GeotchaA geography quiz on a real globe

Countries by the state they became independent from

159 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The countries

  1. 1Russia17,075,400 km²
  2. 2Canada9,984,670 km²
  3. 3United States9,826,675 km²
  4. 4Brazil8,515,767 km²
  5. 5India3,287,263 km²
  6. 6Argentina2,780,400 km²
  7. 7Kazakhstan2,724,900 km²
  8. 8Algeria2,381,741 km²
  9. 9Democratic Republic of the Congo2,344,858 km²
  10. 10Mexico1,972,550 km²
  11. 11Indonesia1,904,570 km²
  12. 12Sudan1,886,068 km²
  13. 13Mongolia1,564,116 km²
  14. 14Peru1,285,216 km²
  15. 15Chad1,284,000 km²
  16. 16Niger1,267,000 km²
  17. 17Angola1,246,700 km²
  18. 18Mali1,240,192 km²
  19. 19Colombia1,141,748 km²
  20. 20Bolivia1,098,581 km²
  21. 21Mauritania1,030,700 km²
  22. 22Egypt1,010,408 km²
  23. 23Nigeria923,768 km²
  24. 24Venezuela912,050 km²
  25. 25Pakistan881,913 km²
  26. 26Namibia825,615 km²
  27. 27Mozambique801,590 km²
  28. 28Chile756,102 km²
  29. 29Zambia752,618 km²
  30. 30Myanmar676,577 km²
  31. 31Afghanistan652,230 km²
  32. 32South Sudan644,329 km²
  33. 33Central African Republic622,984 km²
  34. 34Ukraine603,550 km²
  35. 35Madagascar587,295 km²
  36. 36Botswana581,737 km²
  37. 37Kenya581,309 km²
  38. 38Turkmenistan491,210 km²
  39. 39Cameroon475,442 km²
  40. 40Papua New Guinea462,840 km²
  41. 41Uzbekistan448,978 km²
  42. 42Morocco446,550 km²
  43. 43Iraq437,072 km²
  44. 44Paraguay406,756 km²
  45. 45Zimbabwe390,757 km²
  46. 46Norway385,207 km²
  47. 47Republic of the Congo342,000 km²
  48. 48Finland338,478 km²
  49. 49Vietnam331,690 km²
  50. 50Malaysia330,803 km²
  51. 51Côte d'Ivoire322,463 km²
  52. 52Oman309,500 km²
  53. 53Philippines300,000 km²
  54. 54Burkina Faso274,200 km²
  55. 55New Zealand268,021 km²
  56. 56Gabon267,667 km²
  57. 57Ecuador257,204 km²
  58. 58Guinea245,857 km²
  59. 59Uganda241,038 km²
  60. 60Ghana238,535 km²

and 99 more, all in the quiz.

Area in km²: standard reference totals including inland water, as in the Countries set. Independent from: the state the CIA World Factbook names for the country’s independence; countries that were never colonised or were formed by a union have none and are left out. Sources: Wikidata (CC0), Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0.

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