Why was drawing a European map along nationalist lines particularly difficult?
A) Europe contained many national groups without geographic borders.
B) Nationalism mattered more to leaders than common people.
C) Too many different languages were spoken in Europe.
D) Countries had overlapping claims to the same territory.
E) New national states threatened to overpower existing states.
Answer: A
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