General quiz about China 3

Intermediate level quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (3)
1. Qigong martial art concentrates on particualar control of what?
relaxation
breath
movement
balance
Taichi, Chongqing
Chinese man practicing traditional martial art (Datang quan) in Chongqing

2. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is what?
Group of provinces of southern China
Group of Eurasian nations
Organize Yangzi River monitoring and management
Municpal council for Shanghai
Shanghai, The Bund
Historical buildings on Shanghai's famous Bund

3. The governing philosophy of the Qin dynasty was what?
Legalism
Christianity
Mohism
Confucianism
Qin dynasty, Terracotta army, chariot, umbrella
Terracotta charioteer at the tomb of the first Qin Emperor Shihuangdi

4. Richard Nixon, US President visited Mao Zedong in which year?
1968
1974
1972
1977

5. Sima Qian was famous as what?
engineer
eunuch
explorer
historian
dog, han dynasty, pottery
A pottery dog from the Chinese Han Dynasty. Image by Gary Lee Todd available under a Creative Commons License

6. The Yellow River has its source in which province?
Qinghai
Sichuan
Gansu
Henan
Qinghai, railway, mountains, snow

7. The tea plant is a close relative of which ornamental plant widely grown for its flowers?
Azalea
Skimmia
Rose
Camellia
tea, plantation, Zhejiang
Tea plantation near Hangzhou
Image by Shizhao available under a Creative Commons license

8. The Tiananmen Incident of 1989 occurred after the death of which leader?
Deng Xiaoping
Hua Guofeng
Hu Yaobang
Mao Zedong
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Image by McKay Savage from London, UK available under a Creative Commons license January 2005

9. Hong Kong Island became a U.K. possession in which year?
1862
1865
1842
1901
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak. January 2008
Image by Gernot Kurze available under a Creative Commons license

10. What was the nationality of the ambassador killed in Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion?
British
American
German
Russian
Dowager Empress Cixi, Qing dynasty
Dowager Empress Cixi with the wives of European diplomats in western clothing standing on either side, together with an adopted Chinese orphan. 1902. Image from http://puyi.netor.com/gallery available under a Creative Commons license .

11. Wang Xizhi is most famous as what?
Reformer
Dancer
Calligrapher
Philosopher
y, buddha, sculpture
Buddha sculpture, Yungang caves, Shaanxi

12. Which one of these is not one of the four treasures of the scholar?
paper
ink stone
ink stick
chop (seal)
calligraphy, Mifu, Song dynasty
Calligraphy by Mifu (c. 1097), Song Dynasty, Jiangsu province. Image by Naus available under a Creative Commons License

13. The Grand or Emperor's Canal linked which two Chinese cities?
Shanghai and Beijing
Xi'an and Beijing
Guangzhou and Hangzhou
Hangzhou and Beijing
canal, junks
Xu Yang, 18th century painter from Suzhou, China; between 1736 and 1796. Image by Scan by Szilas available under a Creative Commons License

14. The Altay mountains are on the border of China with which country?
Afghanistan
Vietnam
Mongolia
Pakistan
Qinghai, snow, mountains

15. The earliest printed book was produced in China in which year?
868
1745
1263
420
Diamond Sutra, image_bookcover, printing

16. Jade was historically mined from which range of mountains in China?
Kunlun
Khingan
Tianshan
Nanling
jade, dragon
A dragon sculpted out of jade. Warring States period, Shanghai Museum
Image by Mountain available under a Creative Commons license

17. The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands took place between which two combatants?
Japan and China
Republicans (KMT) and Communists (PLA)
France and China
Britain and China

18. The blue color of Ming porcelain comes from which chemical element?
Cobalt
Manganese
Uranium
Boron
Ming dynasty, porcelain, plate
Photo by Anonymous, Chinese plate, Ming dynasty, Yongle period 1403-1424, porcelain with under-glaze blue, 23 inches [58 cms] diameter, Honolulu Academy of Arts. Available under a Creative Commons license .

19. Which of these is NOT one of the Five classics of Chinese literature
Book of Rites
Dream Pool Essays
Classic of poetry
Spring and Autumn Annals
Diamond Sutra, image_bookcover, printing
A page from the oldest known printed book - the Diamond Sutra, discovered near Dunhuang by Sir Marc Aurel Stein in 1907.
British Library, London
Image available under a Creative Commons license

20. The length of Mao's Long March was equivalent to what distance?
New York to San Francisco and back
New York to San Francisco
New York to Miami
Austin, Texas to New York and back
Luding bridge, Sichuan, Long March
The Luding Bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Sichuan. Image by fsyzh available under a Creative Commons License
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