Wherio · August 17th, 2026
Five real historical events. Guess where each one happened, then compare your score with the answers and locations below.
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1. A canal linking two oceans opens across a narrow isthmus.
Answer: 🇵🇦 Panama · August 15th, 1914
The Panama Canal greatly reduced travel time and distance between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
2. Navigators from this Atlantic country open a sea route to India around Africa.
Answer: 🇵🇹 Portugal · May 22nd, 1998
Expo '98 marked 500 years since Vasco da Gama reached India.
3. The Winter War begins when Soviet forces invade this northern European country, famed for its lakes and saunas.
Answer: 🇫🇮 Finland · November 30th, 1939
The Winter War began with a Soviet invasion of Finland.
4. Welsh settlers arrive in this country aboard the Mimosa, beginning a colony in Patagonia.
Answer: 🇦🇷 Argentina · July 28th, 1865
Welsh is still spoken in parts of Chubut province.
5. A Norse colony declines after centuries of farming along Greenland's southwestern fjords.
Answer: 🇩🇰 Denmark · 14th century
The vanished Norse settlements lie in Greenland, now part of the Danish Realm.
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- A national park containing Perito Moreno, Upsala, and Spegazzini glaciers is established in its southern province.
- A king signs the June Constitution that ends absolute monarchy.
- A new republic signs a treaty to build a canal across its narrow land bridge joining two continents.