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  1. Complete the sentence about Taipei with the correct year: In ______, the northern part of the island was incorporated into the new Taipeh Prefecture.
  2. Complete the sentence about Taipei with the correct year: The romanized transcription of Taipeh was changed to Taihoku in ______ when the Empire of Japan annexed Taiwan, based on the Japanese reading…
  3. Complete the sentence about Taipei with the correct year: Han Chinese colonists from Dabu County, Yongding County, Anxi and Tong'an of Southern Fujian began to settle in the Taipei Basin in ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Taipei with the correct year: In ______, the northern part of Taiwan was separated from Taiwan Prefecture and incorporated into the new Taipeh Prefecture as a new administr…
  5. Complete the sentence about New Taipei City with the correct year: New Taipei City was formerly known as Taipei County before its promotion to special municipality status in ______.
  6. Complete the sentence about Taoyuan, Taiwan with the correct year: Formerly a county, Taoyuan became the latest new founding special municipality in ______.
  7. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, the Tōen area was incorporated into Shinchiku Prefecture.
  8. Complete the sentence about Taoyuan, Taiwan with the correct year: In ______, Taoyuan County was established by separating it from Hsinchu County.
  9. Complete the sentence about Taoyuan, Taiwan with the correct year: On 21 April ______, Taoyuan City was made the county seat of Taoyuan County.
  10. Complete the sentence about Taoyuan, Taiwan with the correct year: In June ______, the Executive Yuan approved the plan to upgrade Taoyuan from a county to a special municipality.
  11. Complete the sentence about Taichung with the correct year: During the Japanese era from ______, the urban planning of present-day Taichung was performed and developed by the Japanese.
  12. Complete the sentence about Taichung with the correct year: In ______, Zhuluo County was established, encompassing the underdeveloped northern two-thirds of Taiwan.
  13. Complete the sentence about Taichung with the correct year: To strengthen Qing control, a garrison was established in ______ near the site of present-day Taichung Park by Lan Ting-chen.
  14. Complete the sentence about Tainan with the correct year: In July ______, the Dutch East India Company textile merchant Cornelis Reyersz sailed to Taiwan in search of a suitable location to build a tr…
  15. Complete the sentence about Kaohsiung with the correct year: In ______, the Dutch were expelled by the Kingdom of Tungning, founded by Ming loyalists of Koxinga.
  16. Complete the sentence about Kaohsiung with the correct year: In his ______ general history of Taiwan, US Consul to Formosa James W.
  17. Complete the sentence about Keelung with the correct year: In ______, the Spanish established Fort San Salvador at present-day Keelung, an area inhabited by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples.
  18. Complete the sentence about Keelung with the correct year: The island of Taiwan was subsequently ceded to the Empire of Japan in ______ after the First Sino-Japanese War; under Japanese rule the city…
  19. Complete the sentence about Keelung with the correct year: Keelung became part of Taiwan Province under the Republic of China after ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Hsinchu with the correct year: After the ROC rule in ______, the urban area of Hsinchu was organized as a provincial city.
  21. Complete the sentence about Hsinchu with the correct year: In ______, the Taiwanese government established the Hsinchu Science Park, an industrial centre for semiconductor manufacturing.
  22. Complete the sentence about Hsinchu with the correct year: The Chenghuang Temple of Hsinchu, built in ______, is a common prayer destination.
  23. Complete the sentence about Chiayi with the correct year: During the Qing dynasty, Tirosen was governed as part of Taiwan Prefecture in Fujian under Zhuluo County and the city was renamed Kagee in ___…
  24. Complete the sentence about Chiayi with the correct year: Kagi was administered as part of Tainan Prefecture from ______ onwards.
  25. Complete the sentence about Chiayi with the correct year: In ______, Taiwan Province was streamlined and Chiayi City has been governed directly since then by the Executive Yuan.
  26. Complete the sentence about Chiayi with the correct year: In ______, the county seat was moved to Tsulosan, the site of modern-day Chiayi City.
  27. Complete the sentence about Chiayi with the correct year: Following the ______ Zhu Yigui rebellion, the county was reduced in size.
  28. Complete the sentence about Changhua with the correct year: In ______, Changhua County was established, following the Zhu Yigui rebellion.
  29. Complete the sentence about Yilan City with the correct year: In ______, Komalan was a large rice production area commonly called Kapsulan, and became a district called Gilan Hsien.
  30. Complete the sentence about Hualien City with the correct year: In ______, the town was upgraded to Karenkō City, Karenkō Prefecture.
  31. Complete the sentence about Hualien City with the correct year: On 25 October ______, Taiwan was handed over from Japan to the Republic of China under Kuomintang government.
  32. Complete the sentence about Hualien City with the correct year: In January ______, the incoming Kuomintang designated Hualien City a county-administered city of Hualien County and to be the county sea…
  33. Complete the sentence about Hualien City with the correct year: The newest villages from ______ are Guosheng, Guoxing, Minxiao, and Minzhu.
