The map of Tibet
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which country lies to the east of Tibet?
- AIndia
- BChina
- CNepal
- DBhutan
- 2True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: Nepal is one of Tibet's neighbours to the south.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 3Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, lies in which province?
- AKham
- BAmdo
- CU-Tsang
- DLadakh
- 4Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was born in Taktser, Amdo. In which part of Tibet is Amdo?
- ASouth-west
- BNorth-east
- CWest
- DSouth
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which part of Tibet does Kham lie?
- AEast
- BWest
- CNorth-west
- DSouth-west
- 6True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: U-Tsang covers the centre and the west of Tibet.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which land lies to the north of Tibet?
- AEast Turkistan
- BNepal
- CBhutan
- DIndia
- 8Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Tibet borders India, Nepal and Bhutan to the south. Which other country is also to its south?
- ABangladesh
- BThailand
- CMongolia
- DBurma
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar are in which part of Tibet?
- AWest
- BEast
- CNorth-east
- DSouth-east
- 10True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: Kumbum Monastery is in Kham.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 11Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In 1950, the Governor of Kham was based in which town?
- AShigatse
- BGyantse
- CChamdo
- DLhasa
- 12Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Shigatse was the main town of which part of U-Tsang?
- AÜ
- BNgari
- CTsang
- DKongpo
- 13True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: Tsang lies to the east of Ü.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 14Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The 7th Dalai Lama was found in Lithang, in Kham. In which Chinese province is Lithang today?
- AQinghai
- BGansu
- CYunnan
- DSichuan
- 15Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which great river rises in western Tibet, in the Mount Kailash area?
- AMachu (Yellow River)
- BSenge Khabab (Indus)
- CDrichu (Yangtze)
- DZachu (Mekong)
- 16Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
In which direction does the Yarlung Tsangpo flow across southern Tibet?
- AFrom east to west
- BFrom north to south
- CFrom west to east
- DFrom south to north
- 17Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Machu, Drichu and Zachu all rise in which present-day Chinese province?
- AQinghai
- BYunnan
- CGansu
- DSichuan
- 18True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
True or false: the Zachu (upper Mekong) flows through the Chamdo region of Kham.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 19Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The town of Dromo in southern Tibet lies just inside the border with which former kingdom?
- ALadakh
- BSikkim
- CMustang
- DKashmir
- 20Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which Dalai Lama was born in Mon Tawang?
- A5th Dalai Lama
- B7th Dalai Lama
- C13th Dalai Lama
- D6th Dalai Lama
