Can you name the territories of the British Empire at its largest extent in 1920?

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Year AcquiredTerritoryDate of Independence
1839
From 1886
1899
1650; under British Leeward Islands from 1833
1632; under British Leeward Islands from 1833
1815
Whole of country claimed 1829
1629
1861, 1880 protectorate treaties
1624
1628; under British Leeward Islands from 1833
1868
1885
1609
From 1819; claimed 1908
From 1887 (lease of coast from Zanzibar)
1796-1815
1638
1884-7
1914 occupied; mandate 1920
1666 occupied; annexed 1672; under British Leeward Islands from 1833
1888
1824-6; 1852; 1885
Federation created 1867
1939 Anglo-American condominium
1670
1795-6
1810
1888; under crown colony of Straits Settlements 1867
1857; under crown colony of Straits Settlements 1867
1878
1761; under British Leeward Islands from 1871
1882; protectorate 1914
1766 first settlement
Year AcquiredTerritoryDate of Independence
1755 earliest foothold; grouped together 1908
1895 union
1871 first settlement; crown colony 1874
1661 earliest foothold
1621 earliest foothold
1704
1892 protectorate; colony from 1916
1762, ceded 1763
1841, ceded 1842
Crown rule 1858
1915 occupied; mandate 1920
From 1169
1655
1885 protectorate; part of Unfederated Malay States from 1909
1909 part of Unfederated Malay States
1909 part of Unfederated Malay States
1899
1846; under crown colony of Straits Settlements 1867
1824; under crown colony of Straits Settlements 1867
1887 protectorate
1798-1800
1810
1632; under British Leeward Islands from 1871
1861; de facto protectorate extended 1891
1914 Australian occupation; mandate 1920
1628 first settlement; under British Leeward Islands from 1833
1887 Anglo-French condominium
1769 claimed by Captain James Cook; annexed 1840
1497 claimed for England; annexed 1583
1861-1914
1881 British North Borneo Company; protectorate 1888
1889-1900
1889
1917 occupied; mandate 1920
Year AcquiredTerritoryDate of Independence
1884; 1914
1867 under crown colony of Straits Settlements
1909 part of Unfederated Malay States
1838
1868
1651 occupation by British East India Company
1623 first settlement; under British Leeward Islands from 1833
1605 first settlement; permanent control 1803
1627
1841 ruled by Brooke rajahs; British protectorate 1888
1794 occupied
1787
1819 ceded to Stamford Raffles; to Britain 1824; under crown colony of Straits Settlements 1867
1893
Union formed 1910
1915 occupied by South Africa; mandate 1921
1888
1890-3
1916 occupied; mandate 1920
1909 part of Unfederated Malay States
1762
1900
1917-18
1797
1816
From c.1820 informal protectorate; extended 1892
1678
1890
1877 protectorate
1898
1914 occupied by New Zealand; mandate 1920
1862
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The British Empire At Its Largest Extent Quiz

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