Consider the following countries :
- 1.Finland
- 2.Germany
- 3.Norway
- 4.Russia
How many of the above countries have a border with the North Sea ?
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Answer: B. The North Sea is bordered by the UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Of the four listed, only Norway and Germany touch it. Finland lies on the Baltic Sea, and Russia has no North Sea coast.
Watch for: Nordic and Baltic countries get lumped together; Finland and Russia face the Baltic Sea, not the North Sea.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because both Norway and Germany border the North Sea.
- C. Wrong because Finland does not border the North Sea; it is on the Baltic.
- D. Wrong because neither Finland nor Russia borders the North Sea.
Source to check: Any standard atlas map of Europe (for example Oxford Student Atlas, Europe political map)
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