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Countries & Borders Quiz

Countries & Borders · Timed

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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. Which country is the largest contributor to the UN budget?

    • A. USA
    • B. China
    • C. Japan
    • D. Germany
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Which two continents are separated by the maritime border that runs through the Bering Strait?

    • A. Europe and Asia
    • B. North America and South America
    • C. Asia and Australia
    • D. Asia and North America
  5. Which South American country has a unicameral legislature?

    • A. Venezuela
    • B. Brazil
    • C. Peru
    • D. Argentina
  6. North Korea shares its shortest international land border, stretching just 17 kilometers along the Tumen River, with which country?

    • A. China
    • B. South Korea
    • C. Japan
    • D. Russia
  7. The Mekong River forms a substantial portion of the international political boundary between Thailand and which neighboring country?

    • A. Cambodia
    • B. Laos
    • C. Myanmar
    • D. Vietnam
  8. The resund Bridge physically connects the political borders of Denmark and which other Scandinavian country?

    • A. Norway
    • B. Finland
    • C. Sweden
    • D. Iceland
  9. Which country maintains a highly fortified land border with the Gaza Strip on its southwestern edge, including a steel wall and underground barriers?

    • A. Lebanon
    • B. Syria
    • C. Jordan
    • D. Egypt
  10. 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
  11. Kaliningrad is a highly militarized exclave on the Baltic Sea belonging to which country?

    • A. Poland
    • B. Lithuania
    • C. Germany
    • D. Russia
  12. 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
  13. The boundary known as the "Green Line" serves as the pre-1967 armistice border for which Middle Eastern country?

    • A. Egypt
    • B. Israel
    • C. Syria
    • D. Jordan
  14. Which country has a system where the president is also head of government AND state?

    • A. India
    • B. France
    • C. Germany
    • D. Italy
  15. Which small European nation's political borders contain a diarchy co-ruled by the President of France and a Spanish Bishop?

    • A. Monaco
    • B. Liechtenstein
    • C. San Marino
    • D. Andorra
  16. The Diomede Islands, located in the Bering Strait, are divided by the political border of which two countries?

    • A. United States and Russia
    • B. Japan and South Korea
    • C. Canada and Denmark
    • D. China and Taiwan
  17. Point Roberts is a pene-exclave of the United States, meaning it can only be accessed by land by traveling through which other country?

    • A. Mexico
    • B. Cuba
    • C. Russia
    • D. Canada
  18. Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, serves as a natural and political border between Peru and which other country?

    • A. Ecuador
    • B. Chile
    • C. Colombia
    • D. Bolivia
  19. The tabletop mountain of Mount Roraima serves as the triple border point (tripoint) for Brazil, Guyana, and which other country?

    • A. Colombia
    • B. Venezuela
    • C. Suriname
    • D. Peru
  20. Which African country is an independent political enclave entirely surrounded by South Africa?

    • A. Eswatini
    • B. Lesotho
    • C. The Gambia
    • D. Djibouti