No, they were the ones who came up with the name "Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea" They call themselves this because they think it makes them sound better, it's basically propaganda. They are not democratic at all, so I think the better name is just "north korea" but their government calls themselves the DPRK
Technically, they don't call themselves by the same name in either English or Korean. South Korea is The Republic of Korea (RoK) in English; 한국 (Hangook) in Korean. North Korea is The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in English; 조선 (Joseon) in Korean. Though since the English-speaking world calls them North Korea and South Korea and these quizzes are in English, I'd say those common names are acceptable. After all, should we put Mexico in countries that start with U? Most countries don't have simple names and that would just get confusing.
right? Putting the United States of Mexico under U would be like putting the United States of America under U or the Democratic Republic of Congo under D or the People's Republic of China under P. That wouldn't make any sense at all.
Actually, it would be "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" in Spanish Speaking countries, and since I'm trilingual (German, English, & Spanish. Guess what? YOU PROBABLY DONT CARE AT ALL!), I would have to call it that.
English though, definitely. I wish that Canada could just go with "The United Provinces of Canada", as the U.S. Goes with "The United States of America", and both of Mexico's FULL names are "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (That translated to English being "The United Mexican States") and "República Mexicana" (That translated to English being "The Republic of Mexico").
Yet, Canada is Canada, they can be unique and have their full name just be Canada. It's up to the people of Canada (Or Justin Trudeau, I'll do research on that)
On this site we only count adjectives in the official names of countries as part of the name of that country in the case of the USA, UAE, DRC and maybe RoC. And only when those names are rarely used in the common vernacular in the case of the latter two. For pretty much everything else, we don't. Yes it's inconsistent. Deal with it.
Also except for Zealand, Kingdom of Britain and Ireland, Republic (there is more than one possibility here), States of Micronesia, Papua Guinea, and maybe a few others I can't think of at the moment.
I have always only known it as papua new guinea. Only here I typed new guinea, because somehow I learned that was accepted and saves times typing. I have never heard anyone actually call it that in real life. (but maybe that differs per place you life, but here atleast it is not a thing at all.)
I managed to forget Portugal. Being European and having been to Portugal a few times, not impressed with myself on that one. Also tried Palestine, but....
Listen, there's a difference between facts and opinions. In this case, Palestine being a country is an opinion, not a fact. You do not get to decide if a territory fulfills all the requirements to be a State; I would say that everything points to Palestine not fulfilling these requirements, so I think it is a little stubborn to just affirm that it is a country, without at least giving an explanation stating which criteria is used to make such affirmation.
which is probably why it's already filled in on the quiz and you don't have to guess it. There's no way to do it where everybody's happy but this is probably the best compromise.
The majority of the international community recognises the State of Palestine. It has a status of a non-member observer state in the United Nations – which amounts to a de facto, or implicit, recognition of statehood. It is a member of the Arab League, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, G77, and the International Olympic Committee.
So, yes, there's a difference between facts and opinions. And your *opinion* is outdated.
Yes, it did (8 'yes' votes, two 'no', and five abstentions). The vote was symbolic anyway as the USA had already indicated it would use its veto to block a positive outcome. The lack of democracy in the UN is its biggest failure, if you ask me. Allowing a handful of countries to block any vote that doesn't go their way is a peculiar way to run an organisation which is supposed to represent the entire world.
IMO there's arguments both for and against veto rights. Big countries like Russia, USA, China definitely should have more power in the UN than lets say Palau or Micronesia; but I'd rather give them more votes than the ability to directly VETO a decision.
Maybe give the big countries 10-20 votes each? Then there's the question how to decide who gets more votes.
The UN is a coordinating device to keep the peace between the Great Powers; its democratic elements are at most a fig leaf. This is unsurprising; why would the powerful and wealthy nations give the weak and poor nations the power to bind them? Why would the US (or Russia, or China, etc.) allow the Palaus and Zimbabwes of the world to loot its treasury, limit its industry, or command its army?
It's not. But some people start up stupid arguments over it. And the only reason it's on this quiz is Quizmaster (the creator of this quiz) is trying to avoid getting swamped with idiotic comments.
Exactly, these "I'll do it like this so people wont complain" arent really thought through. It actually usually generates more complaints. Instead of making both sides happy, you are triggering both sides. Because neither side will agree with the chosen "compromise".
That's the nature of compromise. Something both sides don't agree on, but can live with for the sake of getting along with the people on the other side of your issue.
I don't live in Peru, but I DEMAND that you put the Peruvian flag at the top. I will be deeply OFFENDED if you don't do this, because it's all about ME ME ME, isn't it!!!
Just think of Philip, and that he pines for something. Philip pines for chocolate. (or something a bit more poetic, with better cadence/rhyme "Philip pines pinot wines")
The only way i can get these quizzes is by visualizing each area in order ... yet I always forget one obvous one - got Peru in the last 2 seconds of this quiz, apologies to those in Peru. I definitely recommend the 'countries quiz' makes these smaller quizzes easier. PS: I want to thank Jetpunk and the quizzmasters so much ... these quizzes are helping so much with a condition I have ... Much Aroha from NZ.
You know, it is jetpunk, if you spend more than a week here you will know palau. Now in the "outside" world, if it was anywhere near 5 % I would be surprised. Even more than 1 % would be surprsing. Here it is just another country like philippines or peru.
Don't stress - Palestine appears in a country in the quizzes I write!
Why? Firstly, because in 1988 they declared that they are a country, followed by most of the world's countries (139 out of 195, or 71%, so far) agreeing that it is a country. Nobody else (not even Israel) has claimed that it is theirs. Also because Palestine was granted UN observer status, like Vatican City has, and Switzerland had until 1992, on a vote of 138 to 9 (the US could veto full membership, but they just had to accept that almost nobody agreed with them because they cannot veto observer status). Also because when I visited there and had a look for myself its nationhood was obvious for several reasons (I'd list them all if there was space!). Anyone who disagrees with this assessment, go there and see for yourself before you parrot the US State Department and their political posture.
English though, definitely. I wish that Canada could just go with "The United Provinces of Canada", as the U.S. Goes with "The United States of America", and both of Mexico's FULL names are "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (That translated to English being "The United Mexican States") and "República Mexicana" (That translated to English being "The Republic of Mexico").
Yet, Canada is Canada, they can be unique and have their full name just be Canada. It's up to the people of Canada (Or Justin Trudeau, I'll do research on that)
So, yes, there's a difference between facts and opinions. And your *opinion* is outdated.
(Example: “India is the most populous country on Earth.”
Is it an opinion? No, it’s merely a statement.
Is it correct? Also no, China is.)
taxes, so that the government can throw its money around to control
"democratic" endeavors.
Maybe give the big countries 10-20 votes each? Then there's the question how to decide who gets more votes.
Palestine is not a country. It is a region.
Why? Firstly, because in 1988 they declared that they are a country, followed by most of the world's countries (139 out of 195, or 71%, so far) agreeing that it is a country. Nobody else (not even Israel) has claimed that it is theirs. Also because Palestine was granted UN observer status, like Vatican City has, and Switzerland had until 1992, on a vote of 138 to 9 (the US could veto full membership, but they just had to accept that almost nobody agreed with them because they cannot veto observer status). Also because when I visited there and had a look for myself its nationhood was obvious for several reasons (I'd list them all if there was space!). Anyone who disagrees with this assessment, go there and see for yourself before you parrot the US State Department and their political posture.
Scoring
You scored 5/9 = 56%
This beats or equals 24.4% of test takers
The average score is 7
Your high score is 5