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Historical_African_Countries_Names Flashcards

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What nation used to be known as Abyssinia?

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Ethiopia

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What nation used to be known as Afars and Issas Territory?

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Djibouti

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What nation used to be known as Basutoland?

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Lesotho

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What nation used to be known as Bechuanaland?

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Botswana

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What nation used to be known as Belgian Congo?

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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What nation used to be known as Benadir?

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Somalia

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What nation used to be known as the Republic of Biafra?

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Nigeria

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What nation used to be known as Bophuthatswana?

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South Africa

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What nation used to be known as Bourbon Island?

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Reunion Island

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What nation used to be known as British Bechuanaland?

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Botswana

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What nation used to be known as British East Africa?

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Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

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What nation used to be known as Cape Colony?

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South Africa

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What nation used to be known as the Central African Empire?

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Central African Republic

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What nation used to be known as the Republic of Ciskei?

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South Africa

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15
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What nation used to be known as Dahomey?

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Benin

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What nation used to be known as French Somaliland?

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Djibouti

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What nation used to be known as French Sudan?

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Mali

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What nation used to be known as German Southwest Africa?

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Namibia

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What nation used to be known as the Gold Coast?

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Ghana

20
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What nation used to be known as the Grain Coast?

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Liberia

21
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What nation used to be known as Hausaland?

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Niger, Nigeria

22
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What nation used to be known as Italian East Africa?

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Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia

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What nation used to be known as Kaffraria (Transkei)?

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South Africa

24
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What nation used to be known as Katanga?

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

25
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What nation used to be known as the Malagasy Republic?

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Madagascar

26
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What nation used to be known as Nyasaland?

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Malawi

27
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What nation used to be known as Portuguese East Africa?

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Mozambique

28
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What nation used to be known as Northern Rhodesia?

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Zambia

29
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What nation used to be known as Southern Rhodesia?

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Zimbabwe

30
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What nation used to be known as Ruanda?

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Rwanda

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What nation used to be known as Songhay?

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Mali, Mauritania

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What nation used to be known as South-West Africa?

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Namibia

33
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What nation used to be known as Spanish Guinea?

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Equatorial Guinea

34
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What nation used to be known as Spanish West Africa?

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Morocco, Western Sahara

35
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What nation used to be known as Tanganyika?

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Tanzania

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What nation used to be known as British Togoland?

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Ghana

37
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What nation used to be known as Ubangi-Shari?

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Central African Republic

38
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What nation used to be known as the Union of South Africa?

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South Africa

39
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What nation used to be known as the United Arab Republic?

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Egypt, Syria

40
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What nation used to be known as Upper Volta?

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Burkina Faso

41
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What nation used to be known as Urundi?

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Burundi

42
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What nation used to be known as Zaire?

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

43
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What nation used to be known as Zanzibar?

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Tanzania

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