Can you name the Countries once controlled by the British Empire? by bobdole

continent	Country
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
North America
South America
South America
Europe
Europe
Europe

continent	Country
Europe
Europe
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Oceania
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa

continent	Country
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Africa
Asia
Asia
asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia
Asia

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Countries once controlled by Britain Quiz

by bobdole

Created Dec 22, 2009 in Geography
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	Mathman:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 18:42 GMT	8 points
	What about the U.S.A.? The original thirteen colonies/states gained their independence from the British Empire.

	JT007:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 18:42 GMT	3 points
	Gibralta isnt a country I dont think but a brilliant game!!

	gorman03:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 18:43 GMT	6 points
	Several are not actually countries; British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, etc.

	mikesmith:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 18:49 GMT	-4 points
	"south africa" is spelled sowthe aphreka

	aaronin:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 19:01 GMT	5 points
	British Somaliland is what It used to be called. Now its part of another nation. The Falkand Islanders is another example of non-country, more a territory. Maybe re-title it former "territories" once owned by the British empire

	adam999:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 19:17 GMT	3 points
	anguilla, british virgin islands, cayman islands, montserratt, turks & caicos islands, virgin islands, falkland islands, gibraltar, cook islands, british somliland and tibet are not countries burma is now myanmar and hong kong is a part of china and im sure britain ruled the US at some point

	RichN95:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 19:19 GMT	6 points
	We owned most of France once upon a time too.

	riddler:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 19:58 GMT	2 points
	There are too many errors on this: omissions of countries - the USA being the most notable example; some countries with old names (Burma, British Somaliland). Also, the title is in the past tense - "countries ONCE controlled by the British Empire" - so, surely, territories currently under the jurisdiction of the UK - such as Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands and, err..., the UK itself - shouldn't be included.

	dav_uz:	Jan 11th, 2010 at 12:27 GMT	3 points
	USA is a pretty big one to miss out...

	bassv:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 11:18 GMT	3 points
	there are a lot of mistakes in here. namibia wasn't a country controlled by the british, it was a mandate of South Africa. Senegal was ruled by the FrenchTibet and nepal weren't controlled by the british. You also missed a lot of countries like Solomon Islands, Kiribati ,Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Bangladesh (!), Qatar, Bahrain, kuwait, Seychelles and Mauritius. Better go to http://www.sporcle.com/games/bassv/british_colonies

	Kalimantan:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 10:43 GMT	2 points
	yep, realised this was littered with mistakes once Bangladesh wasn't in there. Most omissions have been covered, but Israel (Palestine) and saudi arabia are also missing. And the title says ONCE controlled, so Monteserrat (one 't' please), Gibraltar, Falkland Isles etc. should not be there. and Senegal and Togo were both French colonies. Eritrea was part of Ethiopia until recently, which itself was once an Italian colony, doubt we ever ruled it.

	France:	Mar 8th, 2010 at 08:47 GMT	3 points
	You missed Bangladesh (Part of the British Raj) and the United States. Gibraltar isn't a country.

	zifyoip:	Apr 2nd, 2010 at 14:55 GMT	1 point
	Missing: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China? (as Hong Kong), Honduras (as the Mosquito Coast), Kiribati, Mauritius, Nicaragua (as the Mosquito Coast), Palestine?, Qatar, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, United States, Vanuatu. Incorrect: Senegal, Tibet, Togo. Extraneous: Anguilla, British Somaliland, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands. Misspelled: British Somaliland, Montserrat. See also http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_British_Empire.png

	lpw88:	Jul 21st, 2010 at 12:34 GMT	-1 points
	why wud u not include america/thirteen colonies?????? and several are part of the uk so this doesnt make sense really

	QuintFan:	Aug 21st, 2010 at 03:39 GMT	1 point
	This is riddled with mistakes! I think the creator did this from memory and opinion. Unfortunately, he doesn't ever review the comments, so I'm going to try reporting the quiz for removal. Let's see....UNITED STATES????? Somaliland is misspelled. He forgot about 20 countries. And I agree that France should count if you're going to include THE UNITED KINGDOM! Sheesh.

	GeeBee:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 22:45 GMT	1 point
	Well, lots missed out and lots still British possessions?!