Former Names of Countries

You will be given a country, and will have to give the former name of that country

Some countries (1 is a region) are not the exact borders, but mostly within the same area

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Country Name	Former Name
Ethiopia	Abyssinia
Thailand	Siam
D.R. Congo	Zaire
Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia
Myanmar	Burma
Iran	Persia
Sri Lanka	Ceylon
Zambia	Northern Rhodesia
Iraq	Mesopotamia
Czech Republic and Slovakia	Czechoslovakia
Eswatini	Swaziland

Level 59

Mar 2, 2021

If you like this quiz please nominate it! I would really appreciate it. If there are any of your quizzes that you would like me to take please link them and I definitely will!

Level 33

Jan 22, 2021

You should do Eswatini and Swaziland as well but it is good :)

Level 59

Jan 22, 2021

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll do that

Level 63

Jan 27, 2021

Cool Quiz! Nominated!

Level 59

Jan 27, 2021

Thank you so much.

Level 63

Feb 10, 2021

Neat quiz! Couldn’t figure out how to spell Abyssinia and just forgot about Mesopotamia. Five stars!

Level 59

Feb 10, 2021

Thanks!

Level 59

Feb 10, 2021

It's OK I didn't even know Abyssinia was a thing until I started researching for this quiz lol 😂

Level 55

Feb 16, 2021

Great quiz!! Nominated!!

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Feb 16, 2021

Thank You!!!

Level 54

Feb 19, 2021

Great Quiz!

Nominated and 5 Stars!

Level 59

Feb 19, 2021

thank you so much!!

Level 55

Apr 17, 2021

100 takes! Congrats!

Level 59

Apr 17, 2021

Thanks so much!

Level 54

Apr 17, 2021

Congrats on your first quiz with 100 takes!! 🎉 🎊

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Apr 17, 2021

Thanks!

Level 63

Apr 17, 2021

100 takes congrats!

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Apr 17, 2021

Thank You!

Level 70

Apr 19, 2021

Should accept Rhodesia for Zimbabwe ;)

Level 59

Apr 19, 2021

I will put that as an answer!

Level 52

Apr 19, 2021

Mesopotamia was a good one

Level 59

Apr 19, 2021

Thanks!

Level 15

Jun 12, 2021

Nice quiz!

Level 70

Jul 26, 2021

Suggestions:

* Upper Volta --> Burkina Faso

* British Honduras --> Belize

* Gilbert Islands --> Kiribati

* Bechuanaland --> Botswana

* Trucial States --> UAE

Level 82

Jul 26, 2021

There was never a country called Mesopotamia. It's a region. Which Iraq doesn't really line up with perfectly anyway. This would sort of be like saying the former name of Russia is Siberia.. or the former name of Turkey is Asia Minor... or the former name of Algeria is the Sahara Desert...

Level 59

Aug 12, 2021

See Caveat

Level 76

Jul 26, 2021

I agree with the Mesopotamia remark, can't really go 1:1 with Iraq here. There were some good suggestions above, one I would add is Dahomey, a former name of Benin. Other than that, good quiz :)

Level 63

Jul 26, 2021

Congrats for 2,000 takes and also for the spotlight! You deserve it :)

Level 59

Aug 12, 2021

tysm! You were a big part of me reaching 2,000. Thx for taking my quizzes!

Level 69

Jul 26, 2021

Could add Formosa for Taiwan

Level 84

Jul 26, 2021

Nyasaland -> Malawi