Chinese Geography and Nature

Geography And Nature

180 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

All 180 questions

  1. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Tower with the correct year: Planning models for the Lujiazui financial district dating back to ______ show plans for a close group of three supertall skyscrapers.
  2. Complete the sentence about Canton Tower with the correct year: Subsequently, in ______, the groundbreaking of the Canton Tower took place.
  3. Complete the sentence about Beijing Capital International Airport with the correct year: A third runway opened on 29 October ______, to relieve congestion on the other two runways.
  4. Complete the sentence about Beijing Capital International Airport with the correct year: The loan was the largest ever granted by the EIB in Asia, and the agreement was signed during the eighth China…
  5. Complete the sentence about Lugou Bridge with the correct year: Following damage from a flooding, the bridge was reconstructed under the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Lugou Bridge with the correct year: Following the Communist takeover of China in ______, the bridge was decked in asphalt and carried motor vehicular traffic.
  7. Complete the sentence about Lugou Bridge with the correct year: The new bridge, which carries the Jingshi Expressway, was built next to the New Marco Polo Bridge in ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Ming tombs with the correct year: Constructed in ______, during the Ming dynasty, this archway is one of the biggest stone archways in China today.
  9. Complete the sentence about Mount Hua with the correct year: In ______, the management committee of Huashan agreed to turn over most of the mountain's temples to the China Daoist Association.
  10. Complete the sentence about Wudang Mountains with the correct year: The monasteries such as the Wudang Garden were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ______ because of their religious significance a…
  11. Complete the sentence about Wudang Mountains with the correct year: Temples regularly had to be rebuilt, and not all survived; the oldest existing structures are the Golden Hall and the Ancient Bronze…
  12. Complete the sentence about Wudang Mountains with the correct year: On January 19, ______, the 600-year-old Yuzhengong Palace at the Wudang Mountains burned down after accidentally being set on fire b…
  13. Complete the sentence about Mount Lu with the correct year: Due to its striking beauty and sacred importance, Lushan National Park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since ______.
  14. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Since ______, it has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
  15. Complete the sentence about Giant panda with the correct year: In ______, molecular studies indicated that the giant panda is a true bear, part of the family Ursidae.
  16. Complete the sentence about Chinese alligator with the correct year: In ______, Martino Martini, a priest, wrote that the Chinese alligator lived in the river Yangtze and was "much feared by the local…
  17. Complete the sentence about Yangtze river dolphin with the correct year: A Conservation Action Plan for Cetaceans of the Yangtze River was approved by the Chinese Government in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Przewalski's horse with the correct year: Przewalski's horse was formally described as a novel species in ______ by Ivan Semyonovich Polyakov.
  19. Complete the sentence about Przewalski's horse with the correct year: According to a ______ study, the earliest known domesticated horses were found at settlements of the Botai culture, from about 550…
  20. Complete the sentence about Tibetan antelope with the correct year: The first specimens to be described, in ______, were from Nepal; the species has apparently since been extirpated from the region.
  21. Complete the sentence about South China tiger with the correct year: In ______, the Cat Classification Taskforce of the Cat Specialist Group subsumed all mainland Asian tiger populations to P. t. tigr…
  22. Complete the sentence about South China tiger with the correct year: In ______, Hilzheimer first described the South China tiger as similar in height to the Bengal tiger but differing in skull and coa…
  23. Complete the sentence about South China tiger with the correct year: A sighting in around ______ of an unusual blue-coloured or "Maltese" tiger outside Fuzhou in the Fujian was reported by Harry Caldw…
  24. Complete the sentence about China with the correct year: The reform and opening-up that began in ______ moved China towards a socialist market economy, spurring economic growth.
  25. Complete the sentence about Autonomous regions of China with the correct year: Established in ______, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region became the first autonomous region in the Chinese liberated z…
