The New Great Walls - Architecture Quiz - National Geographic Magazine

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Managing Editor, NGM.com Rob Covey <![CDATA[Producer & Editor]]> Carolyn Fox <![CDATA[Writer & Researcher]]> Jamie Bussey Flash Developer Stefan Estrada Styling Kitry Krause Research Consultants Heidi Schultz and Mingzheng Shi /2008/05/china/architecture/img/great-wall-470.jpg The Great Wall winds across the ridges of the Jundu Mountains, part of the Yan Shan range, at twilight. Photograph by James L. Stanfield /2008/05/china/architecture/img/beijing-towers-470.jpg CCTV’s 768-foot leaning towers connect to form a continuous loop in Beijing's central business district. Photograph by Greg Girard /2008/05/china/architecture/img/forbidden-city-470.jpg View of tiled roofs in the Forbidden City. Photograph by James L. Stanfield /2008/05/china/architecture/img/bund-boat-470.jpg View of the Huangpu River and Zhongshan Boulevard in Shanghai. Photograph by Jodi Cobb /2008/05/china/architecture/img/hsbc-headquarters-470.jpg HSBC building in Hong Kong. Photograph by Ian Lamot for Fosters and Partners’ architecture /2008/05/china/architecture/img/grand-canal-470.jpg Barges on the Grand Canal bringing goods into Wuxi. Photograph by Dean Conger /2008/05/china/architecture/img/forbidden-city-night-470.jpg Part of the Forbidden City at night. Photograph by iStock /2008/05/china/architecture/img/beijing-aquatics-470.jpg Airfilled pockets of translucent plastic (which glow blue at night) form the rectangular face of Beijing's Olympic swimming center. Photograph by Greg Girard /2008/05/china/architecture/img/great-wall-man-470.jpg A Chinese soldier patrols the Great Wall near Beijing. Photograph by James P. Blair /2008/05/china/architecture/img/bund-shanghai-470.jpg Modern Shanghai seen from the Bund. Photograph by Jodi Cobb 9 Excellent work. You are an expert on Chinese architecture. With a little work, you will be a pro. on Chinese architecture You are off to a good start. Brush up on your Chinese architecture. You may want to try again. 0 Low Earth orbit Moon Bo Hai Bay Yellow River 2 1 6 degrees 10 degrees 16 degrees 25 degrees 1 2 North South East West 2 3 The soil contained high quantities of water Obtaining land from farmers in the area Working around existing canal systems Reoccurring earthquakes 1 4 Elevators are set at an angle. Two sets of elevators face each other. Elevators stop only on odd-numbered floors. All of the above 1 5 Twice Three times Seven times Ten times 3 6 3,333 5,000 7,070 9,999 4 7 soap bubbles Bubble Wrap raindrop water molecule 1 8 Ming Han Qin Qing 4 9 Oregon pine Italian marble Granite from Japan Ivory from Africa 4