History quiz about China 4

Tough quiz about the history of China(4).
1. In 2CE the population of China was about how many?
2 million
58 million
100 million
185 million

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

3. Kang Youwei is famous for what in the late Qing dynasty?
engineer
reformist
revolutionary
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

4. The Panthay rebellion in 1856 was led by which group?
Christians
Muslims
Buddhists
Tibetans
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

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

6. What proportion of Beijing's cultural relics were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution?
62%
72%
55%
15%

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

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

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

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

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

12. A recent day of commemoration has been created on December 13th, which event does it mark?
Death of Deng Xiaoping
Nanjing massacre
Birth of Xi Jinping
Tangshan earthquake
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

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

14. Which foreign leader planned to conquer China in 1404?
Pope Boniface IX
Mahmud Shah Tughluq
King Philip the Bold
Tamerlane

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

16. The Great Leap Forward was launched by Mao Zedong in which year?
1958
1965
1970
1954
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

17. The U.S. General Stilwell had his headquarters during World War II in which city?
Xi'an
Shanghai
Beijing
Chongqing
Chongqing, building

18. Which European nation established the first official trading post in China?
Spain
Britain
Germany
Portugal
Macau

19. Port Arthur was an important treaty port occupied by Japan (1894) and then by Russia (1895), where is it located?
Liaoning
Guangdong
Zhejiang
Tibet
Tibet, lake, mountains
Manasarovar lake and Mount Namunani, Tibet

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