History quiz about China 4

Tough quiz about the history of China(4).
1. In the One Child policy government employees were expected to put off marriage until which ages?
20 for men and women
25 for men and women
30 for men, 25 for women
30 for men and women
Beijing, family, people, children
A family in a park

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

3. What proportion of Beijing's cultural relics were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution?
62%
72%
32%
55%

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

5. Port Arthur was an important treaty port occupied by Japan (1894) and then by Russia (1895), where is it located?
Liaoning
Xinjiang
Zhejiang
Tibet
Qinghai, landscape, view, mountains
Mountain and lake on Qinghai-Tibet plateau

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

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

8. The U.S. General Stilwell had his headquarters during World War II in which city?
Shanghai
Chongqing
Beijing
Chengdu
Chongqing, building

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

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

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

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

13. The Panthay rebellion in 1856 was led by which group?
Buddhists
Muslims
Mongols
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

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

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

16. The skins of rare white stags were used for what in the Han dynasty?
headwear
writing substrate
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

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

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

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

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