General quiz about China 3

Intermediate level quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (3)
1. The Altay mountains are on the border of China with which country?
Pakistan
Vietnam
India
Mongolia
Qinghai, snow, mountains

2. Richard Nixon, US President visited Mao Zedong in which year?
1974
1972
1977
1957

3. The Tiananmen Incident of 1989 occurred after the death of which leader?
Hu Yaobang
Wang Hongwen
Jiang Qing
Deng Xiaoping
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Image by McKay Savage from London, UK available under a Creative Commons license January 2005

4. What was the nationality of the ambassador killed in Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion?
British
French
Russian
German
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 .

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

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

7. The blue color of Ming porcelain comes from which chemical element?
Uranium
Cobalt
Boron
Manganese
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 .

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

9. The length of Mao's Long March was equivalent to what distance?
Austin, Texas to New York and back
New York to San Francisco and back
Paris to Moscow
New York to San Francisco
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

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

11. Hong Kong Island became a U.K. possession in which year?
1862
1856
1842
1830
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak. January 2008
Image by Gernot Kurze available under a Creative Commons license

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

13. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is what?
Municpal council for Shanghai
Group of Eurasian nations
Enivornmental action group
Group of provinces of southern China
Shanghai, The Bund
Historical buildings on Shanghai's famous Bund

14. 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

15. Which of these is NOT one of the Five classics of Chinese literature
Book of history
Book of Rites
Dream Pool Essays
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

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

17. Qigong martial art concentrates on particualar control of what?
breath
relaxation
balance
movement
Taichi, Chongqing
Chinese man practicing traditional martial art (Datang quan) in Chongqing

18. The Grand or Emperor's Canal linked which two Chinese cities?
Nanjing and Beijing
Shanghai and Beijing
Hangzhou and Beijing
Xi'an and Jinan
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

19. The earliest printed book was produced in China in which year?
1745
178BCE
868
1155
Diamond Sutra, image_bookcover, printing

20. The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands took place between which two combatants?
Republicans (KMT) and Communists (PLA)
Taiping rebels and Qing army
Japan and China
Korea and China
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