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China's centuries-old civil service examination system was abolished in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is regarded as the founder of modern China, becoming first president of the republic in 1911?Read the answer and worked solution →The May Fourth Movement began with a demonstration in Beijing in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Communist Party of China was founded in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Long March of 1934-35 covered about how many miles to Shanxi?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Leap Forward, with backyard steel furnaces and communes, was launched in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Japanese islandsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Chinese leadersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the East Asian yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Meiji reformsRead the answer and worked solution →Japan or ChinaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the three countriesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →East Asia bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Columbus, sponsored by the rulers of Spain, sailed west in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Inca city of Machu Picchu was rediscovered in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arawakian Lucayos lived on a cluster of islands known today as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fierce tribe had expelled the Arawaks from the Lesser Antilles?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Arawak weaving speciality captured the imagination of Europeans?Read the answer and worked solution →The name Brazil is derived from:Read the answer and worked solution →The Aztecs made artificial islands in Lake Mexico called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was built in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Children of the Aztec nobility attended which school?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mayas devised which form of writing?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Inca, Manco Capac, set his capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →At its peak the Inca empire stretched 3,000 miles from Ecuador to:Read the answer and worked solution →Every Inca subject was required to speak which court language?Read the answer and worked solution →The Inca accounting system of cords with knots was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Prince Henry the Navigator's Portugal attacked Ceuta in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →

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China's centuries-old civil service examination system was abolished in which year?

  1. 1949
  2. 1905
  3. 1911
  4. 1919
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Correct answer: B. 1905

1. It demanded only literary skill in classical Chinese. 2. It was abolished in 1905 after the Russo-Japanese war. 3. Only 1-2 per cent passed the first level. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._

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Who is regarded as the founder of modern China, becoming first president of the republic in 1911?

  1. Mao Zedong
  2. Liang Qichao
  3. Sun Yat-sen
  4. Chiang Kai-shek
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Correct answer: C. Sun Yat-sen

1. The Manchu empire was overthrown in 1911. 2. Sun Yat-sen was educated in missionary schools. 3. His programme was the Three Principles. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._

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The May Fourth Movement began with a demonstration in Beijing in which year?

  1. 1911
  2. 1921
  3. 1949
  4. 1919
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Correct answer: D. 1919

1. China did not regain territories after the First World War. 2. The protest of 4 May 1919 became a movement. 3. It called for science, democracy and nationalism. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._

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