Question 1

True or false: The Qing Dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China.

Accepted Answer

True. The Qing ruled from 1644 until the 1911 Revolution, ending imperial rule in China.

Question 2

True or false: The Qing Dynasty built the Great Wall of China as we know it today.

Accepted Answer

False. Most of the Great Wall was built by the Ming and earlier dynasties; the Qing did not construct it.

Question 3

True or false: The Qing Dynasty required all male subjects to wear a queue hairstyle.

Accepted Answer

True. The queue was a braided hairstyle mandated as a sign of submission to Qing rule.

Question 4

True or false: The Qing Dynasty was founded by a Han Chinese emperor named Li Zicheng.

Accepted Answer

False. Li Zicheng was a rebel who briefly ruled the Ming remnants; the Qing were Manchu.

Question 5

True or false: The Qing Dynasty banned all foreign trade and closed China to the world.

Accepted Answer

False. The Qing restricted trade to the port of Canton but did not ban all foreign commerce.

Question 6

True or false: The Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchu people from northeastern Asia.

Accepted Answer

True. The Manchu, a Tungusic people, established the Qing after conquering the Ming.

Question 7

True or false: The Qing Dynasty incorporated Taiwan into its empire in the late 17th century.

Accepted Answer

True. Qing forces conquered the Kingdom of Tungning on Taiwan in 1683.

Question 8

True or false: The Qing Dynasty moved its capital to Nanjing after the Opium War.

Accepted Answer

False. The Qing capital remained in Beijing throughout its rule; Nanjing was never the capital of the Qing.

The Qing Dynasty Trivia Questions