--- title: Borders: why they are where they are — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / Borders: why they are where they are # Borders: why they are where they are The 15 questions of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t1/) — My mate says Hadrian's Wall is the England–Scotland border, innit? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t2/) — Your cousin drives from France into Germany and sees only a sign. Why no passport check? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t3/) — In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine. What real idea is the game showing? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t4/) — If the Tordesillas line had been drawn 1,000 leagues further west, what would most likely be different? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t5/) — wtf, why's the border between Egypt and Libya just a straight line, did they run out of hills or what — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t6/) — A friend says borders are natural and have always been where they are now. What is wrong? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t7/) — In 1947 a farmer's village ended up on one side of the new border and his fields on the other. What does this show? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t8/) — EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337. How is the real past different? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t9/) — A fishing boat from another country fishes 5 nautical miles off your coast without asking. What is true? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t10/) — Which is true about the Berlin Conference? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t11/) — lol my brother says the Somali people all live in Somalia. right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which numerous boundaries upon the African continent are rectilinear. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494? — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/e3/) — State the extent of a coastal state's territorial waters as measured from its coastline. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the partition of British India in 1947. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [30. The Atlantic routes and the slave trade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/) - next →: [32. Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/) - ↑ back to [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/)