Multiple choice general knowledge

How do we know 'Upper Volta' as today?

  1. Burkina Faso

  2. Zimbabwe

  3. Turkey

  4. Greece
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Explanation

Upper Volta was renamed Burkina Faso in 1984 when President Thomas Sankara came to power. The country changed its name from the colonial reference to the Volta River system to a name meaning 'land of incorruptible people' in local languages. Zimbabwe, Turkey, and Greece were never called Upper Volta.

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