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Historical Country Names
What do you know about formerly used country names and names of countries which have ceased to exist?
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Last updated: February 14, 2021
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1.
On which continent was once a country named Dutch Guiana?
Oceania
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South America
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Africa
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Central America
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2.
Which country in the South Pacific ocean was known as New Hebrides when it was a colony?
Tonga
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Vanuatu
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Fiji
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Kiribati
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3.
Which African country was known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997?
Cameroon
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Niger
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Angola
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D.R. Congo
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4.
Which African country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018?
Swaziland
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Lesotho
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Guinea
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Benin
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5.
Which African country was known as Upper Volta until 1984?
Mauritania
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Burkina Faso
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Sudan
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Chad
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6.
Which African country was known as Dahomey until 1975?
Ivory Coast
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Benin
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Cameroon
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Senegal
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7.
Which African country was known as unrecognized state of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979?
Namibia
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Zimbabwe
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Kenya
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Botswana
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8.
Which Asian country was know as Siam until 1932, when it became a constitutional monarchy?
Thailand
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Cambodia
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Pakistan
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Laos
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9.
Since 1975, what was the colonial name of East Timor?
British Timor
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Portuguese Timor
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French Timor
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Spanish Timor
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10.
Which Asian country was known as Burma until 1989?
Bhutan
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Laos
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Myanmar
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Vietnam
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11.
Which Asian country was known as Kampuchea until 1989?
Cambodia
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Singapore
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Nepal
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Thailand
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12.
Which Asian country in the west and from the beginning of British colonial rule was known as Ceylon?
Sri Lanka
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Brunei
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Singapore
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Malaysia
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13.
British Honduras was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas. Which present country is that?
Jamaica
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Costa Rica
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Belize
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Panama
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14.
The Former Republic of Macedonia changed its name in 2019. What is country's new name?
North Macedonia
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Western Macedonia
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Eastern Macedonia
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South Macedonia
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15.
French Somaliland was a French colony in the Horn of Africa between 1884 and 1967. Which country is its legal successor state?
Eritrea
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Djibouti
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Lesotho
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Somalia
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16.
What present country was not part of Yugoslavia before its dissolution in 1992?
Slovenia
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Moldova
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Montenegro
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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17.
Silesia (Schlesien) was historical region of Central Europe located mostly in three present countries. Which one is not one of them?
Czech Republic
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Germany
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Poland
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Austria
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18.
What is the name of a former kingdom of the German Empire, originally a small country on the south eastern shores of the Baltic Sea?
Moravia
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Ruthenia
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Prussia
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Helvetia
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19.
Prior 1918 the term "Bohemia" was traditionally used for which present country?
Poland
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Slovenia
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Slovakia
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Czech Republic
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20.
Which island was known as Danish West Indies?
Puerto Rico
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Barbados
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Sint Maarten
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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21.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 how many independent post-Soviet states were formed?
8
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10
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12
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15
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15 Countries were made after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, not 12.
The Questions 11 and 12 should say "Which Asian Country was known as Burma/Kampuchea until 1989".
Question 8, Germany lost its overseas possessions in WWI and Namibia was no longer theirs. It was until British rule until independence.
Question 15, the full title is the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and please capitalize the F in Former as it's an adjective in a title.