Geography Quiz

Medium level quiz about the geography of China.
1. Which province was the most recently created?
Tibet
Jilin
Chongqing
Changbai, Jilin
Tianchi Lake in Changbai/Baekdu Mountains. October 2010.
Image by Sinopitt available under a Creative Commons license

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

3. Which is China's third largest province by area?
Sichuan
Tibet
Inner Mongolia
rice, paddy fields
Planting rice in paddy fields. Yangshuo, Guangxi, China Photo by Corto Maltese 1999 available under a Creative Commons license .

4. Wanfujing is a famous shopping street in which city?
Macau
Wuhan
Beijing

5. Excluding Macau which province has the lowest population in China?
Ningxia
Anhui
Tibet (Xizang)

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

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

8. Which country ran the island of Macau until 1999?
Portugal
Britain
Japan
Macau, cityscape, view
View of Macau Tower at sunset

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

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

11. What is the average height of the Tibetan plateau?
9,500 feet [2,896 meters]
14,500 feet [4,420 meters]
16,500 feet [5,029 meters]
Qinghai, railway, mountains, snow
Qinghai-Tibet railway near mountains at Golmud, Qinghai

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

13. How long is the reservoir created by the Sanxia Daba (Three Gorges Dam) along the Yangzi River?
600 miles [966 kms]
40 miles [64 kms]
400 miles [644 kms]
Yangzi Gorge, Yangzi River, river
Tributary of the Yangtze River Photo by Oskarp, available under a Creative Commons license .

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

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

16. The Star Ferry runs between which two places?
Nanjing and Chongqing
West Lake and Grand Canal Hangzhou
Kowloon and Hong Kong Island

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

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

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

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