Geography Quiz

Medium level quiz about the geography of China.
1. Excluding Macau which province has the lowest population in China?
Tianjin
Tibet (Xizang)
Qinghai

2. Which province was the most recently created?
Chongqing
Inner Mongolia
Shanghai
Jiangxi, landscape, view
Wuyuan, Jiangxi

3. What is the range of mountains called that separates the Yellow and Yangzi river basins?
Changbai
Qingling
Hengduan
Shanxi, landscape, mountains
Luya Mountain in Shanxi

4. Which of these countries does NOT have a land border with China?
Laos
Thailand
Burma (Myanmar)
Xinjiang, view, mountains, snow
Nalati grassland near Yining, Xinjiang

5. Sanjiangyuan Three Rivers National Park is the source of which major rivers?
Salween; Yellow and Yangzi
Li; Yellow and Yangzi
Mekong; Yellow and Yangzi
Yangzi Gorge, Yangzi River, river
Tributary of the Yangtze River Photo by Oskarp, available under a Creative Commons license .

6. The Star Ferry runs between which two places?
Kowloon and Hong Kong Island
Macau and mainland China
Nanjing and Chongqing

7. Which of these provinces is NOT considered part of the region of Manchuria?
Shanxi
Jilin
Inner Mongolia
Heilongjiang, tiger, wildlife
A Siberian tiger walking on snow, Heilongjiang

8. The city of Guangzhou stands on which major river?
Pearl river
Li river
Yellow river
Guangdong, Guangzhou, modern housing, view
View of Guangdong's provincial capital: Guangzhou

9. How long is the reservoir created by the Sanxia Daba (Three Gorges Dam) along the Yangzi River?
200 miles [322 kms]
60 miles [97 kms]
400 miles [644 kms]
Yangzi Gorge, Yangzi River, river
Tributary of the Yangtze River Photo by Oskarp, available under a Creative Commons license .

10. Xinjiang is home to many ethnic groups; which one is acknowledged in its official name?
Mongolian
Uyghur
Hui
Xinjiang, desert

11. Wanfujing is a famous shopping street in which city?
Macau
Beijing
Tianjin

12. The Hunza Valley is a historic land route into China, which country does it lead to?
Pakistan
Kazakhstan
India
Pakistan, Karakoram highway

13. What is the name of the Chinese currency?
dong
renminbi
miao
money, economy

14. What is the average height of the Tibetan plateau?
14,500 feet [4,420 meters]
18,000 feet [5,486 meters]
9,500 feet [2,896 meters]
Qinghai, railway, mountains, snow
Qinghai-Tibet railway near mountains at Golmud, Qinghai

15. The Yu (or Yuyuan) gardens are a famous spot in which city?
Hangzhou
Suzhou
Shanghai
garden, Sichuan
Traditional public garden at Chengdu, Sichuan

16. Which country administered the island of Macau until 1999?
Britain
Portugal
France
Macau, cityscape, view
View of Macau Tower at sunset

17. By what name do the people call their own country of China?
Zhongguo
Hanguo
Chuka
Tiananmen square, National Peoples Congress
Tiananmen Square, 12th June 2010. Image by Ronnie Macdonald available under a Creative Commons License

18. Which province is the most northerly in China?
Shanxi
Heilongjiang
Jilin
Jilin, Rime island, ice

19. Which is China's third largest province by area?
Inner Mongolia
Qinghai
Tibet
Xinjiang, Urumqi, muslim, mosque
Mosque in Xinjiang

20. The Changbai mountains are on the border of China with which other country?
North Korea
Vietnam
Pakistan
Changbai, Jilin
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