Countries of the World in 1914 with a Map

Luxembourg - too big to warrant a dot, too small to be seen on the map.

It has a giant dot now, which confused me, because in all the other quizzes it didn have one.. I personally which it wasnt there..

Man This Quiz Is GREATT!

Good Job!

Why is Swaziland a lake? And why is northern Papua New Guinea owned by Portugal?

Almost missed Newfoundland

You found it?

Great quiz! I really enjoyed that. Seeing 6 or 7 countries turn half the map green really puts colonialism into perspective...

Didn't the German Empire own the northern part of New Guinea? If so why is it owned by Portugal on this map? Please change it.

Nor were Canada, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa.

Yeah but Newfoundland was like REALLY not independent

Why is tibet not on here it was a country until 1959

no

actually ur right and wrong but its on here

New Frickin Foundland.

I did get Andorra though, I knew because they donated a grand total of 0 troops for WWI yet still declared war.

I can tell you pronounce Newfounland wrong, so just so everybody knows, it's pronounced "NOOfn-land", not "New Foundlind"

Where is the Vatican?

I SWEAR I typed in Germany, oh my I'm not very smart

That moment when you forget Russia...

A little fix is required on the map - Djibouti stays yellow even if you guess all answer

Easier than I expected. No small countries outside of Europe I've never heard about or trying to guess which Oceanian countries were already independent etc.

was the middle of arabian peninsula still not inhabited by anyone at this time

No. The only uninhabited place is in the southeastern corner of the grey area on the map and known as the Empty Quarter still to this day. Most of the unfilled area on the map in 1914 was controlled by the Rashid clan of the oasis and trading city of Ha'il in northern Arabia. Their state is also known as the Emirate of Ha'il, the Rashid (or Rashidi) Emirate, the Rashidi Dynasty, or the Emirate of Jabal Shammar. Their absence from the quiz and map is odd, except insofar as since living in Saudi Arabia I've noticed that Westerners knowledge of the history of this region seems to be something like a black hole.

The Emirate was eventually overrun by King Abdulaziz of the House of Saud, who returned from exile in Kuwait to conquer first Riyadh, and then most of the peninsula, in the 1920s. The Rashid clan is still sore about this.

It seems as though Ha'il (Jabar) and the 2nd Saudi state (Emirate of Nejd) were added to the map with the last update ... though... I'm a little confused about Nejd being on here because I thought they had been overrun by the Rashidis (Ha'il/Jabar) by 1914. Was there an interim Nejdi state between the 2nd and 3rd Saudi kingdoms?

Nejd was overrun in 1891 but regained independence in 1902.

Why are Iran and Thailand accepted?

Because then people would get angry if they weren't

Tibet gained their independence in 1913

I guessed Newfoundland when Europe failed. Surprised it worked.

British raj did not own Bhutan and Afghanistan.

Liked it!

cool! I am a kid but answer correctly all.

ok?

Awesome quiz!

crazy and quite sad to see just three independent countries in Africa

Kinda funny that there were only three independent countries in Africa at the time.

Awesome quiz!

what on earth is newfoundland? like how lazy is the guy that came up with the name?

Accept Cape Colony for South Africa

its name wasnt that south africa was the name and also cape colony and south africa are basically the same amount of letters.

I was wondering if Neutral Moresnet was considered an independent country as well?

Wasn't Somaliland British?

The Northern half of Somaliland was British

Amazing quiz, but I can't find any mention of Anaza on Wikipedia. What can you tell us about that country?

There's not a lot of information on Anaza, unfortunately. It was a sheikhdom that existed from around the mid-19th century until its annexation by the Sauds in the 1920s (likely 1922).

The horrors of the Atlantic Slave Trade...

The Atlantic slave trade was actually over before the real Scramble for Africa began. European nations formally controlled about 10% of Africa when the last slave ships sailed in 1870. By 1914 it was 90%. Horrors of colonialism/imperialism.

Nejd - 69%

Jabal - 11%

Wow... that's a giant gap!

Neither did I. It accepts 'Saudi'.

(Also, the percentages are now 56% and 6%.)

sad ecuador and bolivia

I guessed Epirus but it wasn't accepted for Northern Epirus.

Portuguese- and French-controlled territories on the Indian subcontinent are missing. Also, Tibet is looking rather different. The country of Tibet roughly corresponded to the current "autonomous region" of Tibet.

Actually, Tibet's (and Mongolia's) borders were constantly changing due to the ungoing Chinese Civil War.

Epirus should be an acceptable answer for Northern Epirus.

The percentage drop, though...

Tonga never relinquished its sovereignty. It is the only Pacific Island nation to remain independent throughout the colonial era.

The UK looked after its foreign affairs but it remained independent and was at least as independent as NZ Australia Canada etc

Wasn't Russia known as the Soviet Union in 1914?

1922–1991

- The knowledge panel on that one wiki article

I didn't Get Northern Epirus Because It Didn't Accept Just 'Epirus'

I made a typo when I was trying to type Haiti, and I ended up with... Jabal?

It also means you missed out on the very obvious "Show Missing Countries" option.

the percentage drop from Monaco to Jabal lol

British raj should be an answer, even Hoi4 considers it a "country" just like Canada or Australia

HOI4 starts in 1936, 22 years after this. Different time.

68 for first time, not bed?

"This beats 94.9% of test takers..."

-I was so close, yet so far to that all important 5th point.

Out of curiosity, why did Britain control most of coastal Oman while the state known as "Oman" only controlled some inner areas? As far as I know, Muscat is a coastal city

The Worldmap is really more beautiful with Tibet in it!!