| Test Your Geography Knowledge |
1. The break-up of the Soviet Union changed the name of the largest country in the world to Russia.
2. How many new countries were created from the Soviet Union? 15
3. One of the new nations formed from the Soviet Union has the same name as the U.S. State of Georgia.
4. The former South African colony of South West Africa became the independent country of Namibia in 1990.
5. After a long civil war, the Ethiopian region of Eritrea achieved independence in 1993.
6. Several countries have changed their names. Match the names shown below.
| Old Name | New Names | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | b | a) Ivory Coast | |
| Cambodia | c | b) Burma | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | a | c) Kampuchea |
7. Several countries divided into new nations. Match the old name with the two new names.
| Old Name | New Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union | b, d | a) Bosnia | d) Ukraine | |
| Czechoslovakia | c, e | b) Moldova | e) Czech Republic | |
| Yugoslavia | a, f | c) Slovakia | f) Macedonia | |
8. Other countries joined together to form a new single country. East and West Germany united in 1990 to form Germany. In the same year, North and South Yemen joined together to form Yemen.
9. One place on Earth has never had a country name change. Which continent does not have any countries? Antarctica
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