General quiz about China 3

Intermediate level quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (3)
1. Hong Kong Island became a U.K. possession in which year?
1856
1842
1830
1865
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak. January 2008
Image by Gernot Kurze available under a Creative Commons license

2. The blue color of Ming porcelain comes from which chemical element?
Cobalt
Uranium
Copper
Aluminum
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. Richard Nixon, US President visited Mao Zedong in which year?
1972
1968
1977
1974

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Which of these is NOT one of the Five classics of Chinese literature
Yi Jing (I Ching)
Dream Pool Essays
Spring and Autumn Annals
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

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

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

17. The earliest printed book was produced in China in which year?
868
420
1745
1263
Diamond Sutra, image_bookcover, printing

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

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

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