History quiz about China 4

Tough quiz about the history of China(4).
1. The skins of rare white stags were used for what in the Han dynasty?
medicine
headwear
currency
elixir of immortality
Han dynasty, dance, dancer
China, rustic dancers, eastern han dynasty (25-220). Image by sailko available under a Creative Commons License

2. The Mongol dynasty ruled the whole of China for about how long?
89 years
235 years
20 years
150 years
mongolia, skins, bows
Bows and furs of Mongolia. Image by Rob Stallard

3. The Great Leap Forward was launched by Mao Zedong in which year?
1954
1958
1970
1965
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

4. Which foreign leader planned to conquer China in 1404?
Oljei Temur Khan
King Philip the Bold
Mahmud Shah Tughluq
Tamerlane

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

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

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

8. What proportion of Beijing's cultural relics were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution?
72%
55%
32%
83%

9. In 2CE the population of China was about how many?
58 million
100 million
20 million
2 million

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

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

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

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

14. In the One Child policy government employees were expected to put off marriage until which ages?
20 for men and women
30 for men and women
25 for men and women
30 for men, 25 for women
Beijing, family, people, children
A family in a park

15. The U.S. General Stilwell had his headquarters during World War II in which city?
Xi'an
Chongqing
Beijing
Chengdu
Chongqing, building

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

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

18. Port Arthur was an important treaty port occupied by Japan (1894) and then by Russia (1895), where is it located?
Xinjiang
Guangdong
Liaoning
Tibet
Heilongjiang, snow
Heavy snow at Shuangfeng forest farm, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang

19. Kang Youwei is famous for what in the late Qing dynasty?
army general
revolutionary
senior eunuch
reformist
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

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