History quiz about China 4

Tough quiz about the history of China(4).
1. The Mongol dynasty ruled the whole of China for about how long?
235 years
200 years
89 years
20 years
mongolia, skins, bows
Bows and furs of Mongolia. Image by Rob Stallard

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

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

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

5. 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
25 for men, 20 for women
30 for men, 25 for women
Beijing, family, people, children
A family in a park

6. Kang Youwei is famous for what in the late Qing dynasty?
army general
reformist
senior eunuch
tax commissoner
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

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

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

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

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

11. A recent day of commemoration has been created on December 13th, which event does it mark?
Birth of Xi Jinping
End of civil war
Nanjing massacre
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

12. The Panthay rebellion in 1856 was led by which group?
Muslims
Daoists
Tibetans
Christians
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

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

14. What proportion of Beijing's cultural relics were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution?
83%
72%
62%
15%

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

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

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

18. Port Arthur was an important treaty port occupied by Japan (1894) and then by Russia (1895), where is it located?
Guangdong
Liaoning
Zhejiang
Xinjiang
silk road, Xinjiang, desert
Ruins of Jiaohe city near Silk Road, Xinjiang

19. The Great Leap Forward was launched by Mao Zedong in which year?
1954
1950
1965
1958
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

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