History quiz about China 4

Tough quiz about the history of China(4).
1. The 1911 revolution and the Japanese invasion of Manchuria had which common initiating factor
taxes
opium
corruption
railways
Jiangsu, PRC, sculpture
Yuhuatai Memorial Park of Revolutionary Martyrs, Nanjing, Jiangsu

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

3. A recent day of commemoration has been created on December 13th, which event does it mark?
Death of Deng Xiaoping
Tangshan earthquake
Nanjing massacre
Birth of Xi Jinping
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

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

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

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

7. What proportion of Beijing's cultural relics were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution?
72%
32%
62%
55%

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

9. Port Arthur was an important treaty port occupied by Japan (1894) and then by Russia (1895), where is it located?
Tibet
Guangdong
Liaoning
Xinjiang
Jiangsu, Suzhou, garden, pavilion
October view of the Panmen Scenic Area in the south-west of the Suzhou, Jiangsu

10. Which foreign leader planned to conquer China in 1404?
King Philip the Bold
Oljei Temur Khan
Tamerlane
Pope Boniface IX

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. The Panthay rebellion in 1856 was led by which group?
Muslims
Tibetans
Mongols
Daoists
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

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

20. Kang Youwei is famous for what in the late Qing dynasty?
tax commissoner
revolutionary
reformist
senior eunuch
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
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