Tibet at a glance
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 pts64% got it right
Tibet is made up of three provinces, called Cholka-Sum. Which are they?
- AU-Tsang, Kham and Amdo
- BU-Tsang, Ladakh and Amdo
- CKham, Amdo and Sikkim
- DU-Tsang, Kham and Mustang
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts27% got it right
What is the average altitude of Tibet?
- AAbout 1,000 metres
- BAbout 2,500 metres
- CAbout 4,000 metres
- DAbout 6,500 metres
- 3True or false · 20 s · 10 pts100% got it right
True or false: Tibet's economy is based mainly on farming and raising animals.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts67% got it right
Which of these birds is native to Tibet?
- AEmperor penguin
- BBlack-necked crane
- COstrich
- DScarlet macaw
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts100% got it right
The Yarlung Tsangpo flows into India. What is it called there?
- AIndus
- BGanges
- CSutlej
- DBrahmaputra
- 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts0% got it right
How big is the whole of Tibet, with all three provinces together?
- AAbout 0.5 million sq km
- BAbout 1.2 million sq km
- CAbout 2.5 million sq km
- DAbout 6 million sq km
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts33% got it right
According to tibet.net, how many Tibetans live in Tibet?
- AAbout 6 million
- BAbout 12 million
- CAbout 20 million
- DAbout 30 million
- 8Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts33% got it right
The Machu flows into China. What is it called there?
- AYangtze
- BYellow River
- CMekong
- DSalween
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts0% got it right
Senge Khabab is the Tibetan name of which river in India?
- AGanges
- BNarmada
- CBrahmaputra
- DIndus
- 10True or false · 20 s · 10 pts0% got it right
True or false: the giant panda is one of Tibet's native animals.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 11Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts0% got it right
How big is the 'Tibet Autonomous Region' (TAR)?
- AAbout 1.2 million sq km
- BAbout 2.5 million sq km
- CAbout 3.5 million sq km
- DAbout 5 million sq km
- 12Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 pts33% got it right
Which parts of Tibet make up the 'TAR'?
- AAmdo and most of Kham
- BU-Tsang and a small part of Kham
- CAmdo only
- DAll of Kham and Amdo
- 13Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts33% got it right
The Drichu flows into China. What is it called there?
- AYellow River
- BIndus
- CYangtze
- DIrrawaddy
- 14True or false · 20 s · 10 pts33% got it right
True or false: most Tibetans in Tibet live inside the 'TAR'.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 15Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts0% got it right
Which Tibetan river is called the Salween in Burma?
- AZachu
- BPhungchu
- CKyichu
- DGyalmo Ngulchu
- 16True or false · 30 s · 10 pts67% got it right
True or false: the Zachu is called the Mekong in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 17Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 pts0% got it right
Downstream, the Phungchu is known by which name?
- AArun
- BSutlej
- CIrrawaddy
- DChenab
- 18Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 pts33% got it right
According to tibet.net, which whole Chinese province, besides the 'TAR', is part of Tibet?
- AYunnan
- BSichuan
- CGansu
- DQinghai
- 19Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 pts33% got it right
Which Chinese province has two Tibetan autonomous prefectures and one Tibetan autonomous county?
- AGansu
- BSichuan
- CYunnan
- DQinghai
- 20True or false · 30 s · 10 pts0% got it right
True or false: according to tibet.net, about three out of four people in Tibet can read and write.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
