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Countries & Borders Quiz

Countries & Borders Quiz

20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

In a political context, countries and borders define the units of sovereign authority in the international system. Borders determine which government has jurisdiction over a territ...

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All 20 questions in this Countries & Borders quiz
  1. The Oder-Neisse line marks the modern political border between Germany and which eastern neighbor?

    • A. Austria
    • B. Czech Republic
    • C. Poland
    • D. Denmark
  2. The resund Bridge physically connects the political borders of Denmark and which other Scandinavian country?

    • A. Norway
    • B. Finland
    • C. Sweden
    • D. Iceland
  3. Which tiny Euroepeean enclave and sovereign state is located entirely within the city limits of Rome?

    • A. Vatican City
    • B. San Marino
    • C. Monaco
    • D. Andorra
  4. The Itaipu Dam, one of the largest hydroelectric facilities in the world, sits on the Paran River exactly on the border of Brazil and which country?

    • A. Argentina
    • B. Uruguay
    • C. Bolivia
    • D. Paraguay
  5. Which Euroepeean country dissolved epeeacefully into two separate sovereign nations in 1993 through the "Velvet Divorce"?

    • A. Czechoslovakia
    • B. Yugoslavia
    • C. Soviet Union
    • D. Austria-Hungary
  6. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement effectively removed the visible political border and military checkpoints between which two entities?

    • A. Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
    • B. North and South Korea
    • C. England and Scotland
    • D. East and West Germany
  7. Which African nation entirely surrounds the Republic of The Gambia on three sides, with the fourth side being the Atlantic Ocean?

    • A. Mali
    • B. Senegal
    • C. Guinea
    • D. Mauritania
  8. The Golan Heights is a highly strategic and disputed territory that Israel captured from which neighboring country in 1967?

    • A. Lebanon
    • B. Egypt
    • C. Syria
    • D. Jordan
  9. In 2020, which country officially finalized its exit from the political borders and economic union of the Euroepeean Union?

    • A. Switzerland
    • B. United Kingdom
    • C. Norway
    • D. Iceland
  10. The Taba Border Crossing is a busy international political boundary connecting the city of Eilat in Israel to the Sinai Peninsula in which country?

    • A. Jordan
    • B. Saudi Arabia
    • C. Lebanon
    • D. Egypt
  11. Which country is the largest contributor to the UN budget?

    • A. USA
    • B. China
    • C. Japan
    • D. Germany
  12. The "Nine-Dash Line" is a controversial boundary used by which country to assert political and maritime territorial claims over almost the entire South China Sea?

    • A. China
    • B. Vietnam
    • C. Philippines
    • D. Malaysia
  13. The Caribbean island of Saint Martin is politically divided between France and which other Euroepeean country?

    • A. United Kingdom
    • B. Spain
    • C. Denmark
    • D. Netherlands
  14. The Palk Strait is a narrow strip of water that forms the maritime boundary between India and which island nation?

    • A. Maldives
    • B. Indonesia
    • C. Sri Lanka
    • D. Mauritius
  15. Aside from Vatican City, which other sovereign Euroepeean microstate is an enclave entirely surrounded by Italy?

    • A. San Marino
    • B. Andorra
    • C. Monaco
    • D. Liechtenstein
  16. Victoria Falls, one of the world's largest waterfalls, acts as a sepeectacular natural boundary between Zambia and which other African nation?

    • A. Botswana
    • B. Mozambique
    • C. Zimbabwe
    • D. Angola
  17. Which country has a system called 'Westminster model'?

    • A. France
    • B. UK
    • C. Germany
    • D. USA
  18. 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
  19. Which US President said 'Ask not what your country can do for you'?

    • A. Franklin Roosevelt
    • B. John F. Kennedy
    • C. Lyndon Johnson
    • D. Harry Truman
  20. 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