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Countries & Borders Quiz

Countries & Borders · Judiciary Quiz

20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

Countries and borders are at the heart of international politics, shaping diplomacy, security, trade, and cooperation between nations. Understanding how borders are created, manage...

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All 20 questions in this Countries & Borders quiz
  1. Out of all the countries in South America, only two do NOT share a political land border with Brazil. One is Chile, what is the other?

    • A. Ecuador
    • B. Paraguay
    • C. Uruguay
    • D. Guyana
  2. In 2008, the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula was formally handed over to Cameroon, resolving a long-standing border dispute with which country?

    • A. Equatorial Guinea
    • B. Chad
    • C. Gabon
    • D. Nigeria
  3. Which wealthy Southeast Asian city-state is connected to its northern neighbor, Malaysia, by two heavily trafficked border causeways?

    • A. East Timor
    • B. Macau
    • C. Brunei
    • D. Singapore
  4. Which country shares the longest demilitarized political border in the world?

    • A. United States and Canada
    • B. Russia and China
    • C. India and Nepal
    • D. Argentina and Chile
  5. Cabinda is an oil-rich exclave province separated from its mainland country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To which country does it belong?

    • A. Namibia
    • B. Angola
    • C. Gabon
    • D. Zambia
  6. Which Scandinavian country shares a 196-kilometer land border with Russia in the Arctic, serving as NATO's northernmost frontier?

    • A. Sweden
    • B. Norway
    • C. Finland
    • D. Denmark
  7. The Bab-el-Mandeb strait is a highly strategic political and maritime border that separates the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen) from which African country?

    • A. Somalia
    • B. Djibouti
    • C. Egypt
    • D. Eritrea
  8. Which country has a system where the president is also head of government AND state?

    • A. India
    • B. France
    • C. Germany
    • D. Italy
  9. The Yalu River forms the majority of the heavily guarded international border between North Korea and which other country?

    • A. South Korea
    • B. Russia
    • C. Japan
    • D. China
  10. The Bir Tawil trapezoid is the only habitable land on Earth claimed by no recognized country, sitting on the border of which two nations?

    • A. Egypt and Sudan
    • B. Saudi Arabia and Yemen
    • C. Mali and Niger
    • D. Chad and Libya
  11. Victoria Falls, one of the world's largest waterfalls, acts as a spectacular natural boundary between Zambia and which other African nation?

    • A. Botswana
    • B. Mozambique
    • C. Zimbabwe
    • D. Angola
  12. Along with Liechtenstein, which Asian nation holds the rare geopolitical distinction of being a doubly landlocked country?

    • A. Mongolia
    • B. Nepal
    • C. Afghanistan
    • D. Uzbekistan
  13. The tiny, uninhabited island of Mrket features a bizarre, Z-shaped political border to fairly divide a lighthouse between which two Nordic countries?

    • A. Norway and Denmark
    • B. Iceland and Norway
    • C. Sweden and Finland
    • D. Finland and Russia
  14. The political boundary dividing the island of Cyprus involves a UN buffer zone separating the Republic of Cyprus and which self-declared state?

    • A. Republic of Akrotiri
    • B. Greek Cyprus
    • C. Sovereign Base Areas of Dhekelia
    • D. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  15. Aside from Vatican City, which other sovereign European microstate is an enclave entirely surrounded by Italy?

    • A. San Marino
    • B. Andorra
    • C. Monaco
    • D. Liechtenstein
  16. Which European country maintains sovereignty over the North African exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla?

    • A. France
    • B. Spain
    • C. Italy
    • D. Portugal
  17. The Siliguri Corridor, often called the "Chicken's Neck," is a narrow stretch of land that connects mainland India to its northeastern states, bordering Nepal, Bhutan, and which other country?

    • A. Myanmar
    • B. China
    • C. Bangladesh
    • D. Pakistan
  18. Which North African territory is bisected by a massive 2,700-kilometer sand wall built by Morocco to separate the area it controls from the Polisario Front?

    • A. Mauritania
    • B. Libya
    • C. Algeria
    • D. Western Sahara
  19. Which two countries are engaged in a long-standing territorial dispute over the Kashmir region?

    • A. China and Japan
    • B. India and Pakistan
    • C. Iran and Iraq
    • D. Armenia and Azerbaijan
  20. The archipelago of Tierra del Fuego at the southernmost tip of South America is divided by the political border of which two countries?

    • A. Peru and Bolivia
    • B. Argentina and Chile
    • C. Brazil and Uruguay
    • D. Colombia and Ecuador