  26. Complete the sentence about Xinjiang with the correct year: Since ______ and the Chinese Civil War, it has been part of the People's Republic of China.
  27. Complete the sentence about Xinjiang with the correct year: In ______, Xinjiang was administratively changed from a province into an autonomous region.
  28. Complete the sentence about Xinjiang with the correct year: The official name was given during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor in ______.
  29. Complete the sentence about Tibet Autonomous Region with the correct year: The word Thibet, as used in the Western world, dates back to ______ and may have been derived from older terms in other langu…
  30. Complete the sentence about Tibet Autonomous Region with the correct year: The Mongols conquered Tibet in ______ and ruled it under the Yuan Dynasty but granted the region a degree of political autono…
  31. Complete the sentence about Tibet Autonomous Region with the correct year: The Sakya lama Drogön Chögyal Phagpa became a religious teacher to Kublai Khan in the 1250s and was made the head of the Tibe…
  32. Complete the sentence about Tibet Autonomous Region with the correct year: In ______, the Ganden Phodrang court of the 5th Dalai Lama was established by Güshi Khan of the Khoshut Khanate, who was enth…
  33. Complete the sentence about Guangxi with the correct year: Formerly a province, Guangxi became an autonomous region in ______.
  34. Complete the sentence about Hunan with the correct year: Wulingyuan was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Hubei with the correct year: Mongols conquered the region in ______, and under their rule the province of Huguang was established, covering Hubei, Hunan, and parts of Guang…
  36. Complete the sentence about Hebei with the correct year: When Nanjing became the capital of the Republic of China in ______, the province of Zhili was abolished and given its present name of Hebei.
  37. Complete the sentence about Jilin with the correct year: After the Primorsky Krai area was ceded to Russia in ______, the government began to open the area up to Han Chinese migrants, most of whom cam…
  38. Complete the sentence about Jilin with the correct year: In ______, the area was incorporated into Manchukuo, a puppet state set up by Japan.
  39. Complete the sentence about Jilin with the correct year: After the defeat of Japan in ______, the Red Army captured Jilin after Operation August Storm.
  40. Complete the sentence about Heilongjiang with the correct year: Heilongjiang as an administrative entity was created in ______, during the Kangxi era of the Manchu Qing dynasty, from the northwestern…
  41. Complete the sentence about Heilongjiang with the correct year: In ______, the Japanese completed their conquest of the province, which became part of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
  42. Complete the sentence about Heilongjiang with the correct year: In ______, Japanese forces in Manchuria were defeated by the Soviet Army.
  43. Complete the sentence about Heilongjiang with the correct year: In ______, these two provinces were merged into present-day Heilongjiang.
  44. Complete the sentence about Qinghai with the correct year: The area of Qinghai came under the control of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty around ______, after their defeat of Khoshut Mongols who previously…
  45. Complete the sentence about Anhui with the correct year: Anhui was established ______, during the reign of the Qing dynasty's Kangxi Emperor.
  46. Complete the sentence about Anhui with the correct year: Following the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War in ______, the capital city of Anhui moved to Hefei, then a small town.
  47. Complete the sentence about Jiangxi with the correct year: The Nanchang uprising took place in Jiangxi on 1 August ______, beginning the Chinese Civil War.
  48. Complete the sentence about Hainan with the correct year: The Hainan Free Trade Port launched an island-wide independent customs operations in ______.
  49. Which place completes this sentence about Beijing? With more than 21.8 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city, as well as China's second-largest city by urban area, a…
  50. Which place completes this sentence about Chongqing? In 2020, Chongqing surpassed ______ as China's largest municipality by urban population and, as of 2024, it had an urban population of 23.01 millio…
  51. Which place completes this sentence about Tianjin? As a treaty port since 1860, Tianjin has been a seaport and gateway to ______.
  52. Which place completes this sentence about Tianjin? In 2025, Tianjin held the ______ Cooperation Organization summit.
  53. Which place completes this sentence about Harbin? In the 1920s the city was considered China's fashion capital, since new designs from Paris and Moscow reached here first before arriving in ______.
