Historical Events Quiz

When did the rule of China's Shang dynasty begin?

• 1766 B.C.

• 550 B.C.

• 200 B.C.

• 953 A.D.

Who is known to have traveled on the Silk Road around 200 B.C.?

• Confucius

• Murasaki Shikibu

• Shoguns

• Unknown travelers

In what year did atomic bombs drop on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender in World War II?

• 1945

• 192

• 1940

• 2011

What significant event happened in Japan in 192?

• Shoguns begin rule

• Communists seize power

• Earthquake and tsunami

• Travel on the Silk Road

Which literary work was written by Japan's Murasaki Shikibu around 1001 A.D.?

• The Tale of Genji

• The Art of War

• The Book of Changes

• The Tale of Heike