The Qing Dynasty
What people from Northeast China invaded and established the Qing Dynasty in 1644?
Manchus
Who was the revolutionary leader who formed the Revive China Society and advocated the Three People's Principles?
Sun Yat-sen
What was the name of the new Communist state proclaimed by Mao Zedong in October 1949?
People's Republic of China
What triangular landmass hanging from southern Asia contains diverse geographical regions?
Indian subcontinent
Which Macedonian king swept into northwestern India in 327 BC after conquering Persia?
Alexander the Great
Which Qing emperor ruled for 60 years starting in 1661 and reduced taxes while supporting scholars?
Emperor Kangxi
What political party was also known as the Nationalist Party?
Kuomintang
Where did Chiang Kai-shek and two million Nationalist followers flee after their defeat?
Taiwan (Formosa)
What are the highest mountains in the world located in northern India?
Himalaya
What was India's first centralized empire with its capital at Pataliputra?
Mauryan Empire
What did the Chinese call their country, believing it was the cultural center of the universe?
Middle Kingdom
Who was China's "last emperor" who took the throne as a child in 1908?
Emperor Pu Yi
What radical economic program beginning in 1958 created large collective farms called communes?
Great Leap Forward
Which monsoon brings heavy rains during summer that Indian farmers depend on for crops?
Southwest monsoon
What 4,000-mile trade route connected China to the Mediterranean and passed through India?
Silk Road
What legal practice allowed Europeans in Chinese treaty ports to be subject to their own laws rather than Chinese laws?
Extraterritorial rights
What political party was founded in Shanghai in 1921 by young radicals including Mao Zedong?
Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
What were the militia units of high school and college students who led the Cultural Revolution called?
Red Guards
What nomadic people invaded India around 1500 BC and created a new society?
Aryans
What epic consisting of over 90,000 stanzas describes a war between cousins for control of a kingdom?
Mahabharata
What anti-foreign uprising had the slogan "destroy the foreigner" and targeted Christian missionaries?
Boxer Rebellion
What 1927 event saw Nationalist troops kill many Communists and their supporters in Shanghai?
Shanghai Massacre
What 1989 event saw tanks crush pro-democracy student protesters in Beijing?
Tiananmen Square Massacre
What group was considered below the caste system and given menial, degrading tasks?
Untouchables
What mathematical system adopted by Arabs and later Europeans is still used today?
Indian-Arabic numerical system