The U.S. severed diplomatic relations with this country January 3, 1961
CHUba 🇨🇺
The Cuzco School was a group of multiethnic artists centered in what's now this country
PUru 🇵🇪
World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded this country
PUland 🇵🇱
This archipelago nation is home to more than 100 active volcanoes, including Mount Bromo
InJONNYsia 🇮🇩
A valley in this country where some of the first bones were found gave the Neanderthals their name
GEOmany 🇩🇪
June 12, 2018 marked the first meeting between a U.S. president & a leader of this country
North KorLEA 🇰🇵
In 2009 a ship captained by Richard Phillips was 280 miles off the coast of this country when pirates boarded
SEAMalia / SomaLEA 🇸🇴
The language of the Maoris became an official language of this country in 1987
NOODzealand 🇳🇿
The largest nation in Central Asia, this landlocked "stan" has abundant mineral & petroleum resources
KazakSEAM 🇰🇿
5 years after a successful 1971 military coup, Idi Amin became life president of this nation
CHUganda 🇺🇬
The capital, Cockburn Town, is on Grand Turk in this island group
Turks & CAROcos 🇹🇨
The largest proven reserves of crude oil lie not in the Mideast but belong to this country
VenezueLEA 🇻🇪
Part of the Soviet Union until 1991, it's the largest of the 3 Baltic nations
LiCHUania 🇱🇹