| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Religion that was suppressed in China in 446, 574, 842, 955, and 1966 but is officially tolerated today | Buddhism | 95%
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| A | Needle-based medical treatment invented around 100 BC | Acupuncture | 91%
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| O | According to one estimate, 27% of the male population was addicted to this drug in the year 1900 | Opium | 90%
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| H | Imperial dynasty that gives its name to China's majority ethnic group | Han | 88%
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| Q | China's last imperial dynasty, 1644–1912 | Qing | 83%
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| W | Throughout history, China built many of these on its northern border | Walls | 82%
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| F | For over 500 years, nearly all upper class women in China were forced to endure this | {Foot} binding | 81%
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| N | City sacked by Japan in 1937 | Nanjing | 81%
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| V | From 111 BC–939 AD, China ruled parts of this country | Vietnam | 81%
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| J | Material which was used to make the burial suits of emperors | Jade | 80%
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| L | 10,000 kilometer journey made by Communist troops as they retreated during the Chinese Civil War in the 1930s | The {Long} March | 79%
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| K | Mongolian ruler who conquered China, establishing the Yuan dynasty | {Kublai} Khan | 78%
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| G | Formerly known as Canton, it was once the only port open to foreign trade | Guangzhou | 77%
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| Y | River called "China's Sorrow" because of its many disastrous floods | Yellow River | 75%
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| C | In English, Mao is often known as _______ Mao | Chairman | 74%
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| T | Spreading from this island after 3000 BC, the Austronesian people settled half the globe from Madagascar to Easter Island | Taiwan | 70%
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| E | Type of person who often served in the Imperial Court because they could not beget children | Eunuch | 68%
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| X | City near where the first emperor of China was buried, along with his terracotta army | Xi'an | 68%
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| U | Modern name for the Turkic people who first settled in the Tarim Basin of northwest China in the 9th century | Uyghurs | 64%
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| S | Founder of the Republic of China | {Sun} Yat-sen | 52%
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| D | Leader of China from 1978–1992 commonly associated with the phrase "to get rich is glorious" | Deng Xiaoping | 51%
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| P | One of China's main exports in the Middle Ages, Europeans were unable to produce it until 1708 | Porcelain | 37%
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| I | In Taoist mythology, a group of eight people who obtained everlasting life | Eight {Immortals} | 32%
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| Z | Admiral whose "Treasure Fleet" brought gifts to India, Arabia, and Africa | {Zheng} He | 32%
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| M | Term for a bureaucrat who earned his place via the imperial examination system | Mandarin | 24%
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| R | 14th century novel that takes place in the 3rd century: "____ of the Three Kingdoms" | Romance | 18%
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