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Until 1949, _____ was an independent Buddhist nation in the Himalayas which had little contact with the rest of the world. It existed as a rich cultural storehouse of the Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings of Buddhism. | Tibet | 100%
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Often referred to as the _______________ Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918 | Austria-Hungary | 84%
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The _______ Empire officially ended in 1922 when the title of _______ Sultan was eliminated. Turkey was declared a republic on October 29, 1923, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, an army officer, founded the independent Republic of Turkey. | Ottoman Empire | 84%
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Also known as the GDR this socialist state joined with Germany after the fall of the soviet union. | East Germany | 79%
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The switch from ______ to Iran happened in 1935 when the Shah of ______, Reza Shah, asked the international community to start calling the country Iran rather than ______. | Persia | 79%
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On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor. | USSR | 79%
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This Balkan nation broke up into 7 countries in 1992. | Yugoslavia | 79%
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The 2nd nation which merged with another state to form The Republic of Yemen. | South Yemen | 74%
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This Congolese state lasted until 1997 when it became the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | Zaire | 74%
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In 1948, the British Colony of ______ was granted independence as _______. In 1972, the country became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka. | Ceylon | 68%
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In 1934, ____________ became the only dominion to give up its self-governing status to join with Canada after 79 years of self-government. | Newfoundland | 68%
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United with another state in 1990 to form the Republic of Yemen. | North Yemen | 68%
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Communist forces overran Saigon on 30 April 1975, marking the end of the Republic of _______. | South Vietnam | 68%
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____ _______, from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now _______. This state was created in 1949 when the United States, Great Britain, and France consolidated those zones, or portions, of _______ that they had occupied at the end of World War II. | West Germany | 68%
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Achieved independence as a member of the commonwealth in 1963. The government was overthrown by an internal revolution and a republic was proclaimed eventually becoming part of Tanzania. | Zanzibar | 68%
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This prominent Germanic nation as a legal entity, ceased to exist in 1947 when Freistaat Preußen was dissolved. As a country. | Prussia | 63%
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It used to be called ____. For most of its history, the country currently called Thailand was known as ____. After reforms in 1932, which transformed the country from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, the name was changed in 1939 to Thailand. | Siam | 63%
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On 16 December 1971, the territory of ____ ________ was handed over to Indian Army under the surrender agreement from West Pakistan and in the Simla Agreement became the newly independent state of Bangladesh. | East Pakistan | 58%
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_____ʻ_ was an independent republic in the Pacific Ocean from 1894 until August 12, 1898, when it officially became a territory of the United States. _____ʻ_ was admitted as a U.S. state on August 21, 1959. | Hawaii | 58%
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In a referendum in 1969, white voters approved a new constitution and the establishment of a republic, thereby severing ________'s last links with the British Crown, duly declared in March 1970. Eventually becoming Zambia. | Rhodesia | 58%
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An African Kingdom founded in the 13th century and transformed into the Ethiopian Empire via a series of military conquests. | Abyssinia | 53%
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_____ ____ ______ was a territory under _____ _______ administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia. | Southwest Africa | 53%
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25 May is still celebrated as independence day in Jordan although legally the mandate for ___________ ended on 17 June 1946 when, in accordance with the Treaty of London. | Transjordan | 47%
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This state was the first Pacific Island country to gain its independence. In July 1997 the Constitution was amended to change the country's name from ____ _____ to Samoa. | Western Samoa | 47%
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In 1947, __________ became a United Nations Trust Territory under British administration, a status it kept until its independence in 1961 when it became Tanzania. | Tanganyika | 42%
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______ ____ ________, political union of Egypt and Syria proclaimed on February 1, 1958, and ratified in nationwide plebiscites later that month. | United Arab Republic | 42%
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Initially, ______ remained an independent country to the east of Nepal, until it merged with India in 1975 after a decisive referendum. | Sikkim | 32%
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This nation was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947. | Bengal | 21%
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After achieving independence from Britain in 1966 it was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho which is surrounded on all sides by South Africa. | Basutoland | 11%
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