Balkan Countries Quiz

The Balkans refers to the southeastern European peninsula bordered by the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean, and Black Seas. The region includes Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania (and sometimes Moldova and Turkey's European portion). Many of these countries emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, making the Balkans one of the most recently reshaped political maps in Europe.

The Former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s into six internationally recognized successor states: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia (including Kosovo at the time), Montenegro, and North Macedonia. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and is recognized by about 100 UN member states. The region's complex ethnic, religious, and national mix - With Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics, and Muslims in close proximity - Has made it historically turbulent. Explore more with our European countries map quiz, Baltic states map quiz, and European capitals map quiz.