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Countries & Borders Quiz

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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. 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
  2. The oil-rich Abyei Area is a highly contested, vaguely defined border region claimed by both Sudan and which other nation?

    • A. Egypt
    • B. Chad
    • C. Central African Republic
    • D. South Sudan
  3. In early 2014, Russia controversially annexed the Crimean Peninsula, altering its political borders with which nation?

    • A. Belarus
    • B. Ukraine
    • C. Georgia
    • D. Moldova
  4. Along with Liechtenstein, which Asian nation holds the rare geopolitical distinction of being a doubly landlocked country?

    • A. Mongolia
    • B. Nepal
    • C. Afghanistan
    • D. Uzbekistan
  5. The Suwaki Gap is a sparsely populated border region between Poland and Lithuania that is considered a major geopolitical chokepoint because it separates Belarus from which Russian exclave?

    • A. Kaliningrad
    • B. Crimea
    • C. Chechnya
    • D. Tatarstan
  6. The rapidly shrinking Aral Sea is bisected by the international boundary of Kazakhstan and which other Central Asian republic?

    • A. Turkmenistan
    • B. Kyrgyzstan
    • C. Tajikistan
    • D. Uzbekistan
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. A severe political boundary dispute over the Beagle Channel nearly led to a 1978 war between Argentina and which neighboring country?

    • A. Brazil
    • B. Uruguay
    • C. Chile
    • D. Falkland Islands
  10. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?

    • A. USA
    • B. UK
    • C. New Zealand
    • D. Australia
  11. 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
  12. In 2020, which country officially finalized its exit from the political borders and economic union of the European Union?

    • A. Switzerland
    • B. United Kingdom
    • C. Norway
    • D. Iceland
  13. Kaliningrad is a highly militarized exclave on the Baltic Sea belonging to which country?

    • A. Poland
    • B. Lithuania
    • C. Germany
    • D. Russia
  14. The tiny, uninhabited island of Mrket features a bizarre, Z-shaped 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
  15. Mount Ararat is a national symbol of Armenia, but due to 20th-century border treaties, the mountain is entirely located within the political borders of which country?

    • A. Georgia
    • B. Iran
    • C. Azerbaijan
    • D. Turkey
  16. Which country is the largest contributor to the UN budget?

    • A. USA
    • B. China
    • C. Japan
    • D. Germany
  17. Which South American country lost its access to the sea (becoming landlocked) after the War of the Pacific against Chile?

    • A. Ecuador
    • B. Paraguay
    • C. Bolivia
    • D. Uruguay
  18. 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 European Union
    • C. ASEAN
    • D. The United Nations
  19. From 1954 until 1976, the 17th parallel north served as the provisional military demarcation line dividing which Asian country?

    • A. Korea
    • B. Yemen
    • C. Vietnam
    • D. India
  20. The Yalu River forms the majority of the heavily guarded international border between North Korea and which other country?

    • A. South Korea
    • B. Russia
    • C. Japan
    • D. China