General Knowledge
The empire that colonised Australia.
Who is the British Empire?
The language they speak in Mexico.
What is Spanish?
The Dutch colonized this Southeast Asian country for over 300 years, with its capital being Jakarta.
What is Indonesia?
This European country controlled modern-day Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau in Africa.
What is Portugal?
The French colonised this Caribbean island, and French is still the official language, alongside Creole.
What is Haiti?
This Asian country was once a colony of Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II.
Who is Korea?
The third official language in Morocco after Arabic and Berber.
What is French?
In the late 19th century, this country was colonised by the United Kingdom and was known then as Burma.
This country was a colony of Germany until it lost its territories after World War I, later becoming part of the Union of South Africa.
What is Namibia?
The first British colony in North America, which later became part of the United States, was this region.
What is Virginia?
This island nation in the South Pacific was officially colonised by Great Britain in 1874 and became a British colony until it gained independence in 1970.
What is Fiji?
Portugal was the first European power to establish a colony in this South American country, which still speaks Portuguese today.
What is Brazil?
This small island nation, now known for its tea exports, was once ruled by the British Empire.
What is Sri Lanka?
This former Belgian colony in central Africa gained independence in 1960 and is now known for its vast rainforests and mineral wealth.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The Dutch founded this city in 1624 before it was taken over by the British and renamed New York.
What is New Amsterdam?
The Dutch established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, in what is now this African country.
What is South Africa?
The Dutch established a colony in South Africa, influencing the development of this language, which is still spoken today.
What is Afrikaans?
In the 19th century, this island nation established a colony in the South Pacific that would later become part of modern-day Papua New Guinea.
What is Germany?
This European country briefly controlled the island of Madagascar in the 17th century before being ousted by the French in the 19th century.
What is The Netherlands.
This European power controlled present-day Guyana, Suriname, and parts of the Caribbean, leaving behind Dutch as an official language in one of these nations.
What is The Netherlands?
Before gaining independence in 1954, this country was a colony of France, controlled as part of French Indochina.
What is Vietnam?
This Southeast Asian country, once a Spanish colony and later controlled by the U.S., is the only nation in Asia where Spanish had a historical influence on its language.
What is the Philipines?
This European colonial power arranged for the transportation of over 60,000 Indian indentured laborers to work on sugar plantations in Fiji between 1879 and 1916.
What is Great Britain?
France colonised this large North African country, which gained independence in 1962 after a brutal war.
What is Algeria?
Before gaining independence in 1821, this Central American country was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain and later briefly joined the Mexican Empire before forming its own republic.
What is Guatemala? (or any country from Central America, as they followed a similar path)