Question: What event preceded the decline of the Teutonic Order?
Answer: the Battle of Grunwald

Question: Who did the Estonians defeat in the Battle of Swienta?
Answer: the Livonian Order

Question: What is date of the Battle of Swienta?
Answer: 1 September 1435

Question: When was the Livonian Confederation Agreement signed?
Answer: 4 December 1435

Question: When did the The Reformation in Europe start?
Answer: 1517

Question: Who led the The Reformation in Europe?
Answer: Martin Luther

Question: What was the year of Martin Luther's death?
Answer: 1546

Question: What parts of society did the Reformation change?
Answer: Language, education, religion and politics

Question: What was the previous language of the church?
Answer: Latin

Question: What form of servitude was eliminated?
Answer: serfdom

Question: When did the Estonian nationalist movement begin?
Answer: 19th century

Question: The development of Estonian national identity was accompanied with what era?
Answer: the Age of Awakening

Question: Who were the leaders of the Age of Awakening?
Answer: Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Jakob Hurt and Carl Robert Jakobson.

Question: What capital of France was lost to the Nazi Germans?
Answer: Paris

Question: When did the Soviet army initiate their blockade on Estonia?
Answer: 14 June

Question: What was the name of the Finnish aeroplane attacked by the Soviets?
Answer: Kaleva

Question: Where was the destination of Kaleva?
Answer: Helsinki

Question: Who commanded the defense of the Estonia to surrender?
Answer: the Estonian government

Question: Who disarmed the Estonian Defence Forces?
Answer: the Red Army

Question: What was the name of the single unit that didn't surrender?
Answer: the Estonian Independent Signal Battalion

Question: When did the Estonian Independent Signal Battalion face off against the Soviets?
Answer: 21 June

Question: What date was Estonia annexed by the Soviets?
Answer: 6 August 1940

Question: Who annexed Estonia as the Estonian SSR?
Answer: the Soviet Union

Question: The rules of joining a super power were ignored from what document?
Answer: the Estonian constitution

Question: What system was used to decide on joining the Soviets?
Answer: elections

Question: What date did the Germans invade the Soviets?
Answer: 22 June 1941

Question: When did the Werhmacht cross the south border of Estonia?
Answer: 7 July

Question: What body of water did the Red Army retreat behind?
Answer: the Pärnu River

Question: When did the Red Army fall back to the Parnu River?
Answer: 12 July

Question: When did the Germans invade the Soviet Union?
Answer: 22 June 1941

Question: When did the Werhmacht cross south border of Estonia?
Answer: 7 July

Question: Who helped the Germans take over Estonia?
Answer: the Estonian Forest Brothers

Question: What did the majority of Estonians view the Germans as?
Answer: liberators

Question: Who was in control of Estonia before the Germans?
Answer: the USSR

Question: What did Estonia hope to restore after the removal of the USSR?
Answer: the country's independence

Question: What did Germany take from Estonia for their war strategy?
Answer: Estonia's resources

Question: Who did some Estonians join as an alternative to the Germans?
Answer: the Finnish Army

Question: Who was the Finnish Army allied with?
Answer: the Nazis

Question: Who composed the The Finnish Infantry Regiment 200?
Answer: Estonian volunteers in Finland

Question: What year did most Estonians join the Germans after a new Soviet threat was emerging?
Answer: 1944

Question: How many Estonians chose to retreat or flee when in anticipation of another Soviet invasion?
Answer: tens of thousands

Question: Which countries did most Estonians desire to flee to?
Answer: Finland or Sweden

Question: What was the name of the refugee ship that Estonians boarded?
Answer: the SS Walnut

Question: What date did the Soviet Council of Ministers issue a declaration to remove native Estonians?
Answer: 12 January 1949

Question: What percentage of Estonians died after deporation?
Answer: Half the deported perished

Question: When were the deported Estonians allowed to return?
Answer: the early 1960s

Question: What event led to the return of Estonians back home?
Answer: Stalin's death

Question: Who fought a guerrilla war against the Soviets?
Answer: the Forest Brothers

Question: What political strategy only allowed major parts of of Estonia to be accessed by the Soviets?
Answer: Militarization

Question: What sea islands were declared border zones?
Answer: Saaremaa and Hiiumaa

Question: What document did people need to travel to the border zones?
Answer: permit

Question: What was established in the city of Paldiski?
Answer: A notable closed military installation

Question: What did most Western countries view as an illegal claim by the USSR?
Answer: the annexation of Estonia

Question: What relationship did Western countries continue with Estonia?
Answer: diplomatic relations

Question: What institution did Western countries refuse to recognize?
Answer: the Estonian SSR

Question: What decade started the push for Estonian independence?
Answer: 1980s

Question: What year did the Singing Revolution occur?
Answer: 1989

Question: What was the demonstration of the Singing Revolution trying to fight for?
Answer: independence

Question: How many people created a chain of solidarity that went Estonia and other countries?
Answer: more than two million people

Question: What was the name of the human chain?
Answer: the Baltic Way

Question: What is the length of the border that Estonia shares with Lativa?
Answer: 267 kilometers

Question: What is the length of the border that Estonia shares with Russia?
Answer: 290 kilometers

Question: What document established the border between Russia and Estonia?
Answer: the 1920 Tartu Peace Treaty

Question: What body of water borders Estonia?
Answer: the Baltic Sea

Question: What is the average elevation of Estonia?
Answer: 50 metres (164 ft)

Question: What is Estonia's highest mountain point?
Answer: the Suur Munamägi

Question: How tall is the the Suur Munamägi?
Answer: 318 metres (1,043 ft)

Question: What section of the temperate climate zone does Estonia reside?
Answer: northern part

Question: What is the similar trait of Estonia's four seasons?
Answer: near-equal length

Question: What is the average temperature of the Baltic Islands?
Answer: 16.3 °C (61.3 °F)

Question: What is the warmest month in Estonia?
Answer: July

Question: What is the largest administrative subdivision in Estonia?
Answer: A maakond

Question: What is the county government in Estonia called?
Answer: Maavalitsus

Question: A Maavanem holds what position in Estonia?
Answer: county governor

Question: Who represents the national government on a local level?
Answer: Maavanem

Question: Who is the leader of Estonia's government?
Answer: the Prime Minister of Estonia

Question: What political structure aids the Prime Minister?
Answer: a multi-party system

Question: The political scene of Estonia is similar to other countries in what continent?
Answer: Northern Europe

Question: Who is Europe's longest serving Prime Minister?
Answer: Andrus Ansip

Question: What position do the citizens of Estonia elect for a four year term?
Answer: The Parliament of Estonia

Question: What year did the Estonians create a constitutional document for their modern political system?
Answer: 1992

Question: How many representatives are in the Estonian parliament?
Answer: 101 members

Question: What can the Estonian parliament do in regards to treaties?
Answer: ratify and denounce international treaties

Question: Who chooses high state officials of Estonia?
Answer: The Riigikogu

Question: Who does the government have to explain their actions to?
Answer: the Riigikogu

Question: What can the Riigikogu monitor for abuse of influence?
Answer: activities of the executive power