Former Country And City Names Flashcards
What was known as Siam
Thailand
What was known as Persia
Iran
What was known as Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
What was known as Ceylon?
Sri Lanka
What was known as Zaire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
What was known as Upper Volta
Burkina Faso
What was known as British Honduras?
Belize
What was known as Bechuanaland?
Botswana
What was known as Dutch Guiana?
Suriname
What was known as Kampuchea?
Cambodia
What was known as Trucial States?
United Arab Emirates
What was known as Dahomey?
Benin
What was known as The Gilbert Islands?
Kiribati
What was known as Basutoland?
Lesotho
What was known as New Hebrides?
Vanuatu
What countries are named for Old Testament figures?
Israel (Jacob) and Solomon Islands
What country is named for a New Testament apostle?
São Tomé and Principe
What country is called Bharat in its native language?
India
What country is named for the founder of the Friar’s preachers” religious order?
Dominican Republic
What country is named for the Hapsburg king of Spain from 1556 to 1598?
The Philippines (King Philip II)
What Italians are countries names after?
Ameriprise Vespucci
Christopher Colombus
What country’s name is the local pronunciation of the name of its British discoverer Thomas Gilbert?
Kiribati
Which world country is named after the figure who lived most recently?
Bolivia
What Pacific Island chain is named for Philip IV’s Austrian Queen?
Marianas
