Geography Quiz

Medium level quiz about the geography of China.
1. Which country ran the island of Macau until 1999?
France
Portugal
Britain
Macau, cityscape, view
View of Macau Tower at sunset

2. Which province was the most recently created?
Chongqing
Xinjiang
Tibet
Xinjiang, landscape, desert
Desert landforms in a desert region of Xinjiang

3. What do the Chinese call their own country of China
Chuka
Zhongguo
Hanguo
Tiananmen square, National Peoples Congress
Tiananmen Square, 12th June 2010. Image by Ronnie Macdonald available under a Creative Commons License

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

5. Which is China's third largest province by area?
Tibet
Guangxi
Inner Mongolia
Shanghai, nightscape, people, street
Shanghai street scene

6. 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

7. The Star Ferry runs between which two places?
Kowloon and Hong Kong Island
Beijing and Tianjin
Nanjing and Chongqing

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

9. Excluding Macau which province has the lowest population in China?
Hong Kong
Tibet (Xizang)
Ningxia

10. Wanfujing is a famous shopping street in which city?
Wuhan
Tianjin
Beijing

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

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

14. Sanjiangyuan Three Rivers National Park is the source of which major rivers
Pearl; Yellow and Yangzi
Indus; Ganges 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 .

15. Which of these countries does NOT have a land border with China?
Nepal
Thailand
Vietnam
Xinjiang, view, mountains, snow
Nalati grassland near Yining, Xinjiang

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

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

18. How long is the reservoir created by the Sanxia Daba (Three Gorges Dam) along the Yangzi River?
400 miles [644 kms]
200 miles [322 kms]
600 miles [966 kms]
Yangzi Gorge, Yangzi River, river
Tributary of the Yangtze River Photo by Oskarp, available under a Creative Commons license .

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

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