Island Nations

What this quiz asks

• Which island nation is the world's largest archipelago by number of islands?
• Which country occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola?
• New Zealand's South Island is larger than its North Island.
• Iceland sits directly on the boundary between which two tectonic plates?
• The dodo lived, and went extinct, on which island nation east of Madagascar?
• Select ALL of these countries that are island nations.
• Singapore became a fully independent country in 1965 after separating from which neighbour?
• Greenland is an independent island nation.
• Which island nation is the largest country in the Caribbean by land area?
• Madagascar is separated from the African mainland by which stretch of water?
• Japan's four main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku.
• Which Pacific island nation was known as the Gilbert Islands before independence?
• Which island nation was called Ceylon until 1972?
• Select ALL of these island nations that lie in the Caribbean.
• Select ALL of these island nations that lie mainly in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Is Australia usually classed as a continent rather than as an island nation?
• The Arctic fox was the only land mammal native to Iceland before people arrived.
• Order these island nations by land area, smallest first.
• Which island nation in the western Pacific includes the islands of Luzon and Mindanao?
• In which year did Iceland formally become an independent republic, ending its union with Denmark?