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100
What is the capital city of Ukraine?
Kiev
100
What is the most important room in a Ukrainian home?
Kitchen
100
What is Ukraine's main industry?
Farming
100
What are the 2 main languages found in Ukraine?
Ukrainian and Russian
100
What colors are Ukraines flag? What do they represent?
Blue sky Yellow fields of wheat
200
What continent is Ukraine on?
Europe
200
Tell one fact about how Ukrainian people live in the Country.
-very few homes have indoor plumbing -the toilet is in an outbuilding in the backyard -water is taken from a well -many families grow their own food and raise animals -the living room is often used as a second bedroom -oven is used for cooking and heating the room
200
Name 2 other important industries that provide Ukrainian people with jobs.
Manufacturing Mining and Energy
200
Tell 2 facts about Language or Education in Ukraine.
-33 letters in the alphabet -uses Greek letters -for 50 years, ukrainian people were forced to speak Russian -people secretly spoke ukrainian and taught it to their children -children start school at 6 or 7 years old -must attend school for 12 years
200
Name 2 national symbols of Ukraine.
borsch soup, holubsti cabbage rolls, varenyky potato dumplings, soccer, stork, oak tree, bandura, pysanky egg, guelder rose
300
Name 3 countries that border Ukraine.
Romania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Belarus, Russia
300
Tell one fact about how Ukrainians live in the city.
-most people live in apartments -the toilet and bathtub are often in separate rooms -many people move to the cities looking for work in factories or offices -large families in a small apartment mean children oven sleep in the living room -apartments have electricity and plumbing but at times does not work well. -many cities have "rolling blackouts" when power is cut off at certain times of the day. -water is sometimes undrinkable; no hot water -shopping is done at grocery stores and markets
300
What are the two types of farms found in Ukraine? What is the difference between them?
State Farms and Collective Farms People who work on state farms get paid by the government. People who work on collective farms get paid a wage and a share of the profit.
300
Name and describe 2 specific types of Ukrainian foods.
Varenyky, holubsti, borsch paska, kovbasa, kolach
300
What is a pennisula? Where is it located in Ukraine and what is it called?
A piece of land that sticks out and is connected by a thin strip of land to the main part of the country. Its is almost completely surrounded by water. The Crimean Pennisula is located in southern Ukraine.
400
What 2 main rivers run through Ukraine? What bodies of water are these rivers connected to?
Dnipro and Dnister Rivers Sea of Azov and the Black Sea
400
Tell about 2 different Ukrainian beliefs.
Answers vary...
400
How has Ukrainian industries changed since the past?
-Factories used to make only military weapons under Russian rule, but now can make things that people need. -the farming industry has suffered since the land has been contaminated from the nuclear explosion
400
Give 2 facts describing Ukrainian traditional clothing.
-colorful and bright -decorated with beautiful embroidery -only worn during festivals, celebrations, or performances
400
Is Ukraines Climate more similar or different from Canada's? Explain how.
Similar: same 4 seasons, Ukraine has a continental climate that has warm to cool summers, and cold winters. Different: The southern part of Ukraine has a Mediterranean climate (summers are hot and dry and winters are mild and rainy)
500
What two mountains are located in Ukraine?
Carpathian and Crimean Mountains
500
Give one reason why Ukrainians might have a good quality of life and one reason why Ukrainians might have a bad quality of life.
Good: even though they may not have much, they have all of their basic needs met. (answers vary...) Bad: some Ukrainians are still suffering from the Chernobyl nuclear explosion (answers vary...)
500
Name 2 products Ukraine imports, and 2 products Ukraine exports.
imports: oil, natural gas, rubber, wood, textiles exports: metals, fuel, chemicals, machinery, oil products, food products
500
Why is music and dance important to Ukrainian people?
-has been done for hundreds of years -an important way for Ukrainians to tell the history of Ukraine -celebrates important occassions such as changing seasons, marriages, and death.
500
Name 1 holiday Ukrainians celebrate but Canadians don't Name 1 holiday that Ukraine and Canada have in common.
Different: Lent, Ivan Kupala day, Independence Day, The Day of Knowledge, St. Nicholas day Similar: Christmas eve, April Fool's day, Victory day, Mother's Day, Easter, New years day