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Former Names of Countries
For every old name, name the current name of the country.
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New Name
Abyssinia
Ethiopia
Afars and Issas/French Somaliland
Djibouti
Alashiya
Cyprus
Albion
United Kingdom
Basutoland
Lesotho
Batavian Republic
Netherlands
Bechuanaland
Botswana
Benadir
Somalia
British East Africa/ East Africa Protectorate
Kenya/ Tanzania/ Uganda
British Guiana
Guyana
British Honduras
Belize
Burma
Myanmar
Ceylon
Sri Lanka
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic/Slovakia
Dahomey
Benin
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Ellice Islands
Tuvalu
Formosa
Taiwan
French Equatorial Africa
Central African Republic/ Chad/ Gabon/ Republic of Congo
French Guinea
Guinea
Friendly Islands
Tonga
German East Africa
Rwanda/ Burundi/ Tanzania
Gilbert Islands
Kiribati
Gold Coast
Ghana
Gorkhali
Nepal
Grain Coast
Liberia
Gaul
France
Joseon
North Korea/ South Korea
Kampuchea
Cambodia
Kirgizia
Kyrgyzstan
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New Name
Malagasy Republic
Madagascar
Malaya
Malaysia
Mesopotamia
Iraq
Moldovia
Moldova
Muscat and Oman
Oman
New Hebrides
Vanuatu
New Holland
Australia
Northern Rhodesia
Zambia
Numidia
Algeria
Nyasaland
Malawi
Papua Territory
Papua New Guinea
Persia
Iran
Portuguese East Africa
Mozambique
Portuguese Timor
East Timor
Senegambia
Gambia/ Senegal
Siam
Thailand
South-West Africa
Namibia
Southern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Spanish Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Sudanese Republic
Mali
Swaziland
Eswatini
Swiss Confederation
Switzerland
Tonkin
Vietnam
Transjordan
Jordan
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
Libya
Trucial States
United Arab Emirates
Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
West Pakistan
Pakistan
Western Samoa
Samoa
Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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CardinalSin
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Level 82
Oct 23, 2021
Thanks for the quiz. There is a typo for Gaul that could do with correcting,
Bti92
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Level 50
Oct 23, 2021
Thanks for the support. Just fixed the error
Temudhun
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Level 73
Oct 23, 2021
French Equatorial Africa also includes Gabon and (republic of the) Congo.
Bti92
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Level 50
Oct 23, 2021
Just fixed the error
Schiffi
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Level 81
Oct 23, 2021
German East Africa also includes Tanzania
LAlphy
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Level 66
May 10, 2022
Czechoslovakia isn't a former name, it's a former country.
LAlphy
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Level 66
May 10, 2022
I only knew Zaire cause of Yakko's World
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