Territories Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. In which geographic region are the Cayman Islands located?
The South Pacific
The Indian Ocean
The Mediterranean
The Caribbean
2. A traveler lands on Saipan. Which political jurisdiction have they entered?
Guam
American Samoa
The Northern Mariana Islands
The U.S. Virgin Islands
3. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is an external territory administered by which country?
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
The United Kingdom
4. Which Arctic territory, whose capital is Nuuk, is part of the Kingdom of Denmark?
Greenland
Svalbard
Nunavut
Iceland
5. A ship approaches a small territory at the southern edge of the Iberian Peninsula, beside the entrance to the Mediterranean. Which territory is it approaching?
Gibraltar
Bermuda
Guernsey
Saint Helena
6. Guam is located in which broad geographic area?
The eastern Caribbean
Micronesia in the western Pacific
The South Atlantic
The western Indian Ocean
7. Which of these is a sovereign country and United Nations member rather than a British Overseas Territory?
Anguilla
Montserrat
The Turks and Caicos Islands
Barbados
8. Which description best captures the political relationship between the Cook Islands and New Zealand?
The Cook Islands are a standard overseas territory governed directly from New Zealand
The Cook Islands are an external territory of Australia
The Cook Islands are self-governing in free association with New Zealand
The Cook Islands are a French overseas collectivity supported by New Zealand
9. Which pair belongs to the same sovereign kingdom?
Réunion and Christmas Island
Bermuda and Puerto Rico
Guam and the Cayman Islands
Greenland and the Faroe Islands
10. Which country exercises sovereignty over Puerto Rico?
Spain
Mexico
The United States
The Dominican Republic
11. How is Gibraltar officially classified?
A Spanish autonomous community
A British Overseas Territory
An independent microstate
A Crown Dependency
12. A traveler going from mainland France to Réunion remains within the same sovereign country. What explains this?
Réunion is a French-speaking territory of South Africa
Réunion is an independent state in free association with France
Réunion is jointly administered by France and Mauritius
Réunion is an overseas department and region of France
13. New Caledonia is institutionally associated with which sovereign state?
New Zealand
France
Australia
The United States
14. Which statement best describes the Faroe Islands?
They are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
They are a Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom
They are a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
They are an independent Nordic republic
15. A traveler is heading to a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic, east of North America and outside the Caribbean. Which destination fits?
The Cayman Islands
The Pitcairn Islands
Bermuda
The Turks and Caicos Islands
16. Which description accurately reflects the political status of French Guiana?
It is an overseas department and region of France
It is a British Overseas Territory
It is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
It is a sovereign member state of the United Nations