GeotchaA geography quiz on a real globe

Countries of the world in 1960

114 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.

Free to play, with no account needed. What you miss comes back for review until it sticks.

The countries

1. 1Soviet Union22,129,470 km²
2. 2Australia13,397,524 km²
3. 3United States9,872,690 km²
4. 4Canada9,868,014 km²
5. 5People's Republic of China9,372,359 km²
6. 6Republic of China9,147,539 km²
7. 7Brazil8,531,202 km²
8. 8India3,158,454 km²
9. 9France2,997,502 km²
10. 10Argentina2,781,932 km²
11. 11Sudan2,509,747 km²
12. 12Republic of the Congo2,503,099 km²
13. 13Congo-Léopoldville2,340,550 km²
14. 14Denmark2,297,637 km²
15. 15Greenland2,153,240 km²
16. 16Union of South Africa2,047,171 km²
17. 17Bolivia1,964,579 km²
18. 18Mexico1,961,404 km²
19. 19Saudi Arabia1,956,248 km²
20. 20Indonesia1,887,910 km²
21. 21Iran1,623,918 km²
22. 22Libya1,621,921 km²
23. 23Mongolian People's Republic1,554,750 km²
24. 24Mali Federation1,452,204 km²
25. 25Portugal1,396,277 km²
26. 26Peru1,300,262 km²
27. 27Colombia1,271,252 km²
28. 28Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland1,264,623 km²
29. 29Ethiopian–Eritrean Federation (1952-1962)1,252,403 km²
30. 30United Arab Republic1,189,003 km²
31. 31Pakistan1,010,962 km²
32. 32Venezuela914,079 km²
33. 33Spain852,198 km²
34. 34Turkey780,291 km²
35. 35Chile737,531 km²
36. 36Territorio Nacional de la Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur703,517 km²
37. 37Paraguay690,399 km²
38. 38Thailand686,671 km²
39. 39Morocco683,084 km²
40. 40Burma663,107 km²
41. 41Ecuador658,348 km²
42. 42Kingdom of Afghanistan641,909 km²
43. 43Somali Republic639,204 km²
44. 44Malagasy Republic594,392 km²
45. 45Kingdom of the Netherlands592,709 km²
46. 46Cameroon467,967 km²
47. 47Sweden443,785 km²
48. 48Iraq440,504 km²
49. 49Finland391,016 km²
50. 50Norway378,246 km²
51. 51Japan (1953-1968)367,223 km²
52. 52Poland311,399 km²
53. 53Italy300,020 km²
54. 54Philippines290,032 km²
55. 55Uruguay286,290 km²
56. 56New Zealand269,795 km²
57. 57FPR of Yugoslavia253,886 km²
58. 58West Germany247,599 km²
59. 59Guinea245,564 km²
60. 60Ghana240,599 km²

and 54 more, all in the quiz.

The map as it stood on 1 July 1960 (a year means its 1 July), with the names of the time. Sovereign states as they were then; British dominions count from the Statute of Westminster (1931), Egypt from 1922. Colonies, protectorates and mandates are not countries here: they have quizzes of their own. Area in km², measured on the largest of its outlines (simplified, clipped to land). Sources: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0), Wikidata (CC0).

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