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Countries of the World in 1959 on Map

Try to name countries that existed during 1959 with the help of map
Quiz by JetPunker180
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Last updated: May 17, 2024
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First submittedMarch 20, 2021
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Asia
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Cambodia
China
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Mongolia
Burma
Nepal
North Korea
North Vietnam
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Sikkim
South Korea
South Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
North Yemen
Europe
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
East Germany
Finland
France
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Soviet Union
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Vatican City
West Germany
Yugoslavia
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
 
North America
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
United States
 
Africa
United Arab Republic
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guinea
Liberia
Libya
Morocco
South Africa
Sudan
Tunisia
59 Comments
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Level 54
Mar 20, 2021
Suggestions are welcome!
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Level 54
Mar 26, 2021
Source

But there were too many mistakes that's why edited by me.

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Level 96
Mar 20, 2021
Nice quiz. Please correct spelling of Liechtenstein.
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Level 67
Mar 21, 2021
I bow down to you thou noblemen, who has driven back the darkness and replaced it with the brightest of the lights. I bow down to you thou noblemen, who has crushed toowise, a lesser noblemen by any standards. I bow down to you thou noblemen, who is one of only 32 users with 45,000+ points. I bow down to you thou noblemen, who strikes fear deep within the hearts of his enemies. I bow down to you thou noblemen, who stopped me from saying the stroke on this map is a bit hit or miss. I bow down to you thou noblemen, who stopped me from questioning the continental rotation on a flat map. I bow down to you thou noblemen, who has made me write the stupidest comment in my life. I am forever in your service, sir NigelS.
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
IDK what do you mean. I assume that you are saying about that the continents are not straight. IDK how to fix it because the SVG I got from Wikimedia was like that
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Level 67
Mar 21, 2021
No, I was talking about how he is somehow one of 32 people to be level 90. What an honor.
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
Ok, Yep, it is a great rank
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
Liechtenstein is fixed
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Level 68
Mar 21, 2021
Please also put a link the caveats where you got the map from.
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
I get my map from here but there were too many mistakes so I editted it
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Level 68
Mar 21, 2021
Okay, but put that in the description
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
What should I put?
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Level 51
Mar 21, 2021
caveats
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
Hyperlink the map source
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
The map source is inaccurate
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Level 65
Mar 21, 2021
Belize was a British colony (British Honduras) in 1959.
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
Thanks for indication, Fixed
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Level 71
Mar 21, 2021
In the map, Belize is a british colony. But in the answers, Belize is an answer. I think there's a mistake there.
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Level 54
Mar 21, 2021
fixed
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Level 41
Mar 22, 2021
South Yemen didn't become independent until 1967. Also, Malaysia was called Malaya at the time and didn't include the northern part of Borneo.
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Level 41
Mar 25, 2021
Also, Egypt and Syria were united as the United Arab Republic in 1959.
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Level 54
Apr 17, 2022
It will be soon fixed!
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Level 51
Mar 25, 2021
This quiz is a copyright violation. You uploaded the map and edited it, so you have to hyperlink it.

From the page -

Attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Give credit, or I'll be forced to report this quiz.

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Level 54
Mar 26, 2021
Oh sorry, I never knew that it is also necessary to give credit to Wikimedia's file.
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Level 51
Apr 7, 2021
But they do...
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Level 54
Apr 26, 2021
You still haven't a month later.
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Level 54
Apr 26, 2021
I have in comments
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Level 50
Oct 26, 2024
God, you sound like an insufferable busybody
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Level 77
Apr 22, 2021
Belgium and Crimea noises intensify
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Level 54
Apr 17, 2022
I have tried to fix it!
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Level 61
Oct 3, 2021
Hey Jetpunker180, the border for Guinea seems a little thin (at least when you zoom in). Other than that, nice quiz! Nommed.
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Level 61
May 17, 2024
Still hasn't been fixed.
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Level 71
Nov 30, 2021
Cool quiz! This is an interesting point in history you chose, right before the decolonization in Africa. A year after this, the world map looked very different. Also, the detail you put around island countries is cool :)
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Level 73
Apr 17, 2022
There's no South Yemen on the map!
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Level 54
Apr 18, 2022
Thanks for indication! Let me fix!
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Level 28
Apr 24, 2022
theres some places that remain yellow after naming every country such as the oman controllde tip of modern day UAE and some random bit in the USSR
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Level 33
Apr 28, 2022
i didnt guess sikkim only other countries i was knowing
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Level 64
May 10, 2022
Djibouti lights up when the UK is typed in, it should however light up when France is typed in.
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Level 36
Jun 10, 2022
North Borneo, Sarawak still under the Crown Colony of United Kingdom in 1959. I hope that you could include it with Brunei map.
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Level 72
Mar 10, 2023
Papua New Guinea was under Australian administration at the time, wasn't it? Also, the Indonesians only controlled Timor-Leste from 1975 to 1999, it was still Portuguese in 1959.
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Level 72
Mar 14, 2023
As someone mentioned before, Djibouti is mistakenly part of the UK on this map. Also, Yemen had not unified yet with South Yemen still under British control. West Papua (Western New Guinea) was not a part of Indonesia at this time, originally declaring independence in 1961. The Seychelles were a British colony.

You said that your source had "too many mistakes", would you like to elaborate on those mistakes? The only mistakes I noticed were a couple countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a small island of Indonesia.

I really like this quiz, it just needs a bit more work.

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Level 54
Mar 22, 2024
I have fixed alot of problems. Let me know if some are left
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Level 52
Aug 8, 2023
The border of Indonesia and Timor-Leste is visible on the map.
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Level 75
Mar 14, 2024
Accept Germany for West Germany because it's still the same as Germany?
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Level 72
May 17, 2024
Second that. East and West Germany were only colloquial names
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Level 72
Mar 22, 2024
A few notes: North Yemen has been put in the wrong continent and it lacks capitalization of the Y. The other Yemen (should be South Yemen) is displayed as UK on the map. Could you please put a circle or arrow at Sikkim? I couldn't find the missing country on the map. And shouldn't just Germany be accepted for West Germany?
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Level 54
Mar 22, 2024
South Yemen was part of uk in 1959(it gained independence in 1962). North Yemen has been fixed.
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Level 59
Mar 22, 2024
Honduras and El Salvador are off
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Level 54
Mar 22, 2024
Will fix that
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Level 80
Mar 22, 2024
Why is Sikkim listed as in Africa?
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Level 67
Mar 22, 2024
100% first try! it seems like North America is split in half, Guatemala and Honduras are disconnected.
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Level 64
May 17, 2024
Awesome quiz!

A pair of inconsequential nitpicks:

- In 1959 Myanmar still went by Burma

- The territory of Portuguese India lights up when Spain is entered

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Level 54
May 17, 2024
Working on it
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Level 85
May 17, 2024
There's a blank cell at the bottom of the Africa block.
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Level 54
May 17, 2024
Fixed
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Level 77
May 17, 2024
I think central america broke
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Level 60
May 18, 2024
What causes Anguilla to be filled in as a part of Andorra?
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Level 80
Oct 20, 2024
Fantastic quiz!

Just a couple of minor corrections

- East Timor was not under Indonesian occupation in 1959, it was still a colony of Portugal

- PNG was administered by Australia, not the UK

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Level 55
Oct 20, 2024
Why is North America moved to the south?

Guatemala and Honduras have the goofiest border