Statistics for Countries with communist governments

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Time as communist country	Notes	Answer	% Correct
1922-91	Now Russia. Communism writings by Karl Marx began 1848, revolution in 1917	Soviet Union	96%
1945-present	Invaded South Korea in the Korean War	North Korea	94%
1949-present	Nearly capitalist in 1989 before Tiananmen Square disaster	China	92%
1965-present	Only non-Asian communist country of today	Cuba	91%
1944-89	Liberated from Germany by Soviet Union in World War 2 in 1944	Poland	91%
1976-present	Formed by South Vietnam and communist North Vietnam at end of Vietnam War	Vietnam	91%
1949-90	Combined with West Germany in 1990 to form today's Germany	East Germany	88%
1949-89	Peaceful demonstration of students in Budapest led to a revolt in 1956	Hungary	85%
1947-89	Ally of Nazi Germany in World War 2, under Soviet control from 1945 until 1958	Romania	85%
1946-90	Became communist after a successful coup d'etat in its capital, Sofia	Bulgaria	84%
1945-92	Only Eastern European communist country to not be a part of the Warsaw Pact	Yugoslavia	84%
1948-90	Attempted revolt against communism in Prague Spring of 1968	Czechoslovakia	83%
1975-present	Communist Pathet Lao movement came to power following a civil war	Laos	82%
1945-76	Won Vietnam War in 1975 and combined with South Vietnam to form Vietnam	North Vietnam	81%
1946-92	Last Eastern European country to cease being a communist country	Albania	71%
1978-92	Invaded by Soviet Union during war in 1978. Soviet Union withdrew in 1992	Afghanistan	70%
1967-90	Combined with North Yemen in 1990 to form today's Yemen	South Yemen	70%
1975-92	Communism established here shortly after it gained independence from Portugal	Angola	67%
1936-39	Today a region in north-east Spain, independent during the Spanish Civil War	Catalonia	66%
1924-92	Regime forcefully established by Soviet Union in 1924	Mongolia	66%
1970-92	First communist leader was the first African head of state who proclaimed himself a Marxist	Congo	57%
1975-90	Communism established here shortly after it gained independence from Portugal	Mozambique	56%
1987-91	Power fell to a military dictatorship known as the Derg	Ethiopia	49%
1979-83	Invaded by US in 1983	Grenada	47%
1969-91	Communism seized power in a bloodless coup in 1969. Civil war in 1991 ended the communist regime	Somalia	39%
1979-89	Now Cambodia	Kampuchea	36%
1975-90	Successful overthrow of government in 1972	Benin	33%