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Imperial China Multiple Choice

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Last updated: September 5, 2021
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1. What was the largest Han Chinese dynasty?
Tang
Ming
Han
Qing
Although Qing and Yuan were larger, they weren't ruled by ethnically Han people.
2. When was the Great Wall first constructed?
Qin
Zhou
Yuan
Jin
3. How short was the shortest-lived dynasty?
14 years
10 years
7 years
4 years
The Xin dynasty survived just 14 years before it was replaced by the East Han dynasty.
4. What was the longest-lived dynasty?
Shang
Tang
Zhou
Song
The Zhou dynasty lived for 790 years.
5. Which of the following is not one of the Four Great Inventions?
Gunpowder
Printing
Compass
Wheel
The other invention was papermaking.
6. Who was the 6th emperor of the Qing dynasty? (Doesn't include Later Jin)
Jiaqing
Yongzheng
Kangxi
Qianlong
7. Which of the following empires were not part of the Three Kingdoms?
Later Zhou
Sun Wu
Cao Wei
Shu Han
8. Which of the following was the only woman to have ever officially ruled China?
Ma Xiaoying
Wu Zetian
Hua Mulan
Yehe Nara Xingzhen
9. What was Emperor Hung-Wu's name?
Zhu Yuanzhang
Aisin Gioro Nurhaci
Guo Zixing
Li Shimin
10. What was the first historically confirmed Chinese dynasty?
Xia
Sui
Shang
Zhou
Though Xia was believed to be the first dynasty, there is no historical records that can confirm this.
11. Who was the youngest emperor?
Ying Huhai
Aisin Gioro Zaitian
Zhao Kuangyi
Aisin Gioro Puyi
Puyi succeeded the throne at just 2 years and 10 months old.
12. During which dynasty was the Forbidden City built?
Qing
Song
Ming
Yuan
13. Which of the following is not one of the 8 ancient capitals of China
Nanjing
Hangzhou
Xiamen
Kaifeng
14. When did the Qing dynasty end?
1912
1937
1644
1783
15. Who was the author of the Records of the Grand Historian, or more well known as Shiji in Mandarin?
Confucius
Sima Qian
Wang Anshi
Laozi
5 Comments
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Level 59
Apr 20, 2021
Great! I'll be using this to study for my history test
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Level 75
Apr 20, 2021
It probably will not be enough
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Level 71
Sep 5, 2021
Great quiz! I'm not an expert on Chinese history, but I think it's pretty cool. I had quite a bit of trouble with the names of the emperors since I've only learned about a few of them :P but I still think I know more than most Americans.

Why did you include questions about the Qing and the Ming Dynasties as "Ancient China" though? I'd definitely consider those to be more "modern" in the historical sense. Especially true with the Puyi question, since he only died a few decades ago.

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Level 75
Sep 5, 2021
Thanks!

I've just updated the title from Ancient to Imperial because interestingly, none of the questions were about the ancient era

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Level 71
Sep 6, 2021
Lol yeah, makes more sense now. Thanks!