Statistics for Former Countries/Country Names

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Persia	Iran	94%
Myanmar	Burma	93%
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	Russia	93%
Korea	South Korea	90%
British Palestine and Transjordan	Israel and Jordan	89%
Mesopotamia	Iraq	88%
Siam	Thailand	88%
Zaire	D.R. Congo	87%
Irish Free State	Ireland	86%
German East Africa	Tanzania	85%
Abyssinia	Ethiopia	83%
Ceylon	Sri Lanka	83%
Rhodesia	Zimbabwe	83%
Russian America	Alaska, United States	82%
East Pakistan	Bangladesh	82%
Hellenic Republic	Greece	82%
Tanganyika	Tanzania	82%
British East Africa	Kenya	78%
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia	77%
German South West Africa	Namibia	77%
Orange Free State	South Africa	77%
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia	77%
United Arab Republic	Egypt and Syria	73%
Dutch Guiana	Suriname	73%
Portugese East Africa	Mozambique	72%
Campuchea	Cambodia	69%
Vichy France	France	69%
French Somaliland	Djibouti	66%
Portugese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau	65%
Bechuanaland	Botswana	56%
French Sudan	Mali	56%
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso	55%
Nyasaland	Malawi	49%
Basutoland	Lesotho	48%
Dahomey	Benin	47%
Danelaw	UK	43%
Rio de Oro	Western Sahara	34%