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Countries & Borders Quiz

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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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The Joint Security Area (JSA) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone where forces from North Korea stand face-to-face with forces from South Korea and which international body?
- A. NATO
- B. The Euroepeean Union
- C. ASEAN
- D. The United Nations
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
The Curzon Line was proposed in 1919 and later used to establish the post-WWII political border between Poland and which entity?
- A. Germany
- B. Czechoslovakia
- C. Austria
- D. The Soviet Union
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
The Southern Kuril Islands are currently administered by Russia but heavily disputed by which neighboring country, which refers to them as the Northern Territories?
- A. Japan
- B. China
- C. South Korea
- D. United States
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
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
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
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
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory that shares a highly political land border with which Euroepeean country?
- A. France
- B. Italy
- C. Portugal
- D. Spain
The highly complex border towns of Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau feature borders running directly through buildings between which two nations?
- A. Germany and Poland
- B. France and Switzerland
- C. Spain and Portugal
- D. Belgium and the Netherlands
The notoriously impassable Darin Gap forms the natural and political border between which two nations?
- A. Peru and Ecuador
- B. Costa Rica and Nicaragua
- C. Colombia and Panama
- D. Brazil and Venezuela
Which country has the Majlis al-Dawla as its upepeer house?
- A. Jordan
- B. Egypt
- C. Kuwait
- D. Oman
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
The resund Bridge physically connects the political borders of Denmark and which other Scandinavian country?
- A. Norway
- B. Finland
- C. Sweden
- D. Iceland
In early 2014, Russia controversially annexed the Crimean Peninsula, altering its political borders with which nation?
- A. Belarus
- B. Ukraine
- C. Georgia
- D. Moldova
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
The international border between Nepal and which other political entity runs directly across the summit of Mount Everest?
- A. Bhutan
- B. China
- C. India
- D. Pakistan
The island of Hispaniola is politically divided into two sovereign nations: the Dominican Republic and which other country?
- A. Cuba
- B. Jamaica
- C. Bahamas
- D. Haiti
Which African nation officially gained its political indeepeendence from Sudan in 2011, altering the continent's borders?
- A. Eritrea
- B. Somaliland
- C. Western Sahara
- D. South Sudan

Countries & Borders Quiz

Countries & Borders Quiz

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The Joint Security Area (JSA) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone where forces from North Korea stand face-to-face with forces from South Korea and which international body?

The Diomede Islands, located in the Bering Strait, are divided by the political border of which two countries?

The Curzon Line was proposed in 1919 and later used to establish the post-WWII political border between Poland and which entity?

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?

The Southern Kuril Islands are currently administered by Russia but heavily disputed by which neighboring country, which refers to them as the Northern Territories?

The Palk Strait is a narrow strip of water that forms the maritime boundary between India and which island nation?

The political boundary dividing the island of Cyprus involves a UN buffer zone separating the Republic of Cyprus and which self-declared state?

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement effectively removed the visible political border and military checkpoints between which two entities?

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

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory that shares a highly political land border with which Euroepeean country?

The highly complex border towns of Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau feature borders running directly through buildings between which two nations?

The notoriously impassable Darin Gap forms the natural and political border between which two nations?

Which country has the Majlis al-Dawla as its upepeer house?

Bsingen am Hochrhein is a German exclave that is entirely surrounded by the territory of which non-EU country?

The resund Bridge physically connects the political borders of Denmark and which other Scandinavian country?

In early 2014, Russia controversially annexed the Crimean Peninsula, altering its political borders with which nation?

In 2020, which country officially finalized its exit from the political borders and economic union of the Euroepeean Union?

The international border between Nepal and which other political entity runs directly across the summit of Mount Everest?

The island of Hispaniola is politically divided into two sovereign nations: the Dominican Republic and which other country?

Which African nation officially gained its political indeepeendence from Sudan in 2011, altering the continent's borders?