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Exploring Burma: A Quiz on Geography, History, and Culture

Test your knowledge about Burma's geography, history, and culture with this engaging quiz.

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1 The population density of Burma: How many people are there per square mile?

2 The geographical area Burma encompasses today can be traced to the Panglong Agreement, which combined Burma Proper, which consisted of Lower Burma and Upper Burma, and the ________, which had been administered separately by the British.

3 Burma has 1,930 kilometres (1,200 mi) of contiguous coastline along the ________ and Andaman Sea to the southwest and the south, which forms one quarter of its total perimeter.

4 What is the area of Burma in square km?

5 The population density of Burma: How many people are there per square kilometre?

6 What type of government does Burma have?

7 The ruling regime has repeatedly placed her under ________.

8 What time offset in UTC is Burma in during daylight savings?

9 Which of the following languages is spoken in Burma?

10 Which of the following led to the establishment of Burma?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in World War II, the British Indian Army was driven out of Burma at the Battle of Sittang Bridge.
  • in 1946 the Red Flag Communist Party initiated a guerrilla insurgency against British rule in Burma.
  • an ancient pagoda on the Toe River in Ma-ubin, Burma, fell in 2002 due to river erosion and had to be rebuilt.
  • after manual typewriter expert Martin Tytell accidentally inverted a key on a Burmese language typewriter he built, it became the standard even in Burma.
  • the Ananda Temple (pictured) in Bagan, Myanmar, with four standing Buddhas facing the cardinal directions, is said to be an architectural wonder titled the "Westminster Abbey of Burma".
  • the Indo-Burma barrier, a 1,624 kilometer-long barrier between India and Burma, is being built to curtail gunrunning and illicit drug trafficking.
  • the modern history of aviation in Bangladesh began by meeting the needs of the Royal Indian Air Force for its World War II Burma campaign.
  • the government of Burmese Prime Minister U Nu was saved from a parliamentary no confidence vote in June 1957 by the communist Burma Workers and Peasants Party.
  • the Yeywa Hydropower Dam is the largest hydroelectric power plant and the first roller-compacted concrete dam in Burma.
  • Scottish actor J. Grant Anderson served in both World Wars, founded a theatre in India, and played a clown in a Burmese circus.
  • Indian freedom fighter T. S. S. Rajan practised as a doctor in Burma and England before being appointed as the Minister for Health and Religious Endowments of the Madras Presidency.
  • China has sought to cultivate strong ties with Burma by providing extensive aid and vetoing a UN resolution proposed in 2007 condemning Burma for human rights violations.
  • India has developed close bilateral relations with Burma with the aim of countering China's growing influence and to elevate itself as a regional power.
  • gemstones and heroin are traded from Burma to China for motorcycles and household goods across the Shweli River, which forms part of the boundary between the two countries.
  • Burmese communist leader H. N. Goshal was executed in an inner-party purge in 1967, after having been denounced as "Burma's Liu Shaoqi".
  • Rakhine State in present-day western Burma was an independent country before it was invaded and annexed by Konbaung Burmese forces led by Thado Minsaw in 1784.
  • Irish musicians Lisa Hannigan and Damien Rice dueted on "Unplayed Piano", a Burmese protest song that charted in the UK and was praised by The Independent as "a twinkly and beautiful thing".
  • Maj. Gen. Charles Bond was credited with shooting down nine-and-a-half Japanese planes and was himself shot down twice while serving with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China.
  • Cecil Hobbs began his interest in Southeast Asian history after his career as a missionary in Burma was ended in 1942 by the Japanese invasion.
  • Bhanbhagta Gurung returned to his farm in Nepal in 1946, after receiving a Victoria Cross for his actions while serving with the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles in Burma.
  • Australian singer-songwriter Tamas Wells produced his second and third albums while working in Rangoon, Burma, on a community health HIV/AIDS education project.
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