Geography Quiz

Medium level quiz about the geography of China.
1. The Star Ferry runs between which two places?
Beijing and Tianjin
Macau and mainland China
Kowloon and Hong Kong Island

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

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

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

5. Which is China's third largest province by area?
Qinghai
Tibet
Inner Mongolia
Great Wall, view
The Great Wall winding its way like a huge dragon across the mountains near Beijing

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

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

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

9. Wanfujing is a famous shopping street in which city?
Tianjin
Shanghai
Beijing

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

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the Chinese currency?
renminbi
won
dong
money, economy

16. Which province was the most recently created?
Tibet
Jilin
Chongqing
Inner Mongolia, landscape, horse, rider
A horseman riding over the grasslands of Inner Mongolia

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

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

19. How long is the reservoir created by the Sanxia Daba (Three Gorges Dam) along the Yangzi River?
400 miles [644 kms]
100 miles [161 kms]
60 miles [97 kms]
Yangzi Gorge, Yangzi River, river
Tributary of the Yangtze River Photo by Oskarp, available under a Creative Commons license .

20. Sanjiangyuan Three Rivers National Park is the source of which major rivers?
Mekong; Yellow and Pearl
Mekong; 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 .
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