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The Tollund Man, found exceptionally well-preserved in a Danish peat bog, dates to which broad archaeological period?
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- Iron Age
Which archaeological culture is credited with introducing farming and building megalithic tombs in Neolithic Denmark around 4000 BCE?
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- Funnel Beaker culture (TRB)
The Baltic Way human chain was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of which 1939 agreement?
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- Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Which three Baltic countries participated in the Baltic Way human chain in 1989?
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- Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
What is the official name of the document adopted on March 11, 1990 that declared Lithuania’s restoration of independence?
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- Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
In which year did the Soviet Union occupy and subsequently annex Lithuania during World War II?
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- 1940
Who served as the head of state (Chairman of the Supreme Council) of Lithuania immediately after the March 11, 1990 declaration of independence?
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- Vytautas Landsbergis
In which year was Sąjūdis, the reform movement that mobilized public support for Lithuanian independence from the Soviet Union, established?
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- 1988
During the January 1991 events in Lithuania, at which location in Vilnius did Soviet forces attack and civilians die while defending state institutions?
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- Vilnius TV Tower
On what date did the Baltic Way human chain, linking Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, take place?
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- August 23, 1989
Which body declared the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania on March 11, 1990, effectively restoring Lithuanian independence from the Soviet Union?
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- Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania
On which date was the Act of Independence of Lithuania signed, declaring the restoration of an independent Lithuanian state in 1918?
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- February 16, 1918
Select the date on which Soviet authorities officially recognised Lithuanian independence.
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- September 6, 1991
Choose the accurate description of the events of January 13, 1991 in Vilnius.
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- Soviet military actions against unarmed civilians defending key sites in Vilnius, resulting in civilian deaths
Select the statement that correctly describes Vytautas Landsbergis’s role during the restoration of independence.
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- He was leader of Sąjūdis and served as Chairman of the Supreme Council that declared independence
Identify the nature and role of the ‘Forest Brothers’ after World War II.
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- Armed anti-Soviet partisans who resisted Soviet rule in the postwar period
Select the international pact associated with the Baltic Way commemoration.
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- Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939)
Choose the best description of the Baltic Way event and its purpose.
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- A human chain linking people across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to protest the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Identify the founding date of the Reform Movement of Lithuania (Sąjūdis).
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- June 3, 1988
Select the correct description of Sąjūdis and its role in Lithuania’s move toward independence.
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- A reform movement that mobilized public support for independence and democratic change