Statistics for Renamed Countries Quiz

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This quiz has been taken 71 times
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The average score is 35 of 56

Answer Stats

Old Name	Year of change	New Name	% Correct
East Pakistan	1971	Bangladesh	94%
New South Wales	1824	Australia	88%
Byelorussia	1991	Belarus	88%
Bosnia	1853	Bosnia and Herzegovina	85%
Central African Empire	1979	Central African Republic	85%
British Honduras	1973	Belize	82%
Persia	1935	Iran	82%
Irish Free State	1937	Ireland	82%
Moldavian SSR	1991	Moldova	82%
Burma	1989	Myanmar	82%
Territory of Papua and New Guinea	1975	Papua New Guinea	82%
Siam	1949	Thailand	82%
French Togoland	1960	Togo	82%
United Kingdom of the Netherlands	1830	Belgium	79%
Zaire	1997	Democratic Republic of the Congo	79%
British Mandate of Palestine	1948	Israel	79%
Middle Congo	1910	Republic of Congo	79%
Western Samoa	1997	Samoa	79%
Kingdom of Holland	1830	The Netherlands	79%
Swaziland	2018	eSwatini	76%
Emirate of Transjordan	1946	Jordan	76%
British Guiana	1966	Guyana	73%
Southwest Africa	1990	Namibia	73%
Ceylon	1972	Sri Lanka	73%
East Timor	2002	Timor-Leste	73%
Spanish Guinea	1968	Equatorial Guinea	70%
Gold Coast	1957	Ghana	70%
Dutch East Indies	1949	Indonesia	70%
Portuguese Guinea	1979	Guinea-Bissau	67%
New Spain	1821	Mexico	67%
Spanish East Indies	1898	Philippines	67%
Dutch Guiana	1975	Suriname	67%
Northern Rhodesia	1964	Zambia	67%
Cape Verde	2013	Cabo Verde	64%
British Mandate of Mesopotamia	1932	Iraq	64%
Southern Rhodesia	1980	Zimbabwe	64%
Upper Peru	1825	Bolivia	61%
Kampuchea	1991	Cambodia	61%
Upper Volta	1984	Burkina Faso	55%
French Sudan	1960	Mali	52%
Abyssinia	1941	Ethiopia	48%
Formosa	1895	Taiwan	48%
Gilbert Islands	1979	Kiribati	45%
Judea	135	Syria Palaestina	45%
Spanish Sahara	1975	Western Sahara	39%
Dahomey	1975	Benin	36%
Bechuanaland	1966	Botswana	36%
Basutoland	1966	Lesotho	33%
Terra de Santa Cruz	1530	Brasil	30%
New Granada	1863	Colombia	30%
Nyasaland	1964	Malawi	30%
New Hebrides	1980	Vanuatu	30%
Ellice Islands	1978	Tuvalu	24%
Territory of the Afars and the Issas	1977	Djibouti	15%
New Connecticut	1777	Republic of Vermont	12%
Temasik	1819	Singapore	9%