General quiz about China 3

Intermediate level quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (3)
1. Wang Xizhi is most famous as what?
Musician
Calligrapher
Poet
Reformer
y, buddha, sculpture
Buddha sculpture, Yungang caves, Shaanxi

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

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

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

5. The blue color of Ming porcelain comes from which chemical element?
Aluminum
Manganese
Cobalt
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 .

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

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

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

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

10. The length of Mao's Long March was equivalent to what distance?
New York to San Francisco and back
Paris to Moscow
New Orleans to New York
Austin, Texas to New York and back
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. Hong Kong Island became a U.K. possession in which year?
1862
1856
1842
1865
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak. January 2008
Image by Gernot Kurze available under a Creative Commons license

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

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

14. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is what?
Organize Yangzi River monitoring and management
Enivornmental action group
Group of provinces of southern China
Group of Eurasian nations
Shanghai, The Bund
Historical buildings on Shanghai's famous Bund

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

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

17. Richard Nixon, US President visited Mao Zedong in which year?
1960
1968
1957
1972

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

19. The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands took place between which two combatants?
France and China
Korea and China
Japan and China
Republicans (KMT) and Communists (PLA)

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