Coal Creek Elementary School

Out with Old, In with the New…This is the time to say good-bye to an old year and ring in the new. In that spirit, fill in the blanks for the cities or countries whose names have changed over time.

	Former Name	Current Name	Description
1,	New Amsterdam	NEW YORK CITY	This town developed in the 1600s outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island is what is not the Northeastern United States. Today it has grown to one of the largest cities in the world.
2.	PEKING	Beijing	This large city in China will host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
3.	Montana City	DENVER	This settlement became the biggest city in Colorado
4.	SAIGON	Ho Chi Minh City	This city was once the capital of South Vietnam
5.	York	TORONTO	This city is the largest in Canada
6.	TANGANYIKA ZANZIBAR	Tanzania	These two former countires in Africa united in 1964 to become the country known today as Tanzania.
7.	Mesopotamia Persia	IRAQ IRAN	These two countries in the Middle East are often at the center of current international news.
8.	Ceylon	SRI LANKA	The current name of this island nation in southeast Asia city means "splendid thing".

Extra Credit: What are the three former names of St. Petersburg, Russia? St. Petersburg (before 1914), Petrograd (1914-1924), Leningrad (1924-1991)

NAME: ___________________________Please remember to include your last name!

GRADE/TEACHER: ______________________

*Please put in the Where in the World box in the office by the end of school Jan 5th, 2007

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