Countries That Have Changed Their Name

Question 1

What is the current name of the country formerly known as Zaire?

Answer 1

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 2

True or False: The country formerly known as Swaziland is now called Eswatini.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which country changed its name from Upper Volta in 1984?

Answer 3

Burkina Faso

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The country known as _____ changed its name from the Republic of Macedonia in 2019.

Answer 4

North Macedonia

Question 5

What name did the country formerly known as Persia adopt in 1935?

Answer 5

Iran

Question 6

Which country changed its name from the Gold Coast in 1957?

Answer 6

Ghana

Question 7

True or False: The country of Myanmar was known as Burma until 1989.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Which country was known as Ceylon before changing its name in 1972?

Answer 8

Sri Lanka

Question 9

What is the new name of the country that was once called the United Arab Emirates Trucial States?

Answer 9

United Arab Emirates

Question 10

Which country changed its name from the Netherlands Antilles in 2010?

Answer 10

Curaçao

Question 11

Fill in the blank: The country known as _____ changed its name from the Kingdom of Bhutan in 2008.

Answer 11

Bhutan

Question 12

What is the current name of the country that was known as the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)?

Answer 12

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 13

Which African country changed its name from the Kingdom of Lesotho in 1976?

Answer 13

Lesotho

Question 14

True or False: The country of Djibouti was previously called French Somaliland.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Which country changed its name from the Soviet Union in 1991?

Answer 15

Russia

Question 16

What is the current name of the country previously known as the Central African Empire?

Answer 16

Central African Republic

Question 17

Fill in the blank: The country known as _____ changed its name from the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) in 1992.

Answer 17

Congo

Question 18

Which country was known as the British Solomon Islands before changing its name?

Answer 18

Solomon Islands

Question 19

What country changed its name from the Kingdom of Tonga in 1970?

Answer 19

Tonga

Question 20

True or False: The Republic of the Maldives was previously known as the Maldivian Archipelago.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

Which country changed its name from the Republic of Guinea in 1984?

Answer 21

Guinea

Question 22

Fill in the blank: The country known as _____ changed its name from the Republic of the Congo in 1997.

Answer 22

Republic of the Congo

Question 23

What is the current name of the country formerly known as the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas?

Answer 23

Djibouti

Question 24

Which country changed its name from the United Arab Republic in 1971?

Answer 24

Egypt

Question 25

True or False: The country of Bhutan changed its name to the Kingdom of Bhutan in 2008.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What is the current name of the country that was known as the Republic of South Yemen?

Answer 26

Yemen

Question 27

Which country changed its name from the United States of the Ionian Islands in 1864?

Answer 27

Greece

Question 28

What is the new name of the country formerly known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen?

Answer 28

Yemen

Question 29

Which country changed its name from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997?

Answer 29

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 30

True or False: The country of Lesotho has changed its name since 1975.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

What is the current name of the country previously known as the Kingdom of Swaziland?

Answer 31

Eswatini

Question 32

Which country changed its name from the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) in 1997?

Answer 32

Democratic Republic of the Congo