Statistics for Geography of the Dutch Empire

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Country formerly known as the Dutch East Indies	Indonesia	93%
Among African countries, the one with the most people of Dutch descent	South Africa	93%
South American country which speaks Dutch	Suriname	89%
Dutch-derived language that is spoken in that country today	Afrikaans	84%
Bird that became extinct shortly after Mauritius was colonized in 1638	Dodo	82%
What the Dutch East India Company imported into Europe, primarily	Spices	77%
Island country known as Dutch Ceylon between 1640–1796	Sri Lanka	74%
Names of the ABC islands of the Caribbean	Aruba	70%
The two modern megacities that were once in the Dutch empire	Jakarta	70%
English explorer, working for the Dutch, who discovered a river in New York and a bay in Canada	Henry Hudson	68%
Word, meaning "farmer", that was commonly used to refer to Dutch settlers in that country	Boer	64%
European country successfully "invaded" by the Dutch in the Glorious Revolution of 1688	England	64%
Names of the ABC islands of the Caribbean	Curaçao	60%
The two modern megacities that were once in the Dutch empire	New York City	59%
Small Caribbean island which the Netherlands shares with France	Saint Martin	58%
Dutch names of those cities	Nieuw Amsterdam	57%
African country once known as the Dutch Gold Coast	Ghana	56%
Explorer who discovered Tasmania in 1642	Abel Tasman	49%
Names of the ABC islands of the Caribbean	Bonaire	40%
Dutch names of those cities	Batavia	25%