Select the statement that correctly describes Vytautas Landsbergis’s role during the restoration of independence.

  • He was leader of Sąjūdis and served as Chairman of the Supreme Council that declared independence
  • He was the Soviet-appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party in Lithuania
  • He led the armed Forest Brothers resistance after World War II
  • He was the Soviet ambassador who negotiated recognition of Lithuanian independence
  • 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.

  • Armed anti-Soviet partisans who resisted Soviet rule in the postwar period
  • A cultural revival group promoting Lithuanian folk songs
  • A Soviet administrative body organizing collective farms
  • A pro-Soviet militia formed during the 1991 crisis
  • Armed anti-Soviet partisans who resisted Soviet rule in the postwar period

Select the international pact associated with the Baltic Way commemoration.

  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939)
  • Treaty of Versailles (1919)
  • Yalta Agreement (1945)
  • Helsinki Accords (1975)
  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (1939)

Choose the best description of the Baltic Way event and its purpose.

  • A human chain linking people across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to protest the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
  • A secret armed uprising coordinated by anti-Soviet partisans
  • A Soviet cultural festival celebrating Baltic republics
  • A trade agreement signed by the three Baltic capitals
  • 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).

  • June 3, 1988
  • August 23, 1989
  • March 11, 1990
  • February 16, 1918
  • June 3, 1988

Select the correct description of Sąjūdis and its role in Lithuania’s move toward independence.

  • A reform movement that mobilized public support for independence and democratic change
  • An underground armed resistance organization active after World War II
  • The Soviet Communist Party branch in Lithuania
  • A foreign diplomatic mission advocating for Lithuanian independence
  • A reform movement that mobilized public support for independence and democratic change

Choose the date when the Supreme Council declared the restoration of Lithuanian independence from the Soviet Union.

  • March 11, 1990
  • September 6, 1991
  • February 16, 1918
  • August 23, 1989
  • March 11, 1990

Identify the date when the Council of Lithuania adopted the Act declaring an independent Lithuanian state in 1918.

  • February 16, 1918
  • March 11, 1990
  • August 23, 1939
  • June 3, 1988
  • February 16, 1918