History quiz about China 4

Tough quiz about the history of China(4).
1. The U.S. General Stilwell had his headquarters during World War II in which city?
Chengdu
Chongqing
Xi'an
Beijing
Chongqing, building

2. Yu the Great was the founder of which dynasty?
Zhou
Shang
Han
Xia
huangdi, deity
Modern sculpture of two legendary Chinese Emperors

3. The skins of rare white stags were used for what in the Han dynasty?
headwear
medicine
currency
elixir of immortality
Han dynasty, dance, dancer
China, rustic dancers, eastern han dynasty (25-220). Image by sailko available under a Creative Commons License

4. Which European nation established the first official trading post in China?
Spain
The Netherlands
Portugal
Germany
Macau

5. China's main foreign trade in the 17th and 18th century was with which country?
Spain
France
Portugal
Netherlands
spain, boat, galleon, trade, sea

6. The Great Leap Forward was launched by Mao Zedong in which year?
1965
1958
1954
1950
Mao Zedong, statue, PRC
Status of Mao Zedong negotiating with the Guomindang, 1945, with Soong Chingling, Zhang Lan, Huang Yanpei and other party leaders. Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

7. What proportion of Beijing's cultural relics were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution?
72%
32%
15%
83%

8. In the One Child policy government employees were expected to put off marriage until which ages?
25 for men, 20 for women
20 for men and women
30 for men, 25 for women
25 for men and women
Beijing, family, people, children
A family in a park

9. The Han dynasty was broken in two parts by which brief period?
Xin dynasty
Jin dynasty
Period of disunity
Sui dynasty
Han dynasty, watchtower
Ancient carving on a Han dynasty watch tower

10. The Golden Orchid Society (1644-1949) in southern China was a group of what?
opera performers
women
musicians
Daoists
Beijing, Forbidden City, tile, lotus
Ceramic Tile design with lotus and ducks, Forbidden City, Beijing

11. Port Arthur was an important treaty port occupied by Japan (1894) and then by Russia (1895), where is it located?
Liaoning
Guangdong
Zhejiang
Tibet
Jiangsu, Suzhou, garden, pavilion
October view of the Panmen Scenic Area in the south-west of the Suzhou, Jiangsu

12. The 1911 revolution and the Japanese invasion of Manchuria had which common initiating factor
opium
railways
taxes
famine
Jiangsu, PRC, sculpture
Yuhuatai Memorial Park of Revolutionary Martyrs, Nanjing, Jiangsu

13. In 2CE the population of China was about how many?
35 million
58 million
100 million
185 million

14. The Panthay rebellion in 1856 was led by which group?
Daoists
Christians
Muslims
Mongols
Jiansha river, Yangzi river,  Yunnan
A woman walking her herd of cows, Jinsha jiang, Yunnan, 2011. Image by timquijano available under a Creative Commons License

15. Which city in central China was important in the foundation of the Republic of China?
Chongqing
Nanyang
Wuchang
Nanchang
university, Wuhan, Hubei

16. Xanadu was an important city in which dynasty?
Sui
Tang
Jin
Mongol (Yuan)
Inner Mongolia, landscape, view

17. A recent day of commemoration has been created on December 13th, which event does it mark?
Birth of Xi Jinping
Death of Deng Xiaoping
Nanjing massacre
End of civil war
Tiananmen Square, crowd
2004 PRC National Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. What a crowd! Image by pfctdayelise available under a Creative Commons License

18. The Mongol dynasty ruled the whole of China for about how long?
90 years
20 years
235 years
150 years
mongolia, skins, bows
Bows and furs of Mongolia. Image by Rob Stallard

19. Which foreign leader planned to conquer China in 1404?
King Philip the Bold
Pope Boniface IX
Oljei Temur Khan
Tamerlane

20. Kang Youwei is famous for what in the late Qing dynasty?
revolutionary
engineer
reformist
army general
Kang Youwei
Group picture probably taken when Kang Youwei (center) was in the United States in 1907. His second daughter, Kang Tongbi, then a student at Barnard College, is seated on Kang's right. Behind her is Luo Chang, then studying at Oxford University, UK. Image by Unknown available under a Creative Commons License
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