History quiz about China 4

Tough quiz about the history of China(4).
1. The Panthay rebellion in 1856 was led by which group?
Christians
Muslims
Tibetans
Mongols
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

2. Which foreign leader planned to conquer China in 1404?
Mahmud Shah Tughluq
Oljei Temur Khan
Pope Boniface IX
Tamerlane

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

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

5. In 2CE the population of China was about how many?
2 million
185 million
58 million
35 million

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. The Great Leap Forward was launched by Mao Zedong in which year?
1970
1965
1958
1950
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

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

15. Port Arthur was an important treaty port occupied by Japan (1894) and then by Russia (1895), where is it located?
Guangdong
Liaoning
Xinjiang
Zhejiang
Changbai, Jilin
Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountains. October 2009.
Image by Wang65 available under a Creative Commons license

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

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

18. Kang Youwei is famous for what in the late Qing dynasty?
army general
tax commissoner
reformist
engineer
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

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

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