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
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.
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.
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.
Both are colloquially called Pennsylvania Dutch, and only called Pennsylvania German by people who think they need to call it (or them) German to avoid confusion with actual Dutch or Dutch speakers.
I grew up around PA Dutch speaking people -- no one ever called the language Pennsylvania German.
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.
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.
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.
I grew up around PA Dutch speaking people -- no one ever called the language Pennsylvania German.
Bengal is also a geographical region.
Bengal