History 101

[Hitman]

Welcome to history class students.

I would like to start with Chinese History.

First I will test you on how much you know.

1. Who was the first emperor of China?

2. What kingdom united China at the end of the Three Kingdoms period?

3. What was the longest dynasty of China?

4. Who wrote The Art of War?

5. Describe the chinese caste system.

6. Are chinese eyes up or down[which way are they slanted]?

7. When did China learn of Europe?

8. When did China learn of Japan?

9. Who was leader of the Chinese nationalist party during the 1930's and 40's?

10. Who was leader of the Chinese communist party?

11. Who founded Taiwan?

12. Who is the Chinese leader today?

13. Did you like my test?

[Agamemnon]

1) Qin Shi Huang di (pardon my spelling)

2) I thought it was split into the Northern and Southern empires after the three kingdon split? Because of this, I know not of any kingdom that was involved then!

3)Manchu Ching dynasty?

4) Not me!

5) I believe it to be close to the ancient Indian system, where as teachers, scholars, judges, holymen, and royal persons were top. Followed by high ranked warriors, bushido knights and generals. Then traders, merchants, farmers, rice workers were next. And lastly labourers and general servents.

6) This is not a historical question. Shape of One's eyes is neither part of nor needed in this test.

7) Probably when the trade passages were set up between China and middle asia many many hundreds of years ago. The middle Asians (Turks, Iranians, Pursians et), would have passed stories and information on to the Chinese.

8) Another question One cannot really put a definate date to. This is much like 'When did Italy discover Africa'? There were so many small fishing and sailing villages along the Chjinese coast, any one of them could have reached Japan many times.

9) Not me again!

10) Chairman Mao

11) Some Chinese locals who decided to go exploring around the er? erm? well, somewhere between the 6th and 10th centuary I believe, but cannot remember an exact date, sorry.

12) Jang Zemin

13) It got me thinking somewhat, but on the whole it was not what I would have done, well, not as a first test on history. I think mit was a little too hard and maybe an easier one would have been better as an introduction.

[Hitman]

You got all the questions you answered right.

The Three Kingdoms was conquered by another kingdom that sprung up. I dont remember its name.

[VinnyQ]

I actually dont know my Chinese History that well (my ancestry is Chinese).

Suggest reading Taipan & Noble House by James Clavell if interested in Hong Kong. Although it's historical "fiction", i have lots of sources that say most of the stuff portraited in the books are true.

[Hitchhiker]

4) Lao-tzu

9) Sun Yat-sen?

[Agamemnon]

Originally posted by the teacher of history in the education thread:

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The Three Kingdoms was conquered by another kingdom that sprung up. I dont remember its name.

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~rolls eyes~

[jeep]

Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War. Lao Tzu was the "Father of Taoism" and wrote the Tao Te Ching.

-JEEP

[Hitchhiker]

That's it! I knew it didn't sound quite right.

[Dragon Phoenix]

quote:

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6. Are chinese eyes up or down[which way are they slanted]?

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What on earth possessed you to include this?

[Neo]

I would have suggested Aga for History class...

[Beartalon]

Because he's so OLD?

[Neo]

If that were the case, then Chuck, then he could tell us about the beginning of the world as he saw it firsthand

[CrystyB]

[xer0x]

and we're taking this in secondary two?!? AAAARGH

[Mycroft]

Is this thread dead now? This was one of the one's I was looking forward to.

Originally posted by Agamemnon:

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It got me thinking somewhat, but on the whole it was not what I would have done, well, not as a first test on history. I think mit was a little too hard and maybe an easier one would have been better as an introduction.

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Why not hijack it then Aga?

[CrystyB]

I'll give a start to that.

CB's test:
C1. Name two of Napoleon's battles, with a little bit of details for each.
C2. How many (which) states where in the Confederacy and in the Union during the US Civil War?
C3. Give a chronological ordering of the countries Hitler invaded.

Let the HiJacking begin!!!

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 04-06-2003 10:00 PM).]

[jesternl]

C1) Waterloo.. At waterloo in Belgium, near Brussels. Agaionst Wellington, in 1815 (I think)
Battle of the Krim (You didn't say which Napoleon) in ??? featuring Florence Nightingale

C3) Hmmm difficult. Poland, Hungary, Austria, The Netherlands, Belgium, France I think

[Lucky Wizard]

C2. 11 states -- Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia -- were Confederate. The rest were Union (not sure of the number -- between 20 and 25).

