According to the introduction, former colonies were often arbitrarily created by Europeans who had artificially lumped very different cultures and languages together, or in some cases split homogeneous cultural groups apart.

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European colonial powers frequently drew borders with little regard for ethnic or linguistic realities, which directly supports the statement as True.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Imperialism and colonial administration: European nations (Britain, France, Belgium, etc.) controlled territories overseas and often imposed administrative boundaries for resource control and governance ease.
- Arbitrary borders: Decisions like those at the 1884–85 Berlin Conference partitioned Africa along lines convenient to Europeans, not along cultural or linguistic continuities.
- Consequences: “Lumping” diverse groups together and “splitting” homogeneous groups across different states contributed to postcolonial tensions and conflict.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- Step 1: Colonial powers prioritized strategic, economic, or diplomatic concerns (ports, resources, spheres of influence) when drawing boundaries.
- Step 2: Because they lacked interest in—and often knowledge of—local ethnic, linguistic, or tribal distributions, many borders cut across or aggregated groups arbitrarily.
- Step 3: Historical examples validate the claim: Nigeria was created by combining distinct groups (Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo) under one colonial administration; the artificial creation of Iraq united Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, and Kurds within one state; Kurdish populations were split among Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
- Step 4: Such arbitrary arrangements are explicitly discussed in many introductions to colonial/postcolonial history as a source of later instability.

3. Calculations
- Not applicable for this conceptual/historical question.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
The statement summarizes a well-documented historical pattern: European-drawn borders often ignored sociocultural realities, leading either to heterogeneous states (lumping) or dividing coherent communities across multiple states (splitting). This matches abundant historical evidence and standard introductory accounts.

5. Why the other option is incorrect
Choosing False would contradict historical records and scholarly consensus that colonial boundary-making was frequently arbitrary and disruptive to preexisting social arrangements.

6. Conclusion
Therefore, the correct answer is True, which matches the provided answer.

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