Question 1

Which nation is this that encompassed much of Europe?

Accepted Answer

The first French Empire - This is Napoleon’s first French Empire, founded in 1804.

Question 2

What former nation was this?

Accepted Answer

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - This is the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, prior to its partition by Russia, Germany and Austria.

Question 3

What mighty entity existed with these yellow borders?

Accepted Answer

The Papacy - Papal States - This is the Papal States, which at the time were quite expansive. Now, the Vatican City is the extent of the city-state.

Question 4

This often forgotten empire existed prior to colonization of the area.

Accepted Answer

The Mughal Empire - This is the extent of the Mughal Empire.

Question 5

These were the borders of the first Mexican Empire.

Accepted Answer

true Mexico became an Empire once separated from Spain.

Question 6

The area highlighted was which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Kingdom of Romania - This is the Kingdom of Romania around the start of WW1.

Question 7

Many Empires have shared similar borders to this, but this is the extent of a large and powerful Empire. Which of these is it?

Accepted Answer

The Ottoman Empire

Question 8

What massive entity conquered these borders?

Accepted Answer

The Mongol Empire

Question 9

This former Empire played a VERY large role in history. At present, it has fractured into several different nations.

Accepted Answer

The Austrian-Hungarian Empire - This is the Austrian + Hungarian Empire, or a dual Empire of the respective kingdoms.

Question 10

What is the name of the entity that governed these borders?

Accepted Answer

The Kalmar Union - This is the Kalmar Union: a union proposed by the Danish Monarch.

Question 11

What former Kingdom encompassed the borders in blue?

Accepted Answer

The Kingdom of Prussia - This former nation was a part of the German Empire, not to be confused with Russia.

Question 12

Which massive Colonial Empire is shown here in red?

Accepted Answer

The Spanish Empire

Question 13

The British Empire was the largest in recorded history.

Accepted Answer

true The Mongols claimed the largest contiguous Empire, but the British held the most territory including overseas possessions.

Question 14

These borders look quite close to the Ottoman borders.. which nation ruled these lands?

Accepted Answer

The Umayyad Caliphate

Question 15

This Empire in Africa resisted colonization and remained sovereign (despite a brief occupation during the 1930s)

Accepted Answer

The Empire of Ethiopia  - Ethiopia liberated Eritrea from the British and is Africa’s oldest independent state.

Question 16

You can see the borders of present-day China here, but what entity was it that encompassed all of the yellow territory?

Accepted Answer

The Qin dynasty - This was the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

Question 17

This is the peak of which former Empire?

Accepted Answer

The Swedish Empire

Question 18

These present-day nations made up which former nation?

Accepted Answer

Yugoslavia

Question 19

This borderline separates what two German Nations?

Accepted Answer

East Germany | West Germany

Question 20

This is the peak of which of Europe’s Empires?

Accepted Answer

The Eastern Roman Empire “Byzantine”

These countries no longer exist, can you name them? Geography trivia

2) What former nation was this?

3) What mighty entity existed with these yellow borders?

4) This often forgotten empire existed prior to colonization of the area.

5) These were the borders of the first Mexican Empire.

6) The area highlighted was which of the following?

7) Many Empires have shared similar borders to this, but this is the extent of a large and powerful Empire. Which of these is it?

8) What massive entity conquered these borders?

9) This former Empire played a VERY large role in history. At present, it has fractured into several different nations.

10) What is the name of the entity that governed these borders?

11) What former Kingdom encompassed the borders in blue?

12) Which massive Colonial Empire is shown here in red?

13) The British Empire was the largest in recorded history.

14) These borders look quite close to the Ottoman borders.. which nation ruled these lands?

15) This Empire in Africa resisted colonization and remained sovereign (despite a brief occupation during the 1930s)

16) You can see the borders of present-day China here, but what entity was it that encompassed all of the yellow territory?

17) This is the peak of which former Empire?

18) These present-day nations made up which former nation?

19) This borderline separates what two German Nations?

20) This is the peak of which of Europe’s Empires?