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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?
Qing
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Tang
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Han
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Ming
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Although Qing and Yuan were larger, they weren't ruled by ethnically Han people.
2.
When was the Great Wall first constructed?
Qin
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Yuan
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Jin
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Zhou
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3.
How short was the shortest-lived dynasty?
14 years
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10 years
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4 years
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7 years
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The Xin dynasty survived just 14 years before it was replaced by the East Han dynasty.
4.
What was the longest-lived dynasty?
Shang
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Song
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Tang
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Zhou
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The Zhou dynasty lived for 790 years.
5.
Which of the following is not one of the Four Great Inventions?
Compass
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Wheel
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Gunpowder
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Printing
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The other invention was papermaking.
6.
Who was the 6th emperor of the Qing dynasty? (Doesn't include Later Jin)
Yongzheng
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Jiaqing
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Kangxi
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Qianlong
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7.
Which of the following empires were not part of the Three Kingdoms?
Cao Wei
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Later Zhou
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Sun Wu
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Shu Han
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8.
Which of the following was the only woman to have ever officially ruled China?
Yehe Nara Xingzhen
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Wu Zetian
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Hua Mulan
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Ma Xiaoying
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9.
What was Emperor Hung-Wu's name?
Zhu Yuanzhang
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Li Shimin
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Aisin Gioro Nurhaci
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Guo Zixing
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10.
What was the first historically confirmed Chinese dynasty?
Shang
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Sui
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Xia
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Zhou
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Though Xia was believed to be the first dynasty, there is no historical records that can confirm this.
11.
Who was the youngest emperor?
Aisin Gioro Zaitian
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Aisin Gioro Puyi
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Zhao Kuangyi
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Ying Huhai
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Puyi succeeded the throne at just 2 years and 10 months old.
12.
During which dynasty was the Forbidden City built?
Qing
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Song
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Yuan
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Ming
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13.
Which of the following is not one of the 8 ancient capitals of China
Hangzhou
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Kaifeng
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Xiamen
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Nanjing
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14.
When did the Qing dynasty end?
1912
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1644
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1783
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1937
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15.
Who was the author of the Records of the Grand Historian, or more well known as Shiji in Mandarin?
Laozi
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Sima Qian
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Wang Anshi
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Confucius
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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.
I've just updated the title from Ancient to Imperial
because interestingly, none of the questions were about the ancient era