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Modern Day Countries of the Spanish Empire on a Map

Can you name the modern day countries whose current territory was part of the Spanish Empire in 1800?
Inspired by by IAB's Modern Day Countries Quizzes
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Quiz by Nathaniel
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Last updated: March 30, 2021
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First submittedNovember 11, 2020
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Show Missing Countries
Country
Argentina
Bahamas
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Country
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
F.S. Micronesia
Country
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Morocco
Nauru
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Nicaragua
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
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Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
baptistegorce
+6
Level 38
Nov 11, 2020
I didn't see Canada... But excellent quiz! Congrats! Nominated!
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Nov 11, 2020
Yeah Canada is a real problem. I can't put the ocean thing around it, because it isn't an island nation, nor can i put a circle on it like for example for Andorra, because it's elongated. I was thinking of doing an arrow, but I can't figure out how to do that with classes and all.
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Nov 11, 2020
What I did now as a sort of intermediate solution, until I have a better idea, was cheat a little and make the Canada portion a little larger. :D cheaky me
NeilVedwan
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Level 50
Nov 26, 2020
Can't you just save the Chinese Provinces SVG and then copy and paste the arrow into here?
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Nov 26, 2020
The problem is, that i need the class node for "border country". If I had an arrow, I would want it to disappear once Canada is typed in, but then Canada would have to be a class.
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Nov 26, 2020
But since 78% get Canada anyways, I don't really see the necessity.
Bribrithelegendi
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Level 43
Mar 30, 2021
You can click "show missing countries". That's what I did :)
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Mar 31, 2021
I only added this option yesterday.
SWATkun
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Level 59
Nov 14, 2020
Great work Nate. Didn't know Spanish Empire was soooo big (ʘ言ʘ╬). Hope it gets featured sometime
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Nov 14, 2020
Thank you! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ I actually thought it had all of Argentina and Chile. I hope so too
Leopard
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Level 37
Jan 21, 2021
Great quiz. Nominated.

But who didn’t get Spain.

Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Feb 17, 2021
Thx!!!
blizzrd33
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Level 74
Jan 31, 2021
It all went downhill for the Spanish Empire straight after this map was drawn, when Napoleon's troops entered the Iberian peninsula...
ClutchNferno
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Level 57
Feb 4, 2021
Another amazing Nathaniel quiz!!! It's interesting to see how much of South America and the U.S. Spain had. A couple requests. 1. Can you add in parenthesis next to United Kingdom what territory it is? 2. Could you possibly add a caveat saying, "Includes a modern day oversees territory of a European country"?
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Feb 4, 2021
Thank you! I don't think that's really necessary, because of the Falkland War most people know that the UK own them and where they are approximately. According to the current stats 81% got them.
Choppy
+2
Level 20
Feb 9, 2021
United Kingdom got me, darn Falklands...
Choppy
+1
Level 20
Feb 9, 2021
Should be Argentinian!
markasol
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Level 71
Mar 30, 2021
Errr noooooo. They were only held by Spain in 1800 as an intermission because the British presence was temporarily withdrawn when Spain allied with France during the Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars. They were never held by any recognised Argentinian Administration ever, until the 1982 war.
Einstein100102
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Level 49
Mar 4, 2021
what about Portugal and the Iberian union?
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Mar 4, 2021
The Iberian Union lasted from 1580 to 1640. The year we are looking at here is 1807.
thegoatisgoaty
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Level 51
Mar 23, 2021
Great quiz, barely got Trinidad.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Mar 27, 2021
Thanks!
Oppenheimer
+1
Level 52
Mar 27, 2021
Nice one! Nominated.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Mar 27, 2021
Thank you!
Dekkie
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Level 55
Mar 29, 2021
This is very nice map and quiz, but it contains a few errors for 1807:

- Spain didn't hold any territory in Morocco then.

- Control over most of Mindanao wasn't established until later in the 19th century (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moro_Sultanates_(Philippines).png)

- Spanish Guinea had some slightly different borders back then, stretching to Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon which can be seen here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treaty1777.JPG

Nathaniel
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Level 60
Mar 29, 2021
I'll change the source map: new map. Now the date will be 1800.
sumguy
+1
Level 80
Mar 29, 2021
Got to 32 and had to do some zoom searching to notice Trinidad.
mf3
+3
Level 84
Mar 29, 2021
yes, zoom has been an important part of all our lives lately
Fuse
+2
Level 69
Mar 29, 2021
Fun quiz, well done for the feature!
blizzrd33
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Level 74
Mar 29, 2021
Not sure if possible, but some quiz maps have "show missing countries" which would certainly help for this quiz.
Emchupi
+1
Level 46
Mar 30, 2021
You can see the countries you missed just below the map and then locate them in the map.
Nathaniel
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Level 60
Mar 30, 2021
I've added this option. It is pending review.
Tramp
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Level 71
Mar 30, 2021
That's all of Argentina/Chile that Spain controlled? Wow. I know that the south is pretty inhospitable, but I always thought Spain controlled the entire southern cone excluding Brazil.
markasol
+1
Level 71
Mar 30, 2021
They didn't go anywhere it was too cold!
AVB
+1
Level 67
Mar 30, 2021
What about Equatorial Guinea and Jamaica?
Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Mar 31, 2021
They had lost Jamaica and hadn't yet gained Equatorial Guinea at the time of this map.
Jerry928
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Level 74
Mar 30, 2021
Could I just clarify Morocco here? Are the two dots drawn there to indicate Ceuta and Melilla? If so, they are not a part of present-day Morocco.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Mar 30, 2021
I believe the possessions of Spain in Morocco were larger back then. Although the locations might be around Ceuta and Melilla, they were more extensive back then.
markasol
+1
Level 71
Mar 30, 2021
Did the Spanish not control the Marianas islands back then? (That would add the USA for Guam and the Northern Marianas) I understand that rio de oro, rio muni and morocco were all taken much later as part of the scramble for Africa but didn't Spain's Pacific holdings date from much earlier?
Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Apr 1, 2021
The US is already included. Why find further reasons to include it?
JackQuizzer
+1
Level 55
Apr 2, 2021
Canada. Why include that?
Nathaniel
+1
Level 60
Apr 3, 2021
Because it's true
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