This Week - Obsolete Countries

Throughout history, territories were defined by many things - language, culture, geography, etc.  Countries, as we know them today, sometimes seem little more than solid blocks of color on a map roughly defining a political entity.  It seems that they come and go frequently these days.

This week you'll learn about - or perhaps remember - some recently obsolete countries.

 

Then - Upper Volta

Now - Burkina Faso

 

Located near the western coast of Africa, it went by the wayside in 1984.