  54. Which place completes this sentence about Qingdao? In 2018, Qingdao held the ______ Cooperation Organization summit.
  55. Which place completes this sentence about Haikou? When Qiongshan was opened to foreign trade under the Treaty of ______ in 1858, Haikou started to rival the old administrative city.
  56. Which place completes this sentence about Sanya? In 2007, the ______ Olympic Organizing Committee announced that the city of Sanya would become the first leg of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in…
  57. Which place completes this sentence about Foshan? Foshan was connected to ______ and Sanshui by rail in the early 20th century.
  58. Which place completes this sentence about Foshan? As early as 1973, however, its agriculture and consumer industries were permitted to become an export production base and a modern highway linked it t…
  59. Which place completes this sentence about Temple of Heaven? The Temple of Heaven is located in Dongcheng District, ______, and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.
  60. Which place completes this sentence about Summer Palace? The earth excavated from the expansion of ______ Lake was used to enlarge Jar Hill, which was renamed "Longevity Hill".
  61. Which place completes this sentence about Terracotta Army? The figures, dating from approximately the late 200s BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside ______, Shaanxi…
  62. Which place completes this sentence about Mount Tai? Mount Tai is located in central Shandong, just north of the city of Tai'an and to the south of the provincial capital ______.
  63. Which place completes this sentence about West Lake? About 4,400 to 2,500 years ago, as sea levels fell, the ______-Jiaxing-Huzhou plain began to emerge, while West Lake was merely a shallow bay.
  64. Which place completes this sentence about Pearl River? The waters that converge east of the Bei are first referred to as the Pearl River just north of ______.
  65. Which place completes this sentence about Pearl River? The Zhujiang Brewery in ______ is one of the three largest domestic breweries in China, and Pearl River Bridge is a popular food manufacturer in…
  66. Which place completes this sentence about Songhua River? In November 2005, the river was contaminated with benzene, leading to a shutdown of ______'s water supply.
  67. Which place completes this sentence about Oriental Pearl Tower? The tower was the tallest freestanding structure in China and Asia from 1994 to 2007, but was later surpassed by Canton Tower in ______.
  68. Which place completes this sentence about Beijing Capital International Airport? The airport is owned and operated by the ______ Capital International Airport Company Limited, a state-controlled compa…
  69. Which place completes this sentence about Beijing Capital International Airport? In 2013, ______ Capital International Airport handled 83.7 million passengers, making it the second busiest airport in…
  70. Which place completes this sentence about Mount Song? The eastern, or "Taishi" part of the landform extends from the valley to the outskirts of metropolitan ______, say to Highway G3001.
  71. Which place completes this sentence about Sichuan? During World War II, ______ served as the temporary capital of the Republic of China, and was heavily bombed.
  72. Which place completes this sentence about Shandong? The Buddhist temples in the mountains south of the provincial capital of ______ were once among the foremost Buddhist sites in China.
  73. Which place completes this sentence about Hebei? When ______ became the capital of the Republic of China in 1928, the province of Zhili was abolished and given its present name of Hebei.
  74. Which place completes this sentence about Liaoning? With its capital at ______, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost coastal province of the People's Republic…
  75. Which place completes this sentence about Heilongjiang? Heilongjiang became the first province to be completely controlled by the communists and ______ the first major city to be controlled by them.
  76. Which place completes this sentence about Heilongjiang? The remaining area was the province of Songjiang; its capital was ______.
  77. Which place completes this sentence about Tianjin? In terms of urban population, ______ is the seventh largest city in China.
  78. Which place completes this sentence about Tianjin? Under the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China, ______ became one of the largest cities in the region.
  79. Which place completes this sentence about Chongqing? Due to its classification, the municipality of ______ is the largest city proper in the world by population, though it is not the most populous urb…
  80. Which place completes this sentence about Chongqing? The municipality of ______ is the only Chinese city with a resident population of over 30 million, but that number includes its large rural populat…

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