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Countries That Changed Their Names There are a bunch of countries that changed their names for reasons ranging from political or cultural in nature to an attempt to forget the past.
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In 1935 Persia changed its name to what ?
Iran
Afganistan
Iraq
Jordan
48% got this right
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In 1939 Siam changed its name to what ?
Thailand
Burma
Cambodia
Laos
38% got this right
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In 1941 Abyssinia changed its name to what ?
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Eritrea
Somalia
52% got this right
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In 1949 Formosa changed its name to what ?
Taiwan
Guam
Hong Kong
Laos
37% got this right
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In 1945 East Indies changed its name to what ?
Indonesia
Malaysia
Papua New Guinea
Phillipines
51% got this right
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In 1957 Gold Coast changed its name to what ?
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Liberia
Nigeria
36% got this right
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In 1960 French Sudan changed its name to what ?
Mali
Benin
Mauritania
Sudan
28% got this right
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In 1964 Nyasaland changed its name to what ?
Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
30% got this right
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In 1964 Zanzibar changed its name to what ?
Tanzania
Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
43% got this right
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In 1966 Basutoland changed its name to what ?
Lesotho
Angola
Eswatini
Malawi
33% got this right
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In 1966 Bechuanaland changed its name to what ?
Botswana
Chad
Gabon
Namibia
56% got this right
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In 1972 Ceylon changed its name to what ?
Sri Lanka
The Comoros
Cabo Verde
Suriname
70% got this right
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In 1973 British Honduras changed its name to what ?
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
20% got this right
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In 1975 Dahomey changed its name to what ?
Benin
Gabon
Gambia
Togo
23% got this right
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In 1980 Rhodesia changed its name to what ?
Zimbabwe
Burundi
Rwanda
Zambia
40% got this right
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In 1984 Upper Volta changed its name to what ?
Burkina Faso
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone
32% got this right
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In 1989 Kampuchea changed its name to what ?
Cambodia
Cabo Verde
Canada
Côte d'Ivoire
76% got this right
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In 1997 Zaire changed its name to what ?
Congo
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda
25% got this right
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In 1980 New Hebrides changed its name to what ?
Vanuatu
Samoa
Tonga
Tuvalu