Can you name the Former Country/Territory Names of Africa?

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  • *This territory was absorbed into the following modern-day country. ^This territory was made of more than one modern-day country. You may type any one of those countries. There may be some repeats.
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Historical NamePresent Day Country/Territory
Grain Coast
Abyssinia^
French Somaliland
French West Africa^
Basutoland
Tanganyika Territory*
Katanga*
British East Africa/East Africa Protectorate^
Gold Coast
Sudanese Republic
Transvaal/Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek*
Songhay/Songhai^
Benadir*
Ciskei*
Nyasaland
Ubangi-Shari/Oubangui-Chari
Italian East Africa^
Cape Colony*
Biafra*
French Guinea
French Sudan
Ruanda
Nubia*^
Dahomey
German East Africa^
Zaire
Historical NamePresent Day Country/Territory
Stellaland*
Northern Rhodesia
Spanish Sahara
Fortunate Islands
Portuguese East Africa
Southern Rhodesia
Hausaland*^
Territory of the Afars and Issas
Bourbon (Island)
Sahara Occidental
Zanzibar*
South-West Africa
Malagasy Republic
German Southwest Africa
British Togoland*
Senegambia^
Kaffraria/Transkei*
Urundi
Bechuanaland
British Bechuanaland*
Bophuthatswana*
Belgian Congo
Spanish Guinea
Upper Volta
Rio de Oro
Central African Empire
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Former Country Names: Africa Quiz

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  • Created Apr 27, 2012 in Geography
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