Lithuania Independence Movements

The Baltic Way human chain was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of which 1939 agreement?

• Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
• Treaty of Versailles
• Yalta Agreement
• Pact of Steel

What is the official name of the document adopted on March 11, 1990 that declared Lithuania’s restoration of independence?

• Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
• Baltic Way Declaration
• Lithuanian Independence Proclamation of 1918
• Vilnius Declaration of 1990

Who served as the head of state (Chairman of the Supreme Council) of Lithuania immediately after the March 11, 1990 declaration of independence?

• Vytautas Landsbergis
• Algirdas Brazauskas
• Kazimira Prunskienė
• Antanas Smetona

Select the date on which Soviet authorities officially recognised Lithuanian independence.

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

Choose the accurate description of the events of January 13, 1991 in Vilnius.

• Soviet military actions against unarmed civilians defending key sites in Vilnius, resulting in civilian deaths
• A mass emigration of Lithuanians to neighboring countries
• The signing of a treaty formally reuniting Lithuania with the Soviet Union
• A Soviet-backed election that confirmed Communist rule

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

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

Select the international pact associated with the Baltic Way commemoration.

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