coutryside?

Examples are Monaco or Hongkong.

City-state

300

What municipality has the longest name in Czech republic?

Nová Ves u Nového Města na Moravě

300

In which decade of the last century started the intensification of agricuture and collectivization?

1950s

300

Name at least two types of grain/cereals?

Wheat, barley, oat, corn

300

How do we say countryside in Slovak?

Vidiek

400

How many inhabitats has the smallest municipality (number of citizens) in Czech republic?

16 inhabitants

Vysoká Lhota (Pelhřimov)

400

Where were the first permanent human settlements established (region)?

Mesopotamia (9000 BC)

400

In medieval times, villages usually made their own food and tools from their own resources. That means they were independant or in another words ..............?

self-sufficient

400

In which country is the highest village located

Peru (La Rinconada)

500

How many inhabitants has the smallest town in Czechia and what is its name?

Přebuz (Sokolov)

70 inhabitants

500

By which monarch was Olomouc promoted to royal city status?

Přemysl Otakar II. (1253)

500

Which types of houses (by construction) can we find in the countryside?

Name at least 2.

Detached, semi-detached, terraced, bungalow

500

Which state has the biggest share of people living in the countryside?

Burundi/Papua New Guinea