General quiz about China 3

Intermediate level quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (3)
1. Richard Nixon, US President visited Mao Zedong in which year?
1972
1977
1974
1960

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

3. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is what?
Organize Yangzi River monitoring and management
Enivornmental action group
Group of Eurasian nations
Municpal council for Shanghai
Shanghai, The Bund
Historical buildings on Shanghai's famous Bund

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

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

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

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

8. The earliest printed book was produced in China in which year?
1745
1155
868
420
Diamond Sutra, image_bookcover, printing

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

10. The length of Mao's Long March was equivalent to what distance?
Paris to Moscow
New York to Miami
New York to San Francisco and back
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

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

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

13. Which of these is NOT one of the Five classics of Chinese literature
Book of history
Spring and Autumn Annals
Dream Pool Essays
Book of Rites
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

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

15. What was the nationality of the ambassador killed in Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion?
American
German
Italian
British
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 .

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

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

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

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

20. The blue color of Ming porcelain comes from which chemical element?
Cobalt
Uranium
Aluminum
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 .
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