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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Which Euroepeean country shares its longest international land border with Brazil?
- A. France
- B. Spain
- C. United Kingdom
- D. Netherlands
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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