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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The Netherlands
Answer: Indonesia
Singapore was a British colony, Vietnam was ruled by France, and Thailand was never colonised, the only nation in South-East Asia to remain independent.
2. Portugal
Answer: Angola
Zambia and Botswana were colonies of Britain. Namibia was ruled by Germany until 1914, then by (white supremacist) South Africa till 1990(!), when it became an independent country.
3. Britain
Answer: Jamaica
Cuba and the Dominican Republic were ruled by Spain, and Haiti was colonised by France.
4. United States of America
Answer: Palau
The other three answers- Solomon Islands, Fiji and Nauru were all colonised by Britain.
5. France
Answer: Cambodia
Malaysia, Burma (Myanmar) and Brunei were all part of the British Empire.
6. Italy
Answer: Somalia
The other three answers- Sudan and Kenya were controlled by Britain, and France ruled Djibouti.
7. Britain
Answer: Belize
Belize was formerly known as British Honduras. Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua were part of Spain's Empire in Latin America.
8. United States of America
Answer: Philippines
Vietnam was controlled by France, Indonesia by the Netherlands, and Korea was ruled by Japan.
9. Spain
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
Guinea was ruled by France, while Guinea Bissau belonged to Portugal.
Papua was first ruled by Germany, New Guinea by Britain, and as a combined Papua New Guinea, by Australia.
10. Britain
Answer: Kiribati
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau were all "territories" of the USA - not "colonies", because supposedly the USA is anti-colonial.
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