Can you name the Modern Names of these Countries? by archigenes

Former English Name	Modern English Name
Dutch Guiana
Rhodesia
Yugoslavia
Persia
Portuguese Guinea
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
Zaire
Colchis and (Caucasian) Iberia
Gaul
Cathay
Siam
Trucial States
Northern Rhodesia

Former English Name	Modern English Name
Anatolia
Formosa
Basutoland
Bohemia
French Somaliland
Nyasaland
Saudia
New Hebrides
Ceylon
Mesopotamia
Ellice Islands
Kampuchea

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Former Names of Countries Quiz

by archigenes

Created Nov 30, 2009 in Geography
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	LinuxLinus:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 16:47 GMT	6 points
	You should accept "st kitts and nevis". I guess my other problems were mostly about spelling.

	AdamAdamHillHill:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 16:53 GMT	2 points
	If your intent was for the answers to be in alphabetical order, you've swapped Zaire and Bohemia. And I'm sure somebody's going to say something about Yugoslavia being broken up, not renamed, but I don't know all the details on that one.

	RebeccaAMax:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 17:27 GMT	0 points
	This would be much better if it weren't in alphabetical order. Hit "randomize answers" on the create screen.

	JasonJP:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 17:45 GMT	0 points
	I like it. And Yugoslavia was broken, and reformed with a different name. Before they stupidly called themselves Macedonia, they were FYROM. Look it up. I don't know all the details either, but there's no issue with it being here.

	goody:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 21:57 GMT	3 points
	Yugoslavia became serbia, bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and I think Albania too, now kosovo and Montenegro have also split away. Also you should allow DRC and didn't indonesia used to be called Dutch East Indies

	RGJ:	Nov 30th, 2009 at 22:00 GMT	1 point
	As far as I'm aware Vietnam was not known as French Indochina. Even though Vietnam was under French control it was not named French Indochina until Cambodia became a French protectorate. Laos was a later addition. So I suggest either accepting Cambodia as an answer, or including it in the answer, or leaving it out entirely.

	Masternachos:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 01:11 GMT	3 points
	JasonJP: What's so stupid about them being Macedonia? After all, FYROM stood for "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;" all they did was drop the prefixes.

	ablackperson:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 01:30 GMT	1 point
	Agreed about St Kitts and Nevis and DRC--those are usually acceptable on geography quizzes.

	ptmanager:	Jun 1st, 2010 at 18:59 GMT	3 points
	What about Burkina Faso (used to be Upper Volta)?

	beth61:	Sep 30th, 2010 at 05:43 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz -- but like ptmanager I was surprised not to see Burkina Faso. And it's a little odd to equate Yugoslavia only with Serbia. Can you accept the present-day countries that were also part of Yugoslavia? They are Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Kosovo; Macedonia; Montenegro; and Slovenia. @goody: Albania wasn't part of Yugoslavia.