Lesson Y8-U04-L02

Y8-U04-L02 The Physical Geography of China and India Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 10

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The 20 questions

  1. Which mountain range lies on the shared border of China and India?

    • The Alps in central Europe, a chain popular with skiers
    • The Ural mountains in Russia, which form a long border with Europe
    • The Himalayas, the world's highest mountains
    • The Andes mountains in South America, the longest chain on land

  2. What is the name of the high, flat land in western China, often called 'the roof of the world'?

    • The Ganges floodplain, a flat, fertile plain beside a major river
    • The Gobi Desert, a cold and dry desert in northern China
    • The Tibetan Plateau, a high, flat and very cold region
    • The Thar Desert, a hot desert in north-west India and Pakistan

  3. Which river is China's longest and flows east to Shanghai?

    • The Ganges, which flows across northern India to the Bay of Bengal
    • The Mekong, which flows south through the countries of Southeast Asia
    • The Yellow River, which flows through northern China to the sea
    • The Yangtze, which flows eastwards to Shanghai on the coast

  4. Which river flows across northern India to the Bay of Bengal?

    • The Ganges, which flows across northern India to the Bay of Bengal
    • The Indus, which flows through Pakistan into the Arabian Sea
    • The Yangtze, which flows east through the centre of China to the sea
    • The Nile, which flows north through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean

  5. Which word describes flat land beside a river that floods and leaves behind rich soil?

    • Relief, the shape and height of the land, such as mountains and plains
    • Floodplain, flat land beside a river that floods and leaves soil
    • Monsoon, a season of very heavy rain caused by changing winds across the year
    • Plateau, a large area of high, flat land above the land around it

  6. What is the name of the season of very heavy rain caused by winds that change direction each year?

    • A season of very heavy rain from winds that change direction each year
    • Floodplain, flat land beside a river that floods and leaves behind rich soil
    • Plateau, a large area of high, flat land that rises above the land around it
    • Relief, the shape and height of the land, such as mountains, hills and flat plains

  7. Which desert lies in northern China?

    • The Atacama Desert, which lies in South America
    • The Sahara Desert, which covers much of northern Africa
    • The Gobi Desert
    • The Thar Desert, which lies in north-west India near Pakistan

  8. On which border does Mount Everest sit?

    • The India and Bangladesh border, on the lowland plains
    • The India and Pakistan border, a long line through the mountains
    • The China and Russia border, far to the north of the Himalayas
    • The China and Nepal border

  9. What does 'relief' mean in geography?

    • The flat land beside a river that floods and leaves soil behind
    • The shape and height of the land, such as mountains and plains
    • The natural features of a place, such as rivers, climate and wildlife
    • The total rainfall of a region measured over one full year

  10. What is the term for the natural features of a place, such as rivers, mountains, deserts and climate?

    • The natural features of a place, such as rivers, mountains and climate
    • Relief map, a map that shows the height and shape of the land
    • Population density, the number of people living in each square kilometre of land
    • Human geography, the study of people and where they live and work

  11. A geographer says: 'The air is thin, the land is very cold and farming is very hard here.' Which feature is being described?

    • The Yangtze delta near Shanghai, a low, busy region of cities and ports
    • The Tibetan Plateau, a very high, cold region with thin air and hard farming
    • The Thar Desert in north-west India, a hot and dry region with few rivers and little rain
    • A river floodplain beside the Yangtze, flat and fertile, with many farms

  12. Why do so many people settle on the Ganges floodplain?

    • It has fertile soil for farming, water to drink, and rivers for transport
    • It is steep and rocky, so the land is safe from the floods of the monsoon season
    • It is the highest point in India, which gives it views over the whole country
    • It is covered in ice for most of the year and has very few farms or towns

  13. Cherrapunji in India receives over 11,000 mm of rain a year. What is the main cause of this very heavy rainfall?

    • Cold polar winds blowing from the Arctic across the frozen northern lands
    • Ocean currents that cool the air over the land and stop rain falling
    • Monsoon winds that bring heavy seasonal rain from the sea
    • Volcanic eruptions in the Himalayas that throw ash high into the sky

  14. Roughly how long is the Yangtze river?

    • About 630,000 km
    • About 6,300 km
    • About 63,000 km
    • About 630 km

  15. Which sea or ocean does the Yangtze reach at its mouth near Shanghai?

    • The Red Sea, to the west of Asia, between Africa and Arabia
    • The Arabian Sea, to the west of India
    • The East China Sea, on China's east coast
    • The Bay of Bengal, to the south of India and Bangladesh

  16. Roughly how high are the Himalayas?

    • About 800 m
    • About 800 km
    • About 8,000 m
    • About 80,000 m

  17. What is one effect of the monsoon on India?

    • It only brings snow to the mountains and never reaches the plains
    • It stops all farming for the whole year and leaves the fields empty
    • It creates deserts by removing all rain from the land across India
    • It waters crops but can also cause serious flooding

  18. Where is the Thar Desert located?

    • Central Australia, far from any border and any large river
    • North-west India, on the border with Pakistan
    • Southern China, near the coast of the South China Sea
    • Eastern Nepal, in the mountains close to the Himalayan peaks

  19. Which statement best explains why population is spread unevenly across China and India?

    • People only live near deserts because rain is plentiful in those dry regions and the land is flat
    • High, cold, steep land has few people while flat, fertile floodplains are crowded
    • Population is the same everywhere because all the land is almost identical
    • Mountains are the most crowded places because they have the most farmland

  20. Why is rainfall in the region so uneven?

    • Rain only falls on the mountains and never on the plains below them
    • Monsoon winds blow away all the clouds before they can ever rain
    • All areas receive exactly the same rainfall each month of the year
    • Some areas get heavy monsoon rain while others are dry deserts

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