Q 01/05

Mongolia is landlocked between which two countries?

A) Russia and China

B) China and Kazakhstan

C) Russia and Kazakhstan

D) China and India

Answer · why

A) Russia and China

Mongolia is wedged between Russia and China: Russia runs along its entire northern border and China wraps around the south, east and west, leaving it ...

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Mongolia?

A) Karakorum

B) Erdenet

C) Darkhan

D) Ulaanbaatar

Answer · why

D) Ulaanbaatar

Ulaanbaatar, on the Tuul River in the north-central part of the country, holds roughly half of Mongolia's population.

Q 03/05

Mongolia holds which demographic distinction among sovereign states?

A) Youngest median age

B) Highest share of nomads in Asia

C) Most sparsely populated

D) Fewest cities

Answer · why

C) Most sparsely populated

Most sparsely populated among sovereign states, Mongolia has about 3.5 million people on 1.56 million square kilometres, roughly two people per square...

Q 04/05

Mongolia's seat of government holds which record among the world's capitals?

A) World's driest capital

B) World's coldest capital

C) World's highest capital

D) World's windiest capital

Answer · why

B) World's coldest capital

World's coldest capital: the city's average annual temperature is about -1.3 °C, because cold air pools in its river valley each winter under a temper...

Q 05/05

What does the name of Mongolia's capital mean?

A) Great Camp

B) Red Hero

C) Blue Sky

D) Khan's City

Answer · why

B) Red Hero

Red Hero is the meaning of the name the capital received under communist rule in the 1920s; before that the city was known in the West as Urga.