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Colonies and Territories

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Colonies and Territories game quiz
"Do you know which country claimed each colony or territory or what the capital of that colony is or its history? If you do, this is the quiz for you."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. This island was France's last dependency in North America. Oh, and Canada challenged France's sole claim over it. What is this island colony?
    St.-Pierre and Miquelon
    Nunavut
    Aruba
    Marie-Galante


2. What British colony, founded in 1713, is only six-square-kilometers, but one of the best known colonies in the world thanks to its Spanish neighbor?
    Answer: (One Word)


3. To what island was Napoleon sent in exile?
    Comoros
    Seychelles
    St. Pierre
    St. Helena


4. What country lets the Cook Islands self-govern, but has free association with the islands?
    Australia
    Solomon Islands
    Papua New Guinea
    New Zealand


5. Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Baker, and Jarvis Islands are all owned by which independent nation?
    Answer: (three letters)


6. What is the capital of the Isle of Man?
    St. Helier
    Georgetown
    Stanley
    Douglas


7. What territory went from Norwegian Viking control to official Norwegian control in the 1200s to Danish rule in the 1300s, back to Norway in the 1800s and finally back to Denmark in 1814?
    Answer: (Erik the Red)


8. What island, which is an overseas department of France, has been disputed over Comoros?
    Reunion
    Mayotte
    Wallis and Futuna
    Martinique


9. Which of the original countries who controlled the Guianas is not included: United Kingdom and France?
    Portugal
    Spain
    Brazil
    The Netherlands


10. Basutoland was a British protectorate. What is its modern name?
    Answer: (One Word)


11. What was Portugal's 'Hong Kong' to China?
    Answer: (One Word- begins with "M")


12. What is the capital of the Faroe Islands?
    Torshavn
    Stremoy
    Nordoyar
    Sumba


13. The Western Sahara is the territory of what nation?
    Answer: (One Word)


14. Putting aside the Antarctic Treaty, what country claims the South Pole?
    United Kingdom
    Norway
    Russia
    United States


15. What is the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands?
    Tinian
    Nuku'alofa
    Rota
    Saipan


16. Out of the choices below, what is the only territory not owned by Japan, either now or in history?
    Both Koreas
    Mongolia
    Manchuria
    Ryuku Islands


17. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean belongs to what nation?
    Answer: (One Word)


18. Montserrat is an external territory of what nation?
    France
    The Netherlands
    United States
    United Kingdom


19. What island territory broke off from another island group territory named the Netherlands Antilles?
    Answer: (one word)


20. The commonly referred to atoll named Bora-Bora is actually a territory of what independent nation?
    Answer: (One Word)


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