I don't think so. It's that "de facto" qualification, meaning that Taiwan is in charge of itself. Tibet is (de facto and de jure) tightly held by the People's Republic.
No country has any legal right to its territory except the most ancient of rights - the right of conquest. For example, much of the land in the United States was taken illegally from Native Americans. But before we shed too many tears, keep in mind that they had no legal right to the land either. They killed and conquered the people who were there even earlier. It's all warfare and bloodshed, back to the earliest days of humanity. Heck, even chimpanzees fight wars for territory.
By that logic, Quizmaster, I suppose we should never shed any tears about any invasion, given that those being invaded didn't grow from the soil? That's channeling some John Locke - and centuries more of colonial justifications.
Crimea has a history unique to itself. It was its own country for much of history, and was even ruled by the Ottomans for some time. Claiming that Crimeans hold no unique cultural identity is just (hopefully unintentionally) suppressing and attempting to rewrite their history, much like China is trying to do in Tibet
Between Tallin and Helsinki, a distance of 80 kms, there are proposals to build an underwater tunnel, similar to the English Channel Tunnel but much longer of course.
Man, you're predicting a long ways into the future. I kinda have a feeling both cities may be underwater by that time, and I certainly doubt they'll still be using the ferry to get around.
All of the Caribbean islands mentioned are also part of the Lesser Antilles (which was my first guess), and could also be referred to as the Caribbees or the West Indies. I think the clue needs to be more specific, or these answers should be accepted.
No, it doesn't. First of all the area is named the Caribbean. Then, while St. Thomas is part of the USVI, Tortola is not; therefore, the only correct response is Virgin Islands.
It has been at various points in the past. Russia only produces slightly more; but exports far less as they consume much greater quantities than the Saudis do. The USA is on track to become the world's top oil producer again in a few years... but that will just mean depleting the country's reserves that much faster which is probably a mistake. Saudi also was until recently #1 in proven oil reserves, having recently been surpassed by Venezuela.
Although I don't know if many people would recognize the new king, Salman. That said, you probably only need to see the attire to recognize it's the Saudi king.
Seems dubious to me to call Cantonese a 'dialect' of Chinese. Surely this is like calling English a dialect of European. Or Indo-European if you prefer.
Cantonese cannot be considered in any sense to be a "dialect" of Chinese. Chinese is technically a language branch, but people almost only use it in the context of Mandarin. Even if it was in that context, Cantonese is still not a dialect of the branch - it is its own language.
Cantonese is a language, not a dialect. Chinese is not a language. Chinese is a group of languages, of which Mandarin is the most commonly spoken language.
I'll add my voice of dissent to calling cantonese a dialect. Wether you consider "chinese" analogous to "mandarin" or not, cantonese is not a dialect, it's a language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_production
I am guessing it fell quite a bit in 2015 since the cost of oil extraction is much higher in the U.S. and oil prices fell dramatically.
Bengal is also a geographical region.
Bengal