Geography Quiz

Medium level quiz about the geography of China.
1. Which of these provinces is NOT considered part of the region of Manchuria?
Heilongjiang
Shanxi
Inner Mongolia
Heilongjiang, tiger, wildlife
A Siberian tiger walking on snow, Heilongjiang

2. Which province was the most recently created?
Shanghai
Inner Mongolia
Chongqing
city, Xiamen, modern architecture, skyscraper
New housing, Xiamen

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

4. Which is China's third largest province by area?
Guangxi
Inner Mongolia
Qinghai
Inner Mongolia, dinosaur
Er Lian city (Erenhot), Inner Mongolia has many dinosaur remains and a gateway with two kissing dinosaurs

5. What is the name of the Chinese currency?
dong
renminbi
yen
money, economy

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

7. How long is the reservoir created by the Sanxia Daba (Three Gorges Dam) along the Yangzi River?
200 miles [322 kms]
400 miles [644 kms]
100 miles [161 kms]
Yangzi Gorge, Yangzi River, river
Tributary of the Yangtze River Photo by Oskarp, available under a Creative Commons license .

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

9. Sanjiangyuan Three Rivers National Park is the source of which major rivers?
Li; Yellow and Yangzi
Salween; 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 .

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

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

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

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

14. Which of these countries does NOT have a land border with China?
Afghanistan
Laos
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?
Changbai
Kunlun
Qingling
Shanxi, landscape, mountains
Luya Mountain in Shanxi

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

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

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

19. What is the average height of the Tibetan plateau?
14,500 feet [4,420 meters]
9,500 feet [2,896 meters]
12,500 feet [3,810 meters]
Qinghai, railway, mountains, snow
Qinghai-Tibet railway near mountains at Golmud, Qinghai

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