The old name of zambia isA. Northern Rhodesia
B. southern Rhodesia
C. Ceylon
D. Siam
B. southern Rhodesia
C. Ceylon
D. Siam
The territory of what is now Zambia was known as Northern Rhodesia from 1911. It was renamed Zambia at independence in 1964. The new name of Zambia was derived from the Zambezi river (Zambezi may mean “Grand River”).