History Quiz 3

History quiz all about Chinese history - a bit harder.
1. The battle of Yamen marked the end of the Song dynasty, where did it take place?
Beijing
Shandong
Guangdong
Hainan
Song dynasty, sacred way
Stone Statues guarding the Sacred Way at the Song Dynasty Imperial Tombs, Gongyi, Henan

2. The Yongle Dadian was what?
encyclopedia
race course
essay competition
military academy
Qilin, Sacred Way, Ming tombs
"Ways of souls" tombs of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644CE). 50km north west of Beijing, in Changping. December 2005. Image by ofol available under a Creative Commons License .

3. In 1980 China set up a number of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to promote rapid economic development. Which one of these was NOT a SEZ?
Shenzhen
Xiamen
Zhuhai
Xi'an
Guangdong, Shenzhen, skyscraper, modern housing

4. In which city was Sun Yatsen kidnapped in 1896?
London
Guangzhou
Paris
New York
Sun Yatsen, sculpture, Taiwan
Statue of Dr. Sun Yatsen at memorial hall in Taipei, Taiwan

5. What was the central doctrine of the Taiping rebels?
Analects of Confucius
Amitabha
Ten commandments
The Kojiki
Taiping Rebellion, battle
Taiping rebels are chased out of Yuzhuang, March 8 1854. The Taiping arrived the previous day but had to retire the next day when the Manchus arrived in hot pursuit. From Ten scenes recording the retreat and defeat of the Taiping Northern Expeditionary Forces, February 1854-March 1855. Source : web site Available under a Creative Commons license .

6. Who was the Premier of China 2003-12?
Wen Jiabao
Zhao Ziyang
Li Peng
Li Keqiang
Beijing, modern housing
View of Beijing city from the TV tower

7. The most senior lama after the Dalai Lama in Tibetan buddhism is who?
Potala Lama
Panchen Lama
President of China
Karmapa Lama
Yunnan, Shangrila, golden deer
Roof of Tibetan Temple in Shangri-La, Yunnan

8. 'Rats and foxes' was a term used by Dowager Empress Cixi for which group of people?
Han Chinese
Canton merchants
Taiping rebels
Imperial eunuchs
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 .

9. Which leader put the Gang of Four under arrest?
Mao Zedong
Hua Guofeng
Deng Xiaoping
Zhou Enlai
Mao Zedong, badge, PRC
Pin badges of Mao Zedong at a market stall

10. Shenzhou is the name of a high profile programme for what purpose?
environmental protection
agricultural research
nuclear power generation
space exploration

11. Xuanzang's trip to fetch Buddhist scriptures from India took place during which dynasty?
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Ming dynasty
Han dynasty
Xian, pagoda, arhcitecture, Shaanxi
Large Wild Goose Pagoda, is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi

12. Puyi was Emperor of Manchuguo 1934-45 where was his capital?
Changchun
Harbin
Shenyang
Jilin City
Emperor Puyi, Mao Zedong
'Henry' Puyi and Mao Zedong, Autumn 1961. Image available under a Creative Commons license .

13. The 10,000 ton sculpture in Tiananmen square commemorates what?
Mai Zedong
Heroes of the People
Lu Xun
January 1st 1912
Tiananmen square, National Peoples Congress
Tiananmen Square, 12th June 2010. Image by Ronnie Macdonald available under a Creative Commons License

14. When did China detonate its first atom bomb?
1980
1964
1976
1950

15. The Jinggang Mountains are famous for what?
marble quarries
birthplace of Chiang Kaishek
Han dynasty battle
base of Jiangxi soviet

16. Cao Pi declared himself the founder of which dynasty in 220CE?
Ming
Zhou
Xin
Wei
Cao Cao

17. The first books in China were made of what?
beech tree bark
papyrus
strips of bamboo or wood
paper
Shang dynasty, bronze, calligraphy
Ancient script of Zhou through to Shang dynasty date inscribed on bronze vessel

18. Which writer wrote with dismay about the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in 1860?
Charles Dickens
Mark Twain
Victor Hugo
George Eliot
Beijing, Old Summer Palace, architecture, ruin
Ruins of the Old Summer Palace (Yuan ming Yuan) Beijing. It was destroyed by British and French Army in the Second Opium War

19. The An Lushan revolt took place in which dynasty
Sui
Han
Shang
Tang

20. The banker H. H. Kung married who in 1914?
Song Yaoju
Song Meiling
Song Ailing
Song Guofeng
Hainan, forest, view, mountains
Tropical forest park, Hainan island
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