Past Names (World)
The past name for the country of the UK.
What is Great Britain?
What was the largest colony during the Scramble for Africa.
What is French West Africa?
The past name for the country of Russia.
What is the USSR (Soviet Union).
Who were the three main Axis Powers.
What is Germany, Japan, and Italy?
What month and day did the USA gain independence from Great Britain. (year 1776)
What is July 4th, 1776?
The past name for the country of Iran.
What is Persia?
The colonial name for the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
What is Belgian Congo?
What is the newest country in the world.
What is South Sudan?
Which Country was the first country to declare war, sparking WWI.
What is Austria-Hungary (Austro-Hungarian Empire)?
What month and day did Mexico gain independence from Spain.
What is September 16th, 1810? (Officially recognized by Spain on September 27th, 1821)
The past name for the country of Myanmar.
What is Burma?
What Country's sovereignty and administration were shared between both Egypt and the United Kingdom.
What is Anglo-Egyptian Sudan?
BONUS (hard): With Old German borders, what was the largest German state.
What is Prussia?
Which Allied Power was secretly an Axis Power.
What is the UK?
What month and day did Korea (Both North and South) gain independence from Japan. (Year 1945)
What is August 15th, 1945?
The past name for the country of Bangladesh.
What is East Pakistan?
The colonial name for the country of Malawi.
What is Nyasaland?
BONUS (hard): With Normal German borders, what is the largest German state.
What is Bavaria?
Which Country was fighting during WWII but wasn't officially on any side during WWII.
What is Finland?
BONUS (easy): What month did Brazil gain independence, without signing the recognition treaty with Portugal.
What is September?
The past name for the country of Sri Lanka.
What is Ceylon?
BONUS (normal) : Name all of the African Countries never colonized by any other country
What is Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia?
Name all of the Countries that made up Yugoslavia.
What is Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia? Notices: Kosovo (Disputed) and North Macedonia (Name of Macedonia after 2019) {Don't have to say Kosovo}
Name all of the Countries formed after the Treaty of Versailles, after WWI.
What is Austria, Hungary, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania?
What month and day did Haiti gain independence from France. (year 1804)
What is January 1st, 1804?