Modern Countries and Continents
The most powerful and influential country in the world, formed in 1776.
What is the United States of America?
The largest empire in the entire history of the world, covering around 35.2 million kilometers squared, approximately 26.35% of the entire world at its greatest extent in 1920.
What was the British Empire?
The reigning house of the Ottoman Empire.
What is the Ottoman Dynasty?
A war fought between the Axis and Allies powers from 1936-1945.
What was World War II?
A European country most known for being responsible for World War II, and, partly, World War I.
What is Germany?
An empire spanning across the Mediterranean, Britain, and the Black Sea, and spoke Latin.
What was the Roman Empire?
The leaders of the Russian Empire were called this.
What is tsar / czar?
A war fought between the British and American colonists between 1775-1783.
What was the American Revolutionary War?
The most authoritarian country in the world according to the Democracy Index, in which the USA recently withdrew troops from.
What is Afghanistan?
A huge empire led by Alexander the Great from around 336-323 BC.
What was the Macedonian Empire?
The leaders of the German Empire were called this.
What were the Kaisers?
The second most spoken language on Earth.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
A war fought between the Entente and Central Powers between 1914-1918.
What was World War I?
A former state of Yugoslavia, it has 3 presidents, representing each of its 3 largest ethnic groups - Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats.
What is Bosnia and Herzegovina?
The largest dynasty of China, led by Manchu leaders. It lasted from 1636-1912.
The reigning house of Russia during it's imperial era?
The language of most of the former Yugoslavian countries.
What is Serbo-Croatian?
A series of wars lasting from 1803-1815 between varying Coalitions mostly led by the UK, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, and the French Empire and its allies.
What were the Napoleonic Wars?
What is São Tomé and Príncipe?
A major Sunni Muslim caliphate in West Africa, reigning from 1804-1903 before being conquered by the British and Germans, forming the Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Kamerun respectively.
What was the Sokoto Caliphate?
The reigning house of the Kingdom of Prussia and then the German Empire.
What is the House of Hohenzollern?
The two official languages of Pakistan.
What are English and Urdu?
A war fought from 1801-1805 between the US, Sweden, and Sicily against the Muslim Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean.
What was the First Barbary War?