Countries that stopped existing after 1900

An African Kingdom founded in the 13th century and transformed into the Ethiopian Empire via a series of military conquests.

Often referred to as the _______________ Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918

After achieving independence from Britain in 1966 it was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho which is surrounded on all sides by South Africa.

This nation was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947.

In 1948, the British Colony of ______ was granted independence as _______. In 1972, the country became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka.

Also known as the GDR this socialist state joined with Germany after the fall of the soviet union.

On 16 December 1971, the territory of ____ ________ was handed over to Indian Army under the surrender agreement from West Pakistan and in the Simla Agreement became the newly independent state of Bangladesh.

_____ʻ_ was an independent republic in the Pacific Ocean from 1894 until August 12, 1898, when it officially became a territory of the United States. _____ʻ_ was admitted as a U.S. state on August 21, 1959.

In 1934, ____________ became the only dominion to give up its self-governing status to join with Canada after 79 years of self-government.

United with another state in 1990 to form the Republic of Yemen.

The _______ Empire officially ended in 1922 when the title of _______ Sultan was eliminated. Turkey was declared a republic on October 29, 1923, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, an army officer, founded the independent Republic of Turkey.

The switch from ______ to Iran happened in 1935 when the Shah of ______, Reza Shah, asked the international community to start calling the country Iran rather than ______.

This prominent Germanic nation as a legal entity, ceased to exist in 1947 when Freistaat Preußen was dissolved. As a country.

In a referendum in 1969, white voters approved a new constitution and the establishment of a republic, thereby severing ________'s last links with the British Crown, duly declared in March 1970. Eventually becoming Zambia.

It used to be called ____. For most of its history, the country currently called Thailand was known as ____. After reforms in 1932, which transformed the country from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy, the name was changed in 1939 to Thailand.

Initially, ______ remained an independent country to the east of Nepal, until it merged with India in 1975 after a decisive referendum.

Communist forces overran Saigon on 30 April 1975, marking the end of the Republic of _______.

The 2nd nation which merged with another state to form The Republic of Yemen.

_____ ____ ______ was a territory under _____ _______ administration from 1915 to 1990, after which it became modern-day Namibia.

In 1947, __________ became a United Nations Trust Territory under British administration, a status it kept until its independence in 1961 when it became Tanzania.

Until 1949, _____ was an independent Buddhist nation in the Himalayas which had little contact with the rest of the world. It existed as a rich cultural storehouse of the Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings of Buddhism.

25 May is still celebrated as independence day in Jordan although legally the mandate for ___________ ended on 17 June 1946 when, in accordance with the Treaty of London.

On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin, thereafter replaced by the Russian tricolor.

______ ____ ________, political union of Egypt and Syria proclaimed on February 1, 1958, and ratified in nationwide plebiscites later that month.

____ _______, from 1949 to 1990, a republic consisting of the western two-thirds of what is now _______. This state was created in 1949 when the United States, Great Britain, and France consolidated those zones, or portions, of _______ that they had occupied at the end of World War II.

This state was the first Pacific Island country to gain its independence. In July 1997 the Constitution was amended to change the country's name from ____ _____ to Samoa.

This Balkan nation broke up into 7 countries in 1992.

This Congolese state lasted until 1997 when it became the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Achieved independence as a member of the commonwealth in 1963. The government was overthrown by an internal revolution and a republic was proclaimed eventually becoming part of Tanzania.