Can you name the countries of Asia? | Brain Games by Sporcle

How many countries of Asia (including the Middle East) can you name? Type a country into the box below. If you correctly name a country, it will show up on the map below.
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Countries of Asia Quiz

by Matt

Created Sep 24, 2007 in Geography
Featured Sep 24, 2007
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	TheArbiter:	Sep 25th, 2008 at 17:04 GMT		17 points
	When you type China in twice it gives you Taiwan as well! Why on earthdoes that happen?

	magister:	Sep 30th, 2008 at 17:49 GMT		135 points
	Damn you Kyrgystan, Kyrgzstan, kryzgystan!!!

	davidr:	Oct 4th, 2008 at 14:55 GMT		29 points
	@The Arbiter: Taiwan is officially called the Republic of China; the country that is usually called just "China" is, officially, the People's Republic of China. Taiwan as a separate country came about after the Communists won the Civil War but didn't take Taiwan. Both countries claim to be the legitimate government of the whole of China. Wikipedia has lots of information.

	pdd:	Oct 10th, 2008 at 21:10 GMT		9 points
	i can't seem to get timor-leste...damnit!

	Laly:	Oct 15th, 2008 at 18:51 GMT		30 points
	I looove this game! It gives me such immense satisfaction :)

	PresidentJSC:	Oct 30th, 2008 at 21:18 GMT		12 points
	Taiwan is controlled by the GuoMingDang (Nationalist Party) who exiled to Taiwan after losing the civil war when Chairman Mao proclaimed the foundation of the People's Republic of China on 1st October 1949. Taiwan is known as the Republic of China, and while the Government of the People's Republic still declares that it is not independent so they reached a compromise (See Dem Rep of the Congo & Rep of the Congo). The GuoMingDang have not attempted to regain power in China.

	ZacharyTaylor:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 13:18 GMT		26 points
	when you're about to type in Kyrgyzstan, it surprises you and excepts Kyrgyz!

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	Bray:	Nov 23rd, 2008 at 19:14 GMT		16 points
	I was wondering that too. It messes me up because I was used to typing 'kazakhstankyrgyzstanturkmenistantajikistanuzbekistanafghanistanpakistan', then I find out none of the stans past kyrgyz count. x_x

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	Karial:	Nov 26th, 2008 at 20:50 GMT		7 points
	Bahrain, Maldives, and singapore.... Argh.

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	davidr:	Dec 5th, 2008 at 03:34 GMT		32 points
	@WarioBro: It's essentially a consent thing. The military dictatorship in Burma/Myanmar changed the name of the country but, since the people never chose that government, many people feel that they have no right to change the country's name. That, and the name `Burma' is still used by most people within the country. Similarly, Cambodia was known as Kampuchea during the dictatorship of Pol Pot and reverted to its former name of Cambodia after the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops, who had invaded to prevent the Khmer Rouge attacking Vietnam. Again, the name change from Cambodia to Kampuchea was not made with the people's consent; the reversion to Cambodia was by a democratic government. So, Sporcle is accepting the new and old names for Burma/Myanmar but not the illegitimate former name of Cambodia.

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	newenglander:	Dec 9th, 2008 at 20:27 GMT		12 points
	It also accepts East Timor.

	lauraellen:	Dec 10th, 2008 at 05:47 GMT		7 points
	most alarming: approximately 15% percent of people who take this test either 1) cannot spell afghanistan, 2) do not know it is in asia, or 3) do not know it i exists. alarming!

	ckbryant:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 13:15 GMT		21 points
	This one is pretty excellent. The only suggestions I would make are that Hainan Island should color in with China (looks like a separate country), and Bahrain, Qatar and maybe East Timor could probably use some of those little arrows so you don't overlook them.

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	iurewhiuerw:	Dec 16th, 2008 at 11:31 GMT		47 points
	argh!!! change it back to kyrgyzstan!! why the sudden change to accept "kyrgyz"? if you don't know it's kyrgyzstan then you're not gonna know kyrgyz either.

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	Tony:	Dec 16th, 2008 at 18:59 GMT		12 points
	Oh my god, how did I forget Bangladesh???? Jeez. Great quiz, love the geography quizzes.

	davidr:	Dec 16th, 2008 at 23:22 GMT		12 points
	@DirtyKash: Yes. The two countries span both continents.

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	nhrafan:	Dec 23rd, 2008 at 06:49 GMT		66 points
	i love sporcle. before, i could barely name half of these countries, but now i get them all every time

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	Lenard:	Dec 27th, 2008 at 18:41 GMT		27 points
	I bet if we all look at the tags on our clothes, we've got something from every country right there.

	cocky:	Dec 28th, 2008 at 05:32 GMT		20 points
	This quiz would have been much easier in the days of the USSR. Here's a quiz idea that just popped in my head....name the former Soviet republics.

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	GeordieGuitarist:	Jan 24th, 2009 at 13:27 GMT		19 points
	If you type just Kyrgyz it comes up with Kyrgyzstan? Surely if you can spell Kyrgyz you don't need stan to automatically come up. And if that's the norm then why doesn't it happen for Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Kazakhstan?

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	jameswestfall0:	Feb 8th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT		18 points
	papua new guinea is in oceania/australasia

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	jameswestfall0:	Feb 10th, 2009 at 20:56 GMT		16 points
	yes, the island of new guinea is split. papua new guinea occupies the eastern half, and is in oceania, and the western half consists of papua and west papua, which are indonesian provinces. in fact, it is indonesia which is the transcontinental country, not papua new guinea.

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