Geography of the German Empire

Answer these questions related to the geography of the German Empire.
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Which was the largest and most populous of the German states that united together?
Prussia
What German colony in Central Africa was seized by the UK and France?
Kamerun
What city in China was seized from the Qing dynasty in 1897?
Tsingtao
What is that city now famous for, thanks to its German colonial history?
Beer
In what modern-day country did the German Empire commit a genocide against Herero and Namaqua peoples?
Namibia
What is the most populous modern-day urban area that once was completely in control of the German Empire?
Dar es Salaam
What major Pacific island was once divided between Germany, the Netherlands and the UK?
New Guinea
What was the only country with a larger economy than that of Germany's by the year 1900?
United States
Which modern-day countries were mostly part of the German East Africa?
Burundi
Rwanda
Tanzania
What canal, that connects the Baltic and North Seas to each other, was completed in 1895?
Kiel Canal
From what country did Germany buy most of its possessions in the north Pacific by 1899?
Spain
What country seized German possessions in the north Pacific after World War I?
Japan
By what name was the modern-day Russian Oblast of Kaliningrad known as during its German rule?
Königsberg
What was the name of Togo when it was under German rule?
Togoland
By other what name was the Imperial Germany known as?
Second Reich
What was the only south German state that did not join North German Confederation?
Austria
What semi-autonomous German city-state was established in modern-day Poland after WWI?
Danzig
What territory was created in 1871, after it was annexed from France, as a result of the the Franco-Prussian War?
Alsace-Lorraine
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Level 73
Sep 3, 2020
in the eighth question it should be German EAST Africa, not West.
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Level 72
Sep 3, 2020
Fixed.
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Level 53
Sep 4, 2020
German Est Africa also contained Kionga Triangle in modern-day Mozambique.
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Level 46
Jan 13, 2021
Please add: Elsass-Lothringen :(