Hundreds of thousands protest in Hong Kong

Q: Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong last week to oppose a proposed extradition law which critics said could silence political dissent in the territory. Hong Kong is in which nation on this map?

Circle the area on this map


Q: In the face of the massive protests, Hong Kong’s chief executive indefinitely suspended consideration of the extradition bill which would allow suspected criminals to be sent to mainland China for trial. The chief executive was installed in 2017 by the mainland government in China’s capital . . .

A. Beijing

B. Chongqing

C. Shanghai

D. Tianjin

Q: Most Hong Kong residents are ethnic Chinese, but they identify themselves as “Hong Kongers” because of cultural differences based on the semi-autonomous territory’s history. The city was a colony of which nation for 150 years?

A. Britain

B. France

C. Japan

D. Portugal

Q: Hong Kong and the former Portuguese colony of Macau are “special administrative regions” located on opposite sides of the Pearl River as it drains into which sea?

A. Bohai

B. East China

C. South China

D. Yellow

Q: Macau is the world’s most densely populated region in the world, with 52,540 people per square mile. Hong Kong ranks fourth with 17,521 people per square mile. What is the world’s least densely populated nation?

A. Australia

B. Bolivia

C. Canada

D. Russia


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