  34. Complete the sentence about Taitung City with the correct year: Taitō Town was established in ______ under Taitō Prefecture, and included modern Taitung City and eastern Beinan Township.
  35. Complete the sentence about Pingtung City with the correct year: On 1 December ______, it was downgraded to a county-administered city of Pingtung County and has been administered as such since that t…
  36. Complete the sentence about Miaoli with the correct year: On 25 December ______, Miaoli Township was upgraded from urban township to a county-administered city as Miaoli City.
  37. Complete the sentence about Douliu with the correct year: On 25 December ______, Douliu was upgraded from an urban township to county-administered city.
  38. Complete the sentence about Nantou City with the correct year: A yamen was established in ______ near the present Nantou Elementary School.
  39. Complete the sentence about Nantou City with the correct year: In ______, Nantō Town was governed under Nantō District, Taichū Prefecture.
  40. Complete the sentence about Nantou City with the correct year: On 1 July ______, the Taiwan Provincial Government moved to Zhongxing New Village, making Nantou the location of the provincial governmen…
  41. Complete the sentence about Nantou City with the correct year: On 25 December ______, Nantou became a county-administered city from the previous urban township.
  42. Complete the sentence about Magong with the correct year: On 25 December ______, Makung was upgraded from an urban township to a county-administered city.
  43. Complete the sentence about Kinmen with the correct year: In August ______, Kinmen was heavily bombarded by the People's Liberation Army during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.
  44. Complete the sentence about Kinmen with the correct year: Travel restrictions between Kinmen and the main island of Taiwan were lifted in ______ following the end of decades-long military administrati…
  45. Complete the sentence about Kinmen with the correct year: A direct ferry route to Xiamen was inaugurated in January ______ following the establishment of the Three Links.
  46. Complete the sentence about Kinmen with the correct year: The name was first recorded in ______ when the Hongwu Emperor appointed Zhou Dexing to administer the island and protect it from pirate attack…
  47. Complete the sentence about Matsu Islands with the correct year: In contrast with Taiwan and Penghu, the Matsu Islands were not ceded to the Empire of Japan via the Treaty of Shimonoseki in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Matsu Islands with the correct year: On 10 September ______, Japan occupied Beigan and Nangan via the Collaborationist Chinese Army, making the islands the first in Fujian…
  49. Complete the sentence about Tamsui District with the correct year: By ______, the "Tamsui" variant was already well-known and featured prominently in two English-language maps of the area.
  50. Complete the sentence about Tamsui District with the correct year: In the fall of ______, the Spanish established the first major non-aboriginal settlement comprising the town and mission of Santo Dom…
  51. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, the Spanish were expelled from Taiwan by the Dutch.
  52. Complete the sentence about Tamsui District with the correct year: In ______, the Dutch left Keelung after getting harassed by aboriginals from Tamsui.
  53. Complete the sentence about Sun Moon Lake with the correct year: The Sun Moon Lake Swimming Carnival was launched in ______ and is listed among the Top 50 Open Water Swims in Asia and the Top 100 Open…
  54. Complete the sentence about Sun Moon Lake with the correct year: The Moon lake was dammed in ______ by the Tosha Dam at the southern end of the original 'crescent' shape lake.
  55. Complete the sentence about Alishan National Scenic Area with the correct year: In ______, the Japanese discovered a red cypress tree that was over 3000 years old, located next to the Alishan Forest R…
  56. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The ROC government subsequently abolished the park on 15 August ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Taroko National Park with the correct year: On 28 November ______, Google commemorated the park on its homepage doodle to celebrate its 35th anniversary.
  58. Complete the sentence about Yushan National Park with the correct year: Displacement of aboriginals by settlers occurred during the Qing dynasty with the construction of the Batongguan Trail in ______…
  59. Complete the sentence about Jiufen with the correct year: Gold mining activities declined after World War II, and the mine was shut off in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about Jiufen with the correct year: In ______, Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness, the first film to touch on the February 28 incident, then a taboo subject in Taiwan, won accla…
  61. Complete the sentence about Lukang with the correct year: In March ______, it was named one of the Top 10 Small Tourist Towns by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan.
  62. Complete the sentence about Anping, Tainan with the correct year: After the Dutch were ousted c. ______ by Koxinga, Han immigrants renamed the area "Anping" after the Anping Bridge in Quanzhou, Fujian…
  63. Complete the sentence about Anping, Tainan with the correct year: The Dutch moved their headquarters to Tayouan after leaving the Pescadores in ______.
  64. Complete the sentence about Penghu with the correct year: The archipelago was formally incorporated as an administrative unit of China in ______ under Tong'an County.
  65. Complete the sentence about Penghu with the correct year: In ______, the Song historian Zhao Rukuo called the islands attached to Jinjiang County "Penghu".
  66. Complete the sentence about Penghu with the correct year: In ______, Wang Xiangzhi described Penghu as a group of 36 islands in an "outlying region" which took three days to reach by sailing from Jinj…
  67. Complete the sentence about Penghu with the correct year: In ______, the Book of Barbarian Nations anecdotally indicated that Penghu was attached to Jinjiang, Quanzhou Prefecture.
