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China

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital city of China?

a)

Hong Kong

b)

Shanghai

c)

Beijing

2.

What continent is China located in?

a)

Australasia

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

3.

What does densely populated mean? (choose the best definition)

a)

The population is high

b)

The population per unit area is high

c)

The population is growing

4.

Where in China is it densely populated?

a)

South east

b)

North west

c)

South west

5.

What does sparsely populated mean?

a)

Population is shrinking

b)

Low population

c)

Low population per unit area

6.

Where in China is it sparsely populated?

a)

North west and south west

b)

North east and south east

7.

Select the physical features that China has (you can select more than one)

a)

Gobi desert

b)

Great Wall of China

c)

Himalayan mountains

d)

Yangtze river

e)

Shanghai city

8.

True or false?....

China has the biggest population in the world

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Select the countries that border China (you can choose multiple options)

a)

Thailand

b)

Russia

c)

India

d)

Qatar

10.

Select the job that is in the primary sector....

a)

Hairdresser

b)

Doctor

c)

Farmer

d)

Builder

11.

Select the job that is in the secondary sector

a)

Car manufacturer

b)

Teacher

c)

Miner

d)

Astronaut

12.

Select the job that is in the tertiary sector

a)

Doctor

b)

Fisherman/woman

c)

Assembly line worker (making phones)

d)

Vaccine scientist

13.

What job is in the quaternary sector

a)

Politician

b)

CEO of a company

c)

Cleaner

d)

Vaccine scientist

14.

Which employment sector was the most common in China in the 1950s?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

15.

Which employment sector is the most common in China in today

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

16.

How has China changed since the 1950s? (multiple answers could be correct)

a)

It has become less isolated from the rest of the world - more trade

b)

Extreme poverty has increased

c)

More people are considered 'middle class'

d)

It has become a democracy

17.

What year was the One Child Policy introduced?

a)

1952

b)

1979

c)

2012

18.

Why was the one child policy introduced?

a)

The birth rate was too high - overpopulation

b)

To ensure that children got enough attention from their parents

c)

To ensure that families had enough money to look after their children

19.

How was the One Child Policy enforced? (multiple options are possible)

a)

Your child was sent away if you had more than one

b)

You were given priority with housing and education if you had only one child

c)

The government kills any 'extra' children you have

d)

You were fined if you had more than one child

20.

True or false? ......

The One Child Policy successfully reduced the birth rate

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or false? ......

Under the One Child Policy women were sometimes forced to have abortions

a)

True

b)

False

22.

How has the One Child Policy affected China's population? (multiple options possible)

a)

It is ageing

b)

There is a gender imbalance (more women than men)

c)

Educated people are leaving the country

23.

Look at the population pyramid. Which age group is the most common?

a)

0-4

b)

20-24

c)

60-64

24.

Look at China's population pyramid in 2050. Which age group is the biggest?

a)

0-4

b)

20-24

c)

65-69