General quiz about China 3

Intermediate level quiz about the geography, history, traditions and language of China (3)
1. The Tiananmen Incident of 1989 occurred after the death of which leader?
Jiang Qing
Wang Hongwen
Hu Yaobang
Deng Xiaoping
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Image by McKay Savage from London, UK available under a Creative Commons license January 2005

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

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

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

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

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

7. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is what?
Group of provinces of southern China
Municpal council for Shanghai
Organize Yangzi River monitoring and management
Group of Eurasian nations
Shanghai, The Bund
Historical buildings on Shanghai's famous Bund

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

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

10. Hong Kong Island became a U.K. possession in which year?
1865
1842
1862
1856
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak. January 2008
Image by Gernot Kurze available under a Creative Commons license

11. Which of these is NOT one of the Five classics of Chinese literature
Classic of poetry
Book of history
Dream Pool Essays
Yi Jing (I Ching)
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

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

13. Richard Nixon, US President visited Mao Zedong in which year?
1974
1968
1972
1977

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

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

16. The length of Mao's Long March was equivalent to what distance?
New Orleans to New York
New York to San Francisco and back
Austin, Texas to New York and back
Paris to Moscow
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

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

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

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

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