The Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog was bought by the German count Berthold von Bernstorff in 1893. I think the island was privately owned by him, but that would make the island german. It was given back to the Netherlands after WWII.
If it was his private possession, not really, though 19th century laws might have been different. If you buy an island in Bahamas, it remains part of the country.
I would have expected a big dropoff after the neighbouring countries. For those that were like me and didnt immediately think of africa... then again once you do think of it there is enough time, got all of them but didnt get around to the islands
Close but wrong. As a Chamorro from Guam, Guam has been controlled by 3 nations. Spain, the United States briefly by Japan in WW2 than it went back to the USA.
Guam is part of the Marianas Islands, anything north of Guam (Guam is the furthest south so pretty much all the other islands in the chain) were previously controlled by Germany. When they lost WW1 they were acquired by Japan. Following the loss in WW2, the USA absorbed the islands. I believe this is where that small percentage comes from.
Very nice history, Cockybra! The Northern Mariana Islands are an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the USA. Germany only held the islands briefly, buying them from the Spanish in 1899 and losing them to a Japanese mandate in 1919.
It there any better way to show over seas territories? Maybe separate them by continent? Also it would be cool if someone made the same quiz but with and SVG map.
complete fail for me. never thought of polynesia and after getting namibia and guessing congo, tanzania and chad, didn't bother going for other african countries. fool! always bother to go for african countries.
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Got every country except a really hard one I think only very few people will ever mention at this quiz: "Germany".
Typical for this type of quizzes. You find every country after hard brain work and then there is this one answer you can`t and of course it`s the most obvious...
Just out of curiosity, why was Germany so interested in controlling a bunch of islands in the Pacific? I've always thought of most Pacific countries in the late 1800s/early 1900s as being controlled (or at least influenced) by the United States and to a lesser extent Japan. Both of those countries make sense since they border the Pacific, but I can't imagine Germany had much to gain by controlling small, sparsely populated, resource-poor islands halfway across the world from them.
when did Germany control any of the USA? they never sold any land to it (right?) and they never invaded the USA (right?) since it was an ocean apart an extra large
and Kenya: Wituland
Guam is part of the Marianas Islands, anything north of Guam (Guam is the furthest south so pretty much all the other islands in the chain) were previously controlled by Germany. When they lost WW1 they were acquired by Japan. Following the loss in WW2, the USA absorbed the islands. I believe this is where that small percentage comes from.
Typical for this type of quizzes. You find every country after hard brain work and then there is this one answer you can`t and of course it`s the most obvious...
They had a small amount of land which was ceded to Portugal after WWI
this is the German Empire of 1871-1918