Historical_African_Countries_Names

Question 1

What nation used to be known as Abyssinia?

Answer 1

Ethiopia

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Djibouti

Question 3

What nation used to be known as Basutoland?

Answer 3

Lesotho

Question 4

What nation used to be known as Bechuanaland?

Answer 4

Botswana

Question 5

What nation used to be known as Belgian Congo?

Answer 5

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 6

What nation used to be known as Benadir?

Answer 6

Somalia

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Nigeria

Question 8

What nation used to be known as Bophuthatswana?

Answer 8

South Africa

Question 9

What nation used to be known as Bourbon Island?

Answer 9

Reunion Island

Question 10

What nation used to be known as British Bechuanaland?

Answer 10

Botswana

Question 11

What nation used to be known as British East Africa?

Answer 11

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Question 12

What nation used to be known as Cape Colony?

Answer 12

South Africa

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Central African Republic

Question 14

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

Answer 14

South Africa

Question 15

What nation used to be known as Dahomey?

Answer 15

Benin

Question 16

What nation used to be known as French Somaliland?

Answer 16

Djibouti

Question 17

What nation used to be known as French Sudan?

Answer 17

Mali

Question 18

What nation used to be known as German Southwest Africa?

Answer 18

Namibia

Question 19

What nation used to be known as the Gold Coast?

Answer 19

Ghana

Question 20

What nation used to be known as the Grain Coast?

Answer 20

Liberia

Question 21

What nation used to be known as Hausaland?

Answer 21

Niger, Nigeria

Question 22

What nation used to be known as Italian East Africa?

Answer 22

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia

Question 23

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

Answer 23

South Africa

Question 24

What nation used to be known as Katanga?

Answer 24

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 25

What nation used to be known as the Malagasy Republic?

Answer 25

Madagascar

Question 26

What nation used to be known as Nyasaland?

Answer 26

Malawi

Question 27

What nation used to be known as Portuguese East Africa?

Answer 27

Mozambique

Question 28

What nation used to be known as Northern Rhodesia?

Answer 28

Zambia

Question 29

What nation used to be known as Southern Rhodesia?

Answer 29

Zimbabwe

Question 30

What nation used to be known as Ruanda?

Answer 30

Rwanda

Question 31

What nation used to be known as Songhay?

Answer 31

Mali, Mauritania

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Namibia

Question 33

What nation used to be known as Spanish Guinea?

Answer 33

Equatorial Guinea

Question 34

What nation used to be known as Spanish West Africa?

Answer 34

Morocco, Western Sahara

Question 35

What nation used to be known as Tanganyika?

Answer 35

Tanzania

Question 36

What nation used to be known as British Togoland?

Answer 36

Ghana

Question 37

What nation used to be known as Ubangi-Shari?

Answer 37

Central African Republic

Question 38

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

Answer 38

South Africa

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Egypt, Syria

Question 40

What nation used to be known as Upper Volta?

Answer 40

Burkina Faso

Question 41

What nation used to be known as Urundi?

Answer 41

Burundi

Question 42

What nation used to be known as Zaire?

Answer 42

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 43

What nation used to be known as Zanzibar?

Answer 43

Tanzania