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?
Wang Hongwen
Deng Xiaoping
Mao Zedong
Hu Yaobang
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
Image by McKay Savage from London, UK available under a Creative Commons license January 2005

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

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

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

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

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

7. Hong Kong Island became a U.K. possession in which year?
1862
1865
1901
1842
Hong Kong
Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak. January 2008
Image by Gernot Kurze available under a Creative Commons license

8. The earliest printed book was produced in China in which year?
1745
178BCE
1155
868
Diamond Sutra, image_bookcover, printing

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

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

11. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is what?
Enivornmental action group
Group of Eurasian nations
Organize Yangzi River monitoring and management
Municpal council for Shanghai
Shanghai, The Bund
Historical buildings on Shanghai's famous Bund

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

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

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

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

16. What was the nationality of the ambassador killed in Beijing at the time of the Boxer Rebellion?
French
British
Italian
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 .

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

18. Which of these is NOT one of the Five classics of Chinese literature
Dream Pool Essays
Classic of poetry
Book of history
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

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

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