Geography Quiz

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the average height of the Tibetan plateau?
14,500 feet [4,420 meters]
16,500 feet [5,029 meters]
18,000 feet [5,486 meters]
Qinghai, railway, mountains, snow
Qinghai-Tibet railway near mountains at Golmud, Qinghai

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How long is the reservoir created by the Sanxia Daba (Three Gorges Dam) along the Yangzi River?
600 miles [966 kms]
100 miles [161 kms]
400 miles [644 kms]
Yangzi Gorge, Yangzi River, river
Tributary of the Yangtze River Photo by Oskarp, available under a Creative Commons license .

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

16. Which province was the most recently created?
Chongqing
Jilin
Xinjiang
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Whole city view of Shenzhen, Guangdong. 5 November 2012 Photo by Xublake, available under a Creative Commons license . Shenzhen was the first Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Deng's economic reform program.

17. Wanfujing is a famous shopping street in which city?
Beijing
Wuhan
Shanghai

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

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

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