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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 Aouzou Strip was a disputed border region in the Sahara Desert that led to the "Toyota War" between Chad and which northern neighbor?

    • A. Egypt
    • B. Algeria
    • C. Libya
    • D. Niger
  2. Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave situated within the Swiss can'ton of Ticino, located on the shores of which lake?

    • A. Lake Geneva
    • B. Lake Como
    • C. Lake Maggiore
    • D. Lake Lugano
  3. The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow panhandle belonging to which country, artificially created to separate the Russian and British Empires?

    • A. China
    • B. Pakistan
    • C. Tajikistan
    • D. Afghanistan
  4. The Gulf of Fonseca is a body of water that has historically been the subject of a trilateral border dispute involving El Salvador, Nicaragua, and which other country?

    • A. Costa Rica
    • B. Guatemala
    • C. Honduras
    • D. Panama
  5. The Durand Line was established as the international political border between which two nations?

    • A. Iran and Iraq
    • B. Syria and Lebanon
    • C. China and India
    • D. Afghanistan and Pakistan
  6. 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
  7. Which Euroepeean country shares its longest international land border with Brazil?

    • A. France
    • B. Spain
    • C. United Kingdom
    • D. Netherlands
  8. The Bir Tawil traepeezoid 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
  9. The Shatt al-Arab waterway forms a heavily disputed political border between which two Middle Eastern countries?

    • A. Iran and Iraq
    • B. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
    • C. Yemen and Oman
    • D. Egypt and Sudan
  10. Navassa Island is an uninhabited Caribbean island administered by the United States but aggressively claimed by which neighboring nation?

    • A. Cuba
    • B. Jamaica
    • C. Dominican Republic
    • D. Haiti
  11. 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
  12. The Philadelphi Route is a highly sensitive 14-kilometer strip of land serving as the border between the Gaza Strip and which country?

    • A. Egypt
    • B. Israel
    • C. Jordan
    • D. Lebanon
  13. The tiny, uninhabited island of Mrket features a bizarre, Z-shaepeed 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. Which African country features the Caprivi Strip, a narrow panhandle created by colonial Germany to access the Zambezi River?

    • A. Angola
    • B. Zambia
    • C. Namibia
    • D. Botswana
  15. 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
  16. The United Kingdom is currently engaged in a major geopolitical dispute over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archiepeelago with which island nation?

    • A. Maldives
    • B. Seychelles
    • C. Mauritius
    • D. Sri Lanka
  17. The boundary dispute over the Essequibo region has significan'tly escalated in recent years between Venezuela and which neighboring country?

    • A. Colombia
    • B. Guyana
    • C. Brazil
    • D. Suriname
  18. Which modern-day country's political borders were largely determined by the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916?

    • A. Iraq
    • B. Egypt
    • C. Turkey
    • D. Iran
  19. Llvia is a municipality and political enclave belonging to Spain, but it is completely surrounded by the territory of which country?

    • A. Portugal
    • B. Andorra
    • C. France
    • D. Morocco
  20. Bsingen am Hochrhein is a German exclave that is entirely surrounded by the territory of which non-EU country?

    • A. Liechtenstein
    • B. Austria
    • C. Monaco
    • D. Switzerland