1)
Fill the gap:
Once upon a time there ________________________ (be) three brothers, Lech, Czech and Rus.
2)
Fill the gap:
Czech ________________________ (go) west, Rus travelled east, and Lech ________________________ (stop) in the middle and founded Poland.
3)
Fill the gap:
The Slavs of Poland ________________________ (be) formed by some tribes, such as Polans, Masovians, Vistulans or Silesians.
4)
Fill the gap:
Mieszko ________________________ (be) Poland’s first official leader. He was a duke, but he ________________________ (not be) a king.
5)
Correct the wrong word:
Poland accepted Christianity in 966 A.D. as they didn’t want to be a pagan country anymore.
6)
Fill the gap:
Mieszko’s son, Boleslaw the Brave ________________________ (expand) the territory south.
7)
Correct the wrong word:
Bolesław the Brave became Poland’s first official king.
8)
Fill the gap:
The Piast dynasty ended with Casimir the Great. At that time Poland ________________________ (lose) much of its territory.
9)
Fill the gap:
King Casimir the Great didn’t have a son, so he ________________________ (leave) the kingdom to his nephew Lewis, the king of Hungary.
10)
Fill the gap:
Then Lewis’s daughter Jadwiga ________________________ (get) Poland and became the king, not queen, of the country.
11)
Fill the gap:
Jadwiga ________________________ (marry) Wladyslaw Jogalia (Jagiełło), the duke of Lithuania. The marriage ________________________ (make) the country bigger and stronger.
12)
Fill the gap:
At the same time the Teutonic Order ________________________ (turn) into a real enemy of Poland.
13)
Put the words in order:
Battle
country
conflict.
the
helped
the
in
1410
of
end
Grunwald
our
Fortunately,
14)
Fill the gap:
The Hussars ________________________ (win) many battles for Poland. They became the most powerful and disciplined soldiers in Europe.
15)
Put the words in order:
century
The
brought
the
protestant
reformation.
XVI
16)
Fill the gap:
The mid-XVII century Swedish Deluge ________________________ (ruin) the country, and Poland was getting weaker and weaker.
17)
Fill the gap:
The First Partition of Poland ________________________ (take) place in 1772.
18)
Fill the gap:
Then, in 1793 and 1795, there were two other partitions and Poland ________________________ (not exist) on the map for the next 123 years.
