Historical_African_Countries_Names Flashcards
What nation used to be known as Abyssinia?
Ethiopia
What nation used to be known as Afars and Issas Territory?
Djibouti
What nation used to be known as Basutoland?
Lesotho
What nation used to be known as Bechuanaland?
Botswana
What nation used to be known as Belgian Congo?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
What nation used to be known as Benadir?
Somalia
What nation used to be known as the Republic of Biafra?
Nigeria
What nation used to be known as Bophuthatswana?
South Africa
What nation used to be known as Bourbon Island?
Reunion Island
What nation used to be known as British Bechuanaland?
Botswana
What nation used to be known as British East Africa?
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
What nation used to be known as Cape Colony?
South Africa
What nation used to be known as the Central African Empire?
Central African Republic
What nation used to be known as the Republic of Ciskei?
South Africa
What nation used to be known as Dahomey?
Benin
What nation used to be known as French Somaliland?
Djibouti
What nation used to be known as French Sudan?
Mali
What nation used to be known as German Southwest Africa?
Namibia
What nation used to be known as the Gold Coast?
Ghana
What nation used to be known as the Grain Coast?
Liberia
What nation used to be known as Hausaland?
Niger, Nigeria
What nation used to be known as Italian East Africa?
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
What nation used to be known as Kaffraria (Transkei)?
South Africa
What nation used to be known as Katanga?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
What nation used to be known as the Malagasy Republic?
Madagascar
What nation used to be known as Nyasaland?
Malawi
What nation used to be known as Portuguese East Africa?
Mozambique
What nation used to be known as Northern Rhodesia?
Zambia
What nation used to be known as Southern Rhodesia?
Zimbabwe
What nation used to be known as Ruanda?
Rwanda
What nation used to be known as Songhay?
Mali, Mauritania
What nation used to be known as South-West Africa?
Namibia
What nation used to be known as Spanish Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea
What nation used to be known as Spanish West Africa?
Morocco, Western Sahara
What nation used to be known as Tanganyika?
Tanzania
What nation used to be known as British Togoland?
Ghana
What nation used to be known as Ubangi-Shari?
Central African Republic
What nation used to be known as the Union of South Africa?
South Africa
What nation used to be known as the United Arab Republic?
Egypt, Syria
What nation used to be known as Upper Volta?
Burkina Faso
What nation used to be known as Urundi?
Burundi
What nation used to be known as Zaire?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
What nation used to be known as Zanzibar?
Tanzania