C3. The first three, in order, were Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. No idea what order he invaded the rest in.

[Agamemnon®]

C3: Same as Lucky for the first part, then France, Holland, Belgium (or maybe Belgium, Holland, can't be sure) Denmark, Norway, then guessing Yugoslavia, Greece and Albania.

[Dragon Phoenix]

[Nitpick}Austria was not invaded, but selected to join the Third Reich (Anschlusz).[/nitpick]

[CrystyB]

1
Waterloo (June 18, 1815), Napoleon's final defeat. Fought between Napoleon's 72,000 troops and the combined forces of the Duke of Wellington's Allied army of 68,000 (with British, Dutch, Belgian, and German units) and about 45,000 Prussians, the main force of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher's command.
Crimean War (October 1853-February 1856), fought between the Russians and the British, French, and Ottoman Turkish, with support, from January 1855, by the army of Sardinia-Piedmont. Although that happened during the emperorship of Napoleon III (1852-70), the actual role of the former president of the Second Republic is not really worth mentioning.
Nightingale, Florence: In 1854-56, during the Crimean War, she was in charge of nursing in the military hospitals at Scutari, in Turkey, where she coped with conditions of crowding, inadequate sanitation, and shortage of basic necessities. In 1860 she established in London the Nightingale School for Nurses, the first such in the world.

***spoilers***
2
The secession of the Southern states, in chronological order: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
the 23 states of the Union were: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas*, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota*, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon*, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
(There were also 8 territories, which were not yet 'full' states: Colorado, Dakota, Indian, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington.)

3
After the March 11th-12th 1938 nighttime invasion, on the 13th, Hitler declared Austria a province of the Reich.
October 1st, 1938: Sudetenland, i.e. the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia - part of Czechoslovakia from 1918-19.
September 1st, 1939: Poland.
April 9th, 1940: Denmark and Norway.
May 10th, 1940: The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
May 13th/14th, 1940: France.
June 22nd, 1941: the Soviet Union.
April 6th, 1942: Yugoslavia and Greece.
September 10th, 1943: Italy and Albania (which has been under Italian control).

Yet he did not invade Hungary while it was under Horthy rule... In fact, in '44, Horthy chose collaborationism over occupation - so the Germans were there legitimately.

And DP, technically Austria was invaded, only they didn't oppose, even if 70% of the invading vehicles broke down!!!

[CrystyB]

others, feel free to also hijack this: post your own little history quizzes.

[Hitchhiker]

http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?QuizID=14

Here's one for the Americans -- Vinny, of course, would do perfectly.

[VinnyQ]

Oh heck yeah!

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Way to Go!
(Note: In the actual test, answers are given in sentence format; here we've changed the format by offering multiple-choice answers.) You got 11/11 correct.

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I even know the address of the White House after my studious session the night before!

[jesternl]

Hmmm 7 out of 11, without studying...
And VinnyQ, is that address 5800 Pennsylvania Ave.?

[mole]

I got all of them but the number of amendments.

The White House's number is 1600, IIRC.

[VinnyQ]

mole gets a cookie.

[Pi]

So when did Hawaii become one of the states?

[VinnyQ]

August 21 1959

More U.S.A questions:

1. Who elects the President of the United States?

2. Who makes the laws in the United States?

3. Can the Consitution be changed?

4. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die?

5. How many Supreme Court justices are there?

6. Who has the power to declare war?

8. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?

9. In what month do we vote for the President?

10. In what month is the new President inaugurated?

11. For how long do we elect each Senator?

12. How many times may a Senator be re-elected?

[VinnyQ]

Originally posted by from the quiz Hitchhiker provided:

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11. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
a) Constitution
b) Mayflower
c) Titanic

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...roflmao...

[Agamemnon]

Originally posted by Vinny, friend of the Yankee:

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4. Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the vice-president should die?

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Tony Blair?

[CrystyB]

Hijacking back to Europe (at least my quiz included one question about your continent And they were all historical questions. What you ask now is US Civic Education...)

CB-4. What regions were (at any time) under Charles the Great's control?
CB-5. Give a short description of what happened during the English Civil War - if there were at least two, i'm thinking about Oliver Cromwell.
CB-6. What regimes succeeded in the Iberics Peninsula from Ancient to Modern times?
CB-7. What are the (at least 3) regions Romania is/was comprised of?

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