The Ultimate Mongolia Quiz | Asia

Answer: Mongolian Peoples' Republic

The Mongolian Peoples' Republic was declared in 1924, the world's second Communist country.

Answer: China

Mongolia initially gained limited autonomy from China following the fall of the Qing monarchy in 1911 but was later reoccupied by China in 1919. Anticommunist White Russians expelled the Chinese in 1921 at which point the Mongolians sought help from the Bolsheviks and in 1924 the Mongolian Peoples' Republic was declared.

Independence Day is celebrated on 11th July, the day on which in 1921 Mongolia declared independence from China.

Answer: Togrog

The togrog (pronounced locally as the tugrik) consists of 100 mongos. The kip is the currency of Laos, the dong is Vietnamese and the won is South Korean.

Answer: China

The terms Inner and Outer Mongolia date back to Imperial China. The Qing dynasty divided China into a number of provinces: Inner Mongolia was so called because it was closer to the Chinese capital at Beijing. The Mongols themselves use the terms North and South Mongolia.

Answer: Buddhism

All religions were suppressed during the years of the Communist government. However, about 96% of the population are considered Tibetan Buddhists with most of the remainder being Muslims.

Answer: Gobi

"Gobi" means desert in Mongolian. The desert has an area of 281,800 square kilometres and stretches south into China. Temperatures vary from 45C in summer to -40C in winter.

Answer: Khalka Mongols

Mongolia is relatively ethnically homogeneous. Mongols constitute 85% of the population (of that Mongol population 90% are Khalka with the remaining 10% being Durbet and Dariganga Mongols). Turkic groups (Kazakhs, Turvins and Khotans) make up 7% of the population. The remainder of the population is made up of Russians, Chinese and Tungusic-speakers.

Answer: Mongolia's parliament

The parliament was previously known as the Peoples' Great Hural. The State Great Hural was established by the constitution of 1992.

Answer: Altai

The Altai Mountains can be found in the west of Mongolia and include the five peaks of Tavan Bogd (Five Saints). The highest of these, and the highest peak in Mongolia, is Huiten Uul (Mt Cold) which is 4374m. The Sayan Mountains lie north of Mongolia in Russia, the Khinggan Mountains can be found in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia while Tian Shan stretches across Kyrgyzstan and the Chinese province of Xinjiang Uygur.

Answer: Universal King

Temujin was given the name after uniting the warring Mongol tribes. His armies went on to conquer much of Asia and laid the foundations for an empire that under Temujin's grandson, Kublai Khan, would stretch from Korea to Hungary, the largest contiguous empire in history. Chenggis Khaan remains a national hero in Mongolia.