Estonia

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/estonia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Estonia?Approximately 1.4 million people
2. How big is Estonia?45,227 square kilometers (17,462 square miles)
3. What is the capital of Estonia?Tallinn
4. What language do people speak in Estonia?Estonian (official), with significant Russian-speaking minority
5. When was Estonia built?First independence declared February 24, 1918; restored August 20, 1991
6. What kind of government does Estonia have?Democratic unitary parliamentary republic

Uralic Language Family: A group of languages spoken in parts of Northern Europe and Asia, including Finnish and Estonian.
De Facto Occupation: Control exercised in practice, even if not legally recognized by all.
Government-in-Exile: A political group that claims to be the legitimate government of a country but is unable to exercise power.
Unitary State: A state governed as a single entity in which the central government is ultimately supreme.