| Great quiz, but a couple of problems. First, why are the Czech Republic and Slovakia listed together, but not Serbia and Montenegro? Also, "start of modern-day country" for Russia and Turkey isn't a very good description...they didn't appear out of nowhere. Also, your choice of date for Russia seems odd...I wouldn't really call it "Russia" until the formation of the Tsardom of Russia in 1547. 1169 was the foundation of the Vladimir-Suzdal Rus, which seems a little arbitrary - was it any more "Russia" than the Kievan Rus which preceded it? There are probably similar problems with some of the other older countries...it's hard to pin down when exactly a country comes into being sometimes. |