National anthem of Ukraine

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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

https://smallwhale.org/articles/national-anthem-of-ukraine

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. What is the original lyricist?Pavlo Chubynskyi, ethnographer
2. What is the original composer?Mykhailo Verbytskyi, composer and Catholic priest
3. What is the name of Ukraine's national anthem?The State Anthem of Ukraine is called 'Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia', which means 'Ukraine's glory and freedom have not yet perished'.
4. Who wrote the words of the anthem?Pavlo Chubynskyi, a Ukrainian writer from Kyiv, wrote the anthem's words in 1862.

Ethnographer: An academic who studies human societies and cultures, often through fieldwork.
Sovereignty: The supreme authority within a territory; self-governance and independence.
National Consciousness: A shared sense of identity and belonging among members of a nation.