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?
North Korea
Vietnam
Mongolia
Pakistan
Qinghai, snow, mountains

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

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

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

5. Hong Kong Island became a U.K. possession in which year?
1901
1856
1842
1865
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak. January 2008
Image by Gernot Kurze available under a Creative Commons license

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

7. The earliest printed book was produced in China in which year?
1263
868
178BCE
1745
Diamond Sutra, image_bookcover, printing

8. The Yellow River has its source in which province?
Ningxia
Gansu
Hubei
Qinghai
Qinghai, railway, mountains, snow

9. Which of these is NOT one of the Five classics of Chinese literature
Dream Pool Essays
Yi Jing (I Ching)
Book of history
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

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

11. Richard Nixon, US President visited Mao Zedong in which year?
1957
1960
1968
1972

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

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

14. 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
Paris to Moscow
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

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

16. What was the nationality of the ambassador killed in Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion?
French
Italian
British
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 .

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

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

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

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