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The author mentions all of the following as examples of complications arising from the application of spatial markers EXCEPT

(A) An area of a country smaller than the nation considers itself to be a nation.
(B) A boundary is demarcated around a nation which does not include the people of the nation.
(C) A continent is divided into two areas for implicit ideological purposes.
(D) Two nations dispute the exact geography of a border based on an ancient historical claim.
(E) The history of a nation is erroneously conflated with the character of one particular region.

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The author of the passage puts the word savage and barbarian (lines 9-10) in quotation marks most probably in order to

(A) signal his reservations about the way these terms have been used to define geography through human categories
(B) draw attention to the discrepancies between the way historiographers treat the supra-national and sub-national levels
(C) emphasize historiography’s unique tendency to rely upon social categories to draw geographic distinctions
(D) question the notion of the spatial marker itself by asserting the general ambiguity of these terms
(E) argue for the replacement of these terms by historiographers with more politically correct substitutes

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Which of the following best states the main point of the passage

(A) The approach to the problem of spatial boundaries is plagued by a number of problems that historiographers are obliged to confront.
(B) Historiographers can benefit from studying the traditional geography of nations in greater depth.
(C) Historiographers should try to refrain from solving the practical issues that arise in the resolution of spatial boundary issues.
(D) The categorization and demarcations of geography at the national level is more complicated than that of the sub-national or supra-national level.
(E) The spatial demarcation of nations is the most complicated issue in contemporary historiography.