  68. Complete the sentence about Green Island, Taiwan with the correct year: In March ______ the British brig Susan Douglas was swept off course and wrecked on the island.
  69. Complete the sentence about Green Island, Taiwan with the correct year: Samarang called there in ______, and found the population to consist of about a hundred and fifty Chinese from the region of Amo…
  70. Complete the sentence about Green Island, Taiwan with the correct year: On 11 December ______ the Dollar Steamship Company luxury ocean liner SS President Hoover ran aground in a typhoon on a reef at…
  71. Complete the sentence about Green Island, Taiwan with the correct year: A shipwreck of Dutch origin dating to the 19th century was found in June ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Green Island, Taiwan with the correct year: As prisoners with medical backgrounds were released, the clinic shrank, then closed in ______ with the departure of Hu Hsin-lin.
  73. Complete the sentence about Orchid Island with the correct year: The name honors the local Phalaenopsis orchids and was established by the Republic of China government in ______.
  74. Complete the sentence about Orchid Island with the correct year: The island was visited by a surveying party from HMS Sylvia in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Orchid Island with the correct year: Since ______, schools have been built on the island and education in Mandarin is compulsory.
  76. Complete the sentence about Liuqiu Island with the correct year: Liuqiu transitioned to a tourism-based economy in the early 21st century, particularly following its inclusion in the Dapeng Bay Nation…
  77. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Strait with the correct year: Aircraft from Taiwan crossed it frequently until the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in ______.
  78. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Strait with the correct year: In ______, Taiwan's defense ministry provided coordinates for the median line.
  79. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Strait with the correct year: In ______, the PRC Foreign Ministry explicitly denied the existence of a median line and no longer act as if such a line exists.
  80. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Strait with the correct year: Furthermore, Chinese military exercises around Taiwan since ______ has completely erased the concept of a supposed median line.
  81. Complete the sentence about Xueshan with the correct year: The mountain was first climbed in ______ by Japanese climbers.
  82. Complete the sentence about Zengwen Reservoir with the correct year: Construction finally began at the Lioutengtan site on October 31, ______.
  83. Complete the sentence about Tamsui River with the correct year: A major artificial distributary on the left bank of the Tamsui, the Erchong Floodway, was completed in ______ as part of a flood control…
  84. Complete the sentence about Kaoping River with the correct year: On August 27, ______, flooding damaged a bridge across the Gaoping River causing 16 vehicles to fall into the water, injuring 22 people…
  85. Complete the sentence about Taiwan with the correct year: With the loss of mainland China to the Communists in the Chinese Civil War, the government of the Republic of China moved to Taiwan in ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Taiwan with the correct year: Despite being a founding member, the ROC no longer represents China as a member of the United Nations after UN members voted in ______ to reco…
  87. Complete the sentence about Geography of Taiwan with the correct year: On 4 March ______ at about 01:20 UTC, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southwestern Taiwan in the mountainous area of Kaohsiung Cou…
  88. Complete the sentence about Formosan clouded leopard with the correct year: Leopardus brachyurus was proposed by Robert Swinhoe in ______ who described a skin of a clouded leopard from Formosa.
  89. Complete the sentence about Formosan clouded leopard with the correct year: In ______, the skin of a young individual was found in the Taroko National Park area, which is the last confirmed record.
  90. Complete the sentence about Formosan sika deer with the correct year: Exporting was reduced when the Dutch were forced out of Taiwan in ______, but continued throughout the Qing period with a switch t…
  91. Complete the sentence about Formosan sika deer with the correct year: Over the next 10 years the deer were maintained in enclosures until their eventual release into the National Park in ______.
  92. Complete the sentence about Formosan landlocked salmon with the correct year: The streams they inhabit within the Tachia River are, on average, 12 degrees celsius with an annual average precipitation…
  93. Complete the sentence about Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall with the correct year: After President Chiang Kai-shek died on April 5, ______, the executive branch of the government established a Funeral C…
  94. Complete the sentence about Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall with the correct year: The hall officially opened on April 5, ______, the fifth anniversary of the leader's death.
  95. Complete the sentence about Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall with the correct year: Of the many pro-democracy demonstrations that took place at the square, the most influential were the Wild Lily student…
  96. Complete the sentence about Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall with the correct year: The site's importance in the development of Taiwan's democracy led to the plaza's rededication as Liberty Square by Pre…
  97. Complete the sentence about National Palace Museum with the correct year: Before the re-establishment of the museum in Shilin in ______, these collections were temporarily housed in various locations…
  98. Complete the sentence about National Palace Museum with the correct year: In ______, the collection was moved to Nanjing after the construction of the storage in the Taoist monastery Chaotian Palace w…
  99. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The architectural design of Uheiji Nagano was selected in ______.
  100. Complete the sentence about Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall with the correct year: In ______, President Chiang Kai-shek officiated the groundbreaking ceremony.

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