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Silesia (; ; ; ; Silesian German: "Schlasing"; Silesian: "Slunsk" ; ; ; ) is a region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is about , and its population about 8,000,000. Silesia is located along the Oder River. It consists of Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia.

The region is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocaw. The biggest metropolitan area is the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, the centre of which is Katowice. Parts of the Czech city of Ostrava fall within the borders of Silesia.

Silesia's borders and national affiliation have changed over time, both when it was a hereditary possession of noble houses and after the rise of modern nation-states. The first known states to hold power there were probably those of Greater Moravia at the end of the 9th century and Bohemia early in the 10th century. In the 10th century, Silesia was incorporated into the early Polish state, and after its division in the 12th century became a Piast duchy. In the 14th century, it became a constituent part of the Bohemian Crown Lands under the Holy Roman Empire, which passed to the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in 1526.

1. True or False: Silesia is contained entirely in Germany.
2. How many countries is it in?
3. Where is most of it located?
4. What are the other two countries it is part of?
5. When did Bohemia rule there?
6. What other state ruled it?
7. When?
8. What happened to Silesia in the 900s?
9. What did it become in the 1100s?
10. What state ruled the Crown Lands?
11. True or False: The Holy Roman Empire passed to the Bourbon Monarchy.
12. To which monarchy did the Crown lands pass?
13. When?
14. What is the German name for Silesia?
15. How many people live there?
16. What flowing water is it near?
17. Is Silesia further divided in any way?
18. Into how many parts?
19. What are they called?
20. What is its major city?
1. False.
2. Three.
3. Poland
4. the Czech Republic and Germany.
5. the 10th century
6. Greater Moravia
7. at the end of the 9th century
8. it was incorporated into the early Polish state
9. a Piast duchy
10. the Holy Roman Empire
11. False.
12. the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
13. 1526
14. "Schlasing"
15. about 8,000,000
16. the Oder River
17. Yes.
18. Two.
19. Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia.
20. Wrocaw.