How did the shift in political boundaries after world war i compare to the way europe is divided up today? a) after the second world war, the political boundaries in europe changed dramatically once again. b) the political boundaries of europe have changed a great deal since the founding of the u. s.s. r. several years after the war. c) many of the smaller countries created after world war i were absorbed by larger countries during the 20th century. d) the map of europe after world war i looked very similar to the map of europe at the start of the 21st century.