China Quiz

China Overview

• China is a country located in East Asia.
• It is the world's second-most populous country with a population exceeding 1.4 billion.

Geography

• China spans the equivalent of five time zones.
• It shares land borders with 14 countries, tied with Russia as the country with the most land borders.
• The country has an area of nearly 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), making it the world's third-largest country by total land area.

Administrative Divisions

• China is divided into 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two semi-autonomous special administrative regions.
• The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and largest financial center is Shanghai.

History

• The region that is now China has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era.
• The earliest Chinese dynastic states, such as the Shang and the Zhou, emerged in the basin of the Yellow River before the late second millennium BCE.

Miscellaneous

• In Chinese, "lawyer" is "lu shi".
• "I go to NGS" in Chinese is "wo zai niukasier wenfa xuexiao".
• "Gao zhong" refers to Years 10-12.
• April has 30 days in a leap year.
• "普通话" (Putonghua) is Mandarin.
• "朋" (Pengyou) means "friends".
• "明" (Ming) means "bright".
• "钱" (qián) means "money".
• "没" (méi) means "not" or "do not have".
• "会" (huì) means "can" or "to be able to".