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| 1. How big is China? Please select the nearest figure. | ||||||
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20 million square kilometres 15 million square kilometres 10 million square kilometres 5 million square kilometres |
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| 2. How far back can the present form of Chinese writing system be traced? | ||||||
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500 BC 200 BC 200 AD 500 AD |
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| 3. How many ethnic minorities live in China, including the Hans? | ||||||
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65 56 50 45 |
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| 4. How many times is China’s population bigger than that of the United States? | ||||||
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10 times 8 times 5 times 3 times |
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| 5. Apart from Putonghua (Mandarin), which is both the official language of China and a member of the Northern Chinese dialects, there are seven other main Chinese dialects. How many people in each dialect group speak these dialects as their mother tongue? | ||||||
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50 to 60 million 30 to 40 million 20 to 30 million 10 to 20 million |
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| 6. Within each main Chinese dialect group, there are sub-groups. For example, the Northern Chinese group can be divided into 4 sub-groups; Northern subgroup of the dialects including that of Beijing, Northwestern subgroup, Southwestern subgroup and Xiajiang subgroup. How many subgroups of dialects are spoken in China? | ||||||
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80 70 60 50 |
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