Can you name the world's current and former sovereign communist countries?

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* Communist countries are defined as countries with one-party systems that declare allegiance to Marxism-Leninism as their guiding ideology. Countries led by democratically elected communist parties that allow for multiple parties and do not provide a constitutional role for the communist party are not included.
Also try: Former Soviet States

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Communist/Marxist Control	Country
Communist 1922-91
Communist 1924-92
Communist 1943-92
Communist 1945-89
Communist 1946-90
Communist 1946-92
Communist 1947-89
Communist 1948-90
Communist 1948-Present
Communist 1949-89
Communist 1949-90
Communist 1949-Present

Communist/Marxist Control	Country
Communist 1959-Present
Communist 1970-92
Communist 1974-90
Communist 1975-90
Communist 1975-90
Communist 1975-92
Communist 1975-Present
Communist 1976-91
Communist 1976-Present
Communist 1978-92
Communist 1979-81
Communist 1987-91
Communist 1921-44 (Became part of Soviet Union)
Communist 1939-40 (Illegitimate puppet government)
Communist 1947-49 (Illegitimate claim to power)
Communist 1954-76 (Vietnam united in 1976)
Communist 1979-83 (Claim to power disputed)

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Communist Countries Quiz

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Created by: Booger -
Published: August 1st, 2009
Category: History
Plays: 159,236

Tags: World Quizzes, Country Quizzes, current, former, sovereign, communist, marxist, control, world history pack

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	Golem:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:21 GMT	88 points
	I wanted to make sure I red all the clues before I guessed.

	BrettCaudill:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:23 GMT	199 points
	my marx on this quiz weren't the best. i kept stalin so i missed a lot of answers.

	Antithesys:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:31 GMT	18 points
	Out of curiosity, is there a particular reason why the quiz' icon has a cross instead of a hammer?

	rogerpants:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:33 GMT	-3 points
	good question. also, you mean "led," not "lead" in the instructions.

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	Niques:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:41 GMT	8 points
	Congo, Belgian Congo...every answer but the right one!

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	the_hamburglar:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:48 GMT	19 points
	I managed to get the bonus, Finland. I was proud of myself

	Dan70:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:53 GMT	12 points
	Greece is a bonus as well.

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	gracie:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 07:12 GMT	15 points
	i was actually having a discussion about communist countries today. if only i had taken this quiz last night, then i could have dazzled everybody with my sporcle knowledge.

	Chumley:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 07:13 GMT	11 points
	North Vietnam is also a bonus.

	livfred:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 07:16 GMT	8 points
	Grenada, yet another bonus.

	The:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 07:24 GMT	71 points
	In Soviet Russia, quiz does you!

	HollywoodLeo:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 07:28 GMT	25 points
	I tried Czech Republic and Slovakia....I feel stupid.

	marpocky:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 07:34 GMT	14 points
	@swellwrench: ROC typically refers to the Republic of China, better known as Taiwan

	Onno:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 08:14 GMT	15 points
	Can't believe I missed East Germany...

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	Zephos:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 08:45 GMT	17 points
	The communist government in Moldova was elected. And can be voted out.

	yorickved:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 09:09 GMT	19 points
	It really should accept DDR for east germany as that's the official name.

	jmarshallg:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 09:16 GMT	27 points
	Foiled by Africa yet again. Thank you westernized view of history!

	xball:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 09:21 GMT	9 points
	If you want to be theoretically technical about this then China shouldn't really be included as "to present". Mao made significant nationalist and China-specific modifications to the CCP's ideology leading to a more Maoist form of Communism than the Marxist-Leninist type specified. Deng Xiaoping promptly made even more, Capitalist, alterations to the CCP after he took power. Then again most people probably couldn't care less since Marxist factionalism isn't very interesting...

	SPU:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 10:04 GMT	7 points
	Zephos: Correction: was voted out. ;-)

	Fromageinstein:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 10:07 GMT	18 points
	Thought I had done fairly well with 18 plus a bonus answer. Then I realized I had forgotten Cuba.

	Andrew Kessler:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 10:37 GMT	4 points
	very few of these countries were communist in the true sense of the word. Many were Stalinist or Facist.

	banutzu:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 10:42 GMT	7 points
	the communists lost the moldovan election only a few days ago. and anyway they are communist in name only the president's son basically owns the country and is a billionaire, they are as capitalist as they come... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Voronin

	Azrael:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 10:52 GMT	3 points
	So far, the bonuses that I found were: Finland, Greece, and Grenada. Anyone find any others?

	cocky:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 11:36 GMT	8 points
	German Democratic Republic should work for East Germany, as well as any other official names. My dad used to say ifa country had "Republic" or "Peoples Republic" in its name, that bwas a sure sign it was communist.

	Zalx:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 11:59 GMT	28 points
	I'm pretty sure I should have lost points for guessing DEMOCRATIC Republic of the Congo.

	AKAPseudonym:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 12:40 GMT	9 points
	Transnistria would be a cool bonus answer I think

	Hal_10000:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 13:11 GMT	3 points
	You forgot NIcaragua.

	Billston:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 13:15 GMT	42 points
	Gah...I kept Putin wrong answers.

	bostonbeliever:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 13:42 GMT	7 points
	finland, greece, north vietnam, grenada... any other bonuses?

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	GeoExpert:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 14:08 GMT	-4 points
	Well I got all the current ones, and the eastern european ones, included USSR and East Germany. Never would have guessed those African nations or Mongolia

	Makosakowski:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 14:32 GMT	3 points
	Got everything except the African ones, and I had plenty on time to type them all in, dang. Also got Finland and Greece, two bonus ones! I was certain Nicaragua was going to be at least a bonus Lol, I was expecting a Soviet Russia joke, good one

	davidr:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 14:45 GMT	-1 points
	@AKA Pseudonym: No, it wouldn't. Transnistria isn't internationally recognized as a country and it isn't communist in the sense of this quiz — it's a democracy, albeit a rather corrupt one.

	zalagreensbury:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 14:46 GMT	16 points
	Damn,never knew so many African countries were communist I want to know more about this!

	therapier:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 14:49 GMT	11 points
	i never would have guessed any of the african countries... you're right,john. history is seriously westernized.

	davidr:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 14:50 GMT	3 points
	@cocky: I'm with you that `Democratic' in the name of a country is a good indicator of a totalitarian and probably Communist regime. But `Republic'? By my count, there are 129 countries in the world whose official name includes `Republic' — that's fully two thirds of the countries on the planet!