Statistics for Chinese History 101 Quiz #7

Click here to take the quiz!

Question	Answer	% Correct
What triggered the First Opium War?	The Qing banned opium trade and confiscated opium stocks	95%
How was the Qing's Beiyang Fleet annihilated in the First Sino-Japanese War?	Outmanoeuvred by the smaller, faster and more modern Japanese boats	92%
What did Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, claim himself to be?	Younger brother of Jesus Christ	81%
What was used as the standard currency of trade between China and Europe in the 18th century?	silver	76%
Why did the Japanese return the Liaodong Peninsula to China after the First Sino-Japanese War?	Under pressure from diplomatic intervention by Russia, France and Germany	68%
How did the Russians gain control of Vladivostok (Haishenwai) in 1860?	Ceded by the Qing in the Convention of Peking	65%
Which country was NOT involved in the Eight-Nation Alliance against the Boxer Rebellions?	Netherlands	65%
Which of these was burnt down by the Anglo-French troops during the Second Opium War?	Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan)	62%
Where did the Chinese Revolution break out on October 10th, 1911?	Wuchang (part of now Wuhan)	51%
Why did the scramble of China, similar to that in Africa, not happen in 1899?	The United States proposed the Open Door Policy towards China	49%