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Countries' former names
Guess these formerly-named countries' current names.
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Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
Cathay
China
British Honduras
Belize
Zaire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Siam
Thailand
Danubia
Sudan
Dahomey
Benin
Persia
Iran
Ceilon
Sri Lanka
Mesopotamia
Iraq
British Raj
India
Edo
Japan
Numidia
Algeria
Formosa
Taiwan
Gaul
France
Abyssinia
Etiopia
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PSTSCCH
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Level 46
Feb 25, 2015
Democratic Republic of "the" Congo, or just accept "DRC" and "Congo." Edo is the former name of Tokyo, not Japan.
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Mar 19, 2020
Ethiopia is misspelled.
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Nov 9, 2020
Sudan was Nubia, not Danubia
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