Module 6 - Modern History of China

Question 1

The first emperor of China was 【A】 while the last one was 【 B】 .

Answer 1

【A】 Qin Shi Huang；【 B】 Puyi

Question 2

The 【 A】 Dynasty, the last dynasty in China, had lasted for 【 B】 years.

Answer 2

【A】 Qing 【 B】 268

Question 3

The First 【 A】 War fought during the 21st and 22nd year of the 【 B】 Reign (1840 – 1842), was the turning point of Chinese modern history as it led to the decline of the Qing Dynasty.

Answer 3

【A】 Anglo-Chinese
【B】 Guangxu

Question 4

The Treaty of 【 A】 was signed in 1895 between the Qing Empire of China and Empire of Japan ending the First Sino-Japanese War. Japan made use of the Chinese 【 B】 to develop her military force to invade China.

Answer 4

【A】 Maguan / Shimonoseki
【B】 indemnity

Question 5

The Eight-Nation Alliance was an alliance of nations made up of United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, the United States, 【 A】 , Italy, and Austria-Hungary, whose military forces invaded China in【 B】 .

Answer 5

【A】 Japan
【 B】 1900

Question 6

After the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded and occupied Beijing, the “【 A】 Protocol” was signed on 9 September, 【 B】 , which ordered. China to pay 450 million taels of silver as war reparations.

Answer 6

【A】 Boxer
【 B】 1901

Question 7

At the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese reformists debated whether it was necessary to overthrow the imperial government to bring about a new order of things in the nation. One of the key figures of the movement to bring down the Qing Dynasty was Dr. 【A】, who has been regarded as the father of modern China.

Answer 7

【A】 Sun Yat-sen

Question 8

The 【 A】 Revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and brought an end to the imperial rule in China.

Answer 8

【A】 1911 / Xinhai

Question 9

In 1913, Sun Yat-sen started a rebellion, the so-called “ 【 A】 ”, in Canton against Yuan Shikai’s dictatorship. However, the rebellion failed, and Sun Yat-sen fled to 【B.

Answer 9

【A】 Second Revolution
【B】 Japan

Question 10

In 1916, Yuan Shikai reinstated monarchy in China, taking the era name 【 A】 . However Yuan reigned a total of 【 B】
days only.

Answer 10

【A】 Hongxian
【 B】 83

Question 11

On 4 May 1919, “【 A】 Movement” broke out in Beijing. More than 3,000 students gathered at 【 B】 Square and held a demonstration protesting the Chinese government’s weak response to the Treaty of Versailles.

Answer 11

【A】 May Fourth
【B】 Tiananmen

Question 12

The Chinese 【 A】 Party was founded in July 1921.

Answer 12

【A】 Communist

Question 13

On September 18, 1931, near Shenyang in southern Manchuria, a section of railroad owned by Japan’s South Manchuria Railway was dynamited. The Imperial Japanese Army, accusing Chinese dissidents of the act, responded with the invasion of Manchuria, leading to the establishment of Manchukuo the following year. The incident was known as the “【 A】 Incident”.

Answer 13

【A】 918 / Manchurian / Mukden

Question 14

The 【 A】 Incident is a coup d’état taking place on 12 December 1936 in which 【 B】 , the leader of the Kuomintang, was suddenly arrested and kidnapped by Marshal Zhang Xuelian, a former warlord of Manchuria. The incident led the Nationalists and the Communists to make peace so that the two could form a united front against the increasing threat posed by Japan.

Answer 14

【A】 Xi’an / Xian
【B】 Chiang Kai-shek

Question 15

On 7 July 【 A】 , Japanese invaders attacked the Lugou Bridge, better known in the west as the 【 B】 Bridge. The Lugou Bridge Incident, also known as the Incident of 【 C】 , sparked the 【 D】 -year War of Resistance Against Japan.

Answer 15

【A】 1937
【 B】 Marco Polo
【C】 July 7；
【 D】 eight

Question 16

The 【 A】 , was a mass murder and war rape that occurred during the six-week period following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanjing on 13 December 1937. During this period, around 30 thousand Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were murdered by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Answer 16

【A】 Nanking / Nanjing Massacre / Rape of Nanking

Question 17

The United Nations Declaration was a World War II document agreed to on January 1, 1942 by 【 A】
governments, including the four major anti-Fascist powers – the USA, the UK, the USSR, and 【 B】 .

Answer 17

【A】 26
【 B】 China

Question 18

On 7 December 1941, Japan staged an attack on the US naval base at 【 A】 Harbour, sparking the outbreak of the 【 B】

Answer 18

【A】 Pearl
【 B】 Pacific

Question 19

After two 【 A】 bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan declared unconditional surrender in August 【 B】, ending the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Answer 19

【A】 atomic
【 B】 1945

Question 20

Upon the surrender of Japan which concluded the Second World War, civil war broke out again between the 【 A】 and the 【 B】 in China.

Answer 20

【A】 Communists
【B】 Nationalists

Question 21

After the Chinese Civil War, 【 A】, leader of the Chinese Communist Party, proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October 【 B】, while 【 C】 and his Kuomintang retreated to 【 D】 .

Answer 21

【A】 Mao Zedong/Mao Tse-tung
【B】 1949
【C】 Chiang Kai-shek
【D】 Taiwan

Question 22

The 【 A】 Revolution took place in the People’s Republic of China from 1966 to 1976, during which many economic activities and the education system in China were virtually halted.

Answer 22

【A】 Great Proletarian Cultural / Cultural

Question 23

The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee was a meeting of the Central Committee of the CPC held in Beijing in December 1978. It marked the beginning of the “【 A】 ” policy.

Answer 23

【A】 Reform and Opening Up

Question 24

The late leader of the Communist Party of China 【 A】
advocated the ideas of “Liberate Thoughts” and “Seek Truth from Facts” and had developed “Socialism with 【 B】
characteristics”.

Answer 24

【A】 Deng Xiaoping
【B】 Chinese

Question 25

The current President of the People’s Republic of China is 【 A】 , who is also serving as 【 B】 of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central 【 C】 Commission.

Answer 25

【 A】 Xi Jinping
【 B】 general secretary
【C】 Military