they weren't on the map back when he took it. The first time I took this quiz, the only independent countries in Africa were Ethiopia, Liberia, and South Africa. The quizmaker has updated it to include more obscure nations that were independent in their own right
That confused me too. I couldn't see tiny countries like Monaco, Andorra and Liechtenstein on the map, even when enlarged but I could see the Bahamas and wasted time racking my brains to think what they might have been called prior to WW1
When I took it the dot for the location of Andorra wouldn't turn green after I entered Andorra. I took it twice to make sure it wasn't a one time error.
I had the same problem. In addition, Liechtenstein is missing a dot. I was looking at the map (not the successful answers below). I was missing only 1 country which appeared to be Andorra, but was actually Liechtenstein.
it may be because there is one pixel on the zoomed in version which is red, whereas the other dot countries probably don't even cover one pixel. It would be helpful though to have the liechtenstein dot added.
Excellent quiz! I got them all with 1:50 remaining at 1:10:53 PM on March 24, 2019. Now I am at 1102 points, and Level 34! Not too difficult of a quiz if you know early 20th century and World War 1 history, and far easier than the Countries of the World Quiz.
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.
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?
I was really out of place. I din't even remember the european microstates until like the very end. And also I learnt that Newfoundland was independent. Overall, nice quiz. :)
Before this quiz, I just took a quiz that was of the countries of the world in 1400. Imagine the immense satisfaction that I had that I didn't even zoom in. The map was just so CLEAN.
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 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.
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.
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
I tried Epirus and it didn't work. Never thought to try adding the "Northern". Would it be possible to accept Epirus just as Macedonia is accepted in Countries of the World for today even though the country is North Macedonia officially? Unlike, say, Korea, there's no need to distinguish in this case.
Hello, I am currently doing some research to make my own quiz and I am using this quiz as a source and I saw your comment. When you search 'Landak' it gives you some sort of hedgehog but if you search 'Landak Tribe' it gives you the 'Kendayan people'. But there is nothing about them being a country or nation or sultanate or whatever. I know I didn't really answer your question but maybe if you dig deeper you can find something.
Still confused about Tibet though.........
Also, it might be a good idea to add a black circle for Liechtenstein.
I did get Andorra though, I knew because they donated a grand total of 0 troops for WWI yet still declared war.
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.
Otherwise a great quiz with a great map.
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Jabal - 11%
Wow... that's a giant gap!
(Also, the percentages are now 56% and 6%.)
The UK looked after its foreign affairs but it remained independent and was at least as independent as NZ Australia Canada etc
- The knowledge panel on that one wiki article
-I was so close, yet so far to that all important 5th point.
Have a nice day :)