China Geo Quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is the life expectancy in Afghanistan? | 44 |
| What are the geographic features of Afghanistan? | rugged, mountainous, landlocked country |
| What is the capitol of China? | Beijing |
| Air quality in Beijing is __ times greater than the standard of the World Health Organization (WHO). | 5 |
| Beijing was once known as ______. | Peking |
| Beijing is plagued by ____ storms from erosion outside of the city. | dust |
| Bo Hai is near _______. | Beijing |
| Bo Hai is one of the ______ seaways in the world. | busiest |
| The Gobi Desert is the _______ desert in Asia. | largest |
| How many people died building the Great Wall of China? | 2-3 million |
| How long is the Great Wall of China? | 4,000 miles |
| When was the Great Wall of China built? | between the 6th and 16th century |
| Why was the Great Wall of China built? | to protect China from invaders |
| Guangdong is also know as the ______ Province. | Canton |
| Guangdong is the home of ___ ___ ___. | Sun Yat Sen |
| Guangdong is the _______ and most _________ province in China. | richest; populated |
| Guangdong is _____ of the Tropic of Cancer. | south |
| Guangdong has no ______ because it is south of the Tropic of Cancer. | winter |
| Guangdong has great ___________. | agriculture |
| Guangzhou is the capital of _________. | Guangdong |
| Guangzhou is also know as the ______ or ______ city. | canton; flower |
| Harbin is also known as "Oriental ______" or "Oriental _____". | Moscow; Paris |
| Harbin is known for its ___ sculptures. | ice |
| Harbin has a long, cold ______. | winter |
| What does Himalayas mean in Sanskrit? | "the land of snow" |
| The Himalayas are the ________ mountains on Earth. | youngest |
| The Himalayas hold __ of the 10 highest mountains on Earth. | 8 |
| Hong Kong transferred from Great Britain to China in ____. | 1997 |
| What does Hong Kong mean in Cantonese? | "Incense Harbor" |
| Hong Kong is considered to be the _______ capitalist economy. | freest |
| India is the _______ democracy in the world. | largest |
| India is the ______ most populated country in the world. | second |
| India is called the __________ of religion. | birthplace |
| What country has the largest film industry, which is called Bollywood? | India |
| What is the percentage of Mongols make up the population of the province of Inner Mongolia? | 17% |
| What is the percentage of Han people that make up the population of the province of Inner Mongolia? | 80% |
| Japan is an ___________ made up of over ____ islands. | archipelago; 3,000 |
| Japan has the world's ______ largest economy. | second |
| What is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China? | Lhasa |
| What does Lhasa mean? | "place of the gods" |
| Lhasa is the ancestral home of the _____ ____. | Dalai Lama |
| Mongolia is the world's ______ largest __________ country in the world. | second; largest |
| Mongolia is ___ nomadic. | 30% |
| Mongolia is the most ________ populated country. | sparsely |
| Mongolia is covered mostly by ____ _______. | arid steppes |
| Mount Everest is the _______ mountain in the world. | highest |
| How high is Mt. Everest? | 8850m |
| How many lives have been lost trying to climb Mt. Everest? | 210 |
| The Tibetan name for Mt. Everest means? | "Saint Mother" |
| Mt. Everest lies on the border of _____ and _____. | Nepal; Tibet |
| At the summit of Mt. Everest there is only __ as much oxygen as at sea level. | 1/3 |
| Myanmar is also know as _____. | Burma |
| Burma lies between the Tropic of ______ and the ______. | Cancer; equator |
| The current government of Burma is opposed by ________ _____ who have set themselves on fire in protest. | Buddhist monks |
| Nanjing has the _______ city wall in the world. | longest |
| Nanjing's city wall is __ miles long. | 20 |
| In WWII, _______ people where slaughtered by the ________. | 300,000; Japanese |
| The slaughtering of Nanjing is known as the "____ __ ________" | Rape of Nanjing |
| Tibet is controlled by the _______. | Chinese |
| What is the capital of Nepal? | Kathmandu |
| Where was Buddha born? | Lubini |
| What is the largest religion in Nepal and what percentage of the population believes in it? | Hinduism; 80% |
| The North China Plain contains the ______ of ___________. | cradle; civilization |
| Beijing sits on the northeast section of what plain? | North China Plain |
| North Korea is a ___-party state. | one |
| North Korea is ___ atheist. | 72% |
| North Korea has the ___ largest military in the world. | 4th |
| Korea was divided after WWII by ______ and the __. | Russia; US |
| Pakistan separated from India in ____. | 1949 |
| How many wars has Pakistan had with India? | 4 |
| Pakistan is the ___ largest muslim nation. | 2nd |
| Pakistan is ___ muslim. | 97% |
| The Indus region is in ________. | Pakistan |
| The Indus region is the ______ of Indian civilization. | center |
| What is the population of Shanghai? | 20 million |
| Shanghai is _______ between Hong Kong and Beijing. | halfway |
| Shanghai is considered the ___________ of modern China. | centerpiece |
| Sichuan (a province) is also known as ___ and the ____ __ ___ _________. | Shu; land of the abundance |
| Sichuan is home to ____ ___ chicken. | Kung Pao |
| The South China Sea holds ___ of the world's marine life. | 1/3 |
| The South China Sea is the ______ busiest sea-lane in the world after the English Channel. | second |
| South Korea has the world's ______ largest economy. | fourth |
| South Korea is a ______________ powerhouse that created the world's first ______ dog, Snuppy. | technological; cloned |
| In what year did Chiang Kai-Shek come to Taiwan? | 1949 |
| Taiwan is an ______ nation that considers itself a sovereign nation even though China does not. | island |
| The Three Gorges Region is is scenic 120 km stretch on the _______ River. | Yangtze |
| ___ _______ people were evacuated in order to build the Three Gorges Dam. | 1.2 million |
| Tibet is called the "____ __ ___ _____". | roof of the world |
| Tibet is home to the _____ ____ but is controlled by the Chinese. | Dalai Lama |
| Vietnam has the _______ permanent land percentage compared to overall land area for growing crops. | highest |
| Vietnam was controlled by the French between ____ and ____, at which point civil erupted between the North and South, escalating into the Vietnam war when the US entered in support for the democratic North. | 1859; 1954 |
| In what ancient city were the terracotta warriors found in? | Xi'an |
| Xinjiang is the ______ of China's provinces. | largest |
| Xinjiang has ____ of China's AIDS cases and the _______ HIV infection in the country. | 1/10; highest |
| The Yangtze River is the _______ river in China and ______-_______ in the world. | longest; second-longest |
| The Yellow River (Chiang Jiang) is called "China's Sorrow" because of the ______ it causes during flooding season. | deaths |
| What are the Four Asian Tigers? | economies of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan |
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