Q 01/05

According to China's 2012 survey, what is the total length of all Great Wall sections and trenches?

A) 21,196 km

B) 8,850 km

C) 6,700 km

D) 2,400 km

Answer · why

A) 21,196 km

The Ming wall alone measures 8,850 km, of which 2,232 km is natural barrier such as hills and rivers.

Q 02/05

The Great Wall was built mainly to protect against nomadic groups from which region?

A) The Korean Peninsula

B) The Eurasian Steppe

C) The Tibetan Plateau

D) The Indochina jungle

Answer · why

B) The Eurasian Steppe

Its other jobs included border control, collecting duties on Silk Road goods and regulating trade.

Q 03/05

In which century BC do the first walls date from?

A) The 3rd

B) The 1st

C) The 7th

D) The 12th

Answer · why

C) The 7th

They were joined together under the Qin dynasty in the 3rd century BC.

Q 04/05

Which dynasty built the best-known brick-and-stone sections of the wall?

A) The Song

B) The Yuan

C) The Tang

D) The Ming

Answer · why

D) The Ming

It ruled from 1368 to 1644 and is estimated to have built up to 25,000 watchtowers.

Q 05/05

The Chinese name Wanli Changcheng literally means what?

A) Wall of the Dragon Emperor

B) Ten-Thousand Mile Long Wall

C) Barrier Against the Steppe

D) Great Northern Rampart

Answer · why

B) Ten-Thousand Mile Long Wall

"Ten thousand" is figurative here, meaning innumerable, much like the English word myriad.