Q 01/05

Beijing's name literally means what?

A) Northern capital

B) Southern capital

C) Eastern capital

D) Western capital

Answer · why

A) Northern capital

Northern capital: bei means north and jing capital, the mirror of Nanjing, the 'southern capital'. When the Nationalists ruled from Nanjing after 1928...

Q 02/05

Which river is recognized as the longest in China?

A) Yellow

B) Pearl

C) Yangtze

D) Mekong

Answer · why

C) Yangtze

The Yangtze flows from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea; so much shipping, fishing and dam-building crowded it that its own river dolphin, th...

Q 03/05

Which large desert is partially located in northern China and southern Mongolia?

A) Thar Desert

B) Taklamakan Desert

C) Arabian Desert

D) Gobi Desert

Answer · why

D) Gobi Desert

The Gobi Desert gave science its first recognised dinosaur eggs in the 1920s; a dinosaur found beside them was named Oviraptor, 'egg robber', but the ...

Q 04/05

Which mountain range forms the natural border between China and Nepal?

A) Himalayas

B) Kunlun Mountains

C) Tian Shan

D) Altai Mountains

Answer · why

A) Himalayas

The Himalayas rose when the Indian plate rammed into Eurasia tens of millions of years ago; India is still pushing north, so the range keeps rising by...

Q 05/05

Which dynasty is credited with unifying China for the first time?

A) Han

B) Zhou

C) Sui

D) Qin

Answer · why

D) Qin

The Qin dynasty ended the Warring States period and unified China in 221 BCE, yet it fell apart within four years of its First Emperor's death in 210 ...