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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Taiwan with the correct year: In ______, Koxinga defeated the Dutch and established a base of operations on the island.
  2. Complete the sentence about History of Taiwan with the correct year: The Qing ceded Taiwan and Penghu to Japan after losing the First Sino-Japanese War in ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about History of Taiwan with the correct year: In ______, after losing control of mainland China in the Chinese Civil War, the ROC government under the KMT withdrew to Taiwan whe…
  4. Complete the sentence about Dutch Formosa with the correct year: The Dutch raided Chinese shipping after ______ and took junks hostage in an unsuccessful attempt to get China to meet their demands.
  5. Complete the sentence about Dutch Formosa with the correct year: After Shang's proposal on 19 September ______, the Dutch raided Amoy in October and November.
  6. Complete the sentence about Spanish Formosa with the correct year: In ______, the Dutch rose up against Spanish rule in the Habsburg Netherlands.
  7. Complete the sentence about Spanish Formosa with the correct year: In ______ the Spanish erected a second base, centred on Fort Santo Domingo, in Tamsui.
  8. Complete the sentence about Spanish Formosa with the correct year: In ______, the Spanish colony in the north had become such an irritant to the Dutch in the south that they decided to take northern F…
  9. Complete the sentence about Kingdom of Tungning with the correct year: By ______, Zhilong had become military commander of Fujian Province.
  10. Complete the sentence about Kingdom of Tungning with the correct year: On mainland China, the Manchu-led Qing dynasty forces broke through Shanhai Pass in ______ and rapidly overwhelmed the Ming.
  11. Complete the sentence about Koxinga with the correct year: In ______, he married the niece of Dong Yangxian, an official who was a Jinshi from Hui'an.
  12. Complete the sentence about Koxinga with the correct year: In ______, Koxinga first led the Ming armies to resist the Manchu invaders and won the favor of the Longwu Emperor.
  13. Complete the sentence about Koxinga with the correct year: In September ______, Qing armies broke through the inadequately defended mountain passes and entered Fujian.
  14. Complete the sentence about Qing dynasty with the correct year: The Qing controlled the most territory of any dynasty in Chinese history, and in ______ was the fourth-largest empire in world history t…
  15. Complete the sentence about Qing dynasty with the correct year: As the founding Khan of the Manchu state he established the Eight Banners military system, and his son Hong Taiji was declared Emperor o…
  16. Complete the sentence about Qing dynasty with the correct year: After the deaths of the Guangxu Emperor and Cixi in ______, Manchu conservatives at court blocked reforms.
  17. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Shimonoseki with the correct year: The cession of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands met with strong resistance by the local populace, and the islands were not taken o…
  18. Complete the sentence about Taiwan under Japanese rule with the correct year: Most Taiwanese children did not attend schools established by Japan until primary education was made mandatory in ______.
  19. Complete the sentence about Taiwan under Japanese rule with the correct year: Japan formally renounced its sovereignty over Taiwan in the Treaty of San Francisco effective 28 April ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Taiwan under Japanese rule with the correct year: In ______, after the government switching to the Democratic Progressive Party, the Executive Yuan said the order was not i…
  21. Complete the sentence about Taiwan under Japanese rule with the correct year: In ______, Toyotomi Hideyoshi planned to incorporate Taiwan into his empire and sent an envoy with a letter demanding trib…
  22. Complete the sentence about Taiwan under Japanese rule with the correct year: In ______, the Tokugawa shogunate sent Harunobu Arima on an exploratory mission of the island.
  23. Complete the sentence about Wushe Incident with the correct year: On 27 October ______, hundreds of Japanese converged on Musha for an athletics meet at the elementary school.
  24. Complete the sentence about February 28 incident with the correct year: The flashpoint came on February 27, ______, in Taipei, when agents of the State Monopoly Bureau struck a Taiwanese widow suspect…
  25. Complete the sentence about February 28 incident with the correct year: President Lee Teng-hui became the first president to discuss the incident publicly on its anniversary in ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about White Terror with the correct year: The Temporary Provisions had been repealed a year earlier on 22 April ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about White Terror with the correct year: Two years after the 28 February incident, the KMT retreated from mainland China to Taiwan during the closing stages of the Chinese Civil…
  28. Complete the sentence about Martial law in Taiwan with the correct year: After the surrender of Japan in August ______, the Republic of China occupied Taiwan on behalf of the Allies.
  29. Complete the sentence about Martial law in Taiwan with the correct year: Martial law was declared twice in Taiwan in ______, due to the February 28 incident.
  30. Complete the sentence about Martial law in Taiwan with the correct year: In April ______, the newly elected National Assembly passed the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion as a const…
  31. Complete the sentence about Martial law in Taiwan with the correct year: The outcome of the Chinese Civil War forced the Kuomintang-led Government of the Republic of China to retreat to Taiwan on 7 De…
  32. Complete the sentence about Chiang Kai-shek with the correct year: The Xi'an Incident in ______ forced him to form a Second United Front with the CCP against Japan.
  33. Complete the sentence about Chiang Kai-shek with the correct year: In ______, Chiang's KMT was defeated by Mao Zedong's CCP and retreated to Taiwan.
  34. Complete the sentence about Chiang Ching-kuo with the correct year: In ______, due to the KMT's White Terror against the CCP, the Soviets sent Chiang to work in a steel factory in the Ural Mountains w…
  35. Complete the sentence about Chiang Ching-kuo with the correct year: In ______, the Soviets returned the couple back to China shortly before the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  36. Complete the sentence about Chiang Ching-kuo with the correct year: In ______, Chiang went to Shanghai to enforce strict economic controls and fight inflation.
  37. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, he moved to Taiwan when the KMT lost the Chinese Civil War.
  38. Complete the sentence about Lee Teng-hui with the correct year: Lee succeeded Chiang as president after Chiang's death in ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Lee Teng-hui with the correct year: After Lee campaigned for TSU candidates in the ______ Taiwanese legislative election, he was expelled by the KMT.
  40. Complete the sentence about Chen Shui-bian with the correct year: After graduating from National Taiwan University in ______, he worked as a lawyer, making a name for himself as a human rights lawyer…
  41. Complete the sentence about Chen Shui-bian with the correct year: Chen was arrested in November ______ on charges of corruption and sentenced to life imprisonment before being commuted to 20 years imp…
  42. Complete the sentence about Chen Shui-bian with the correct year: In June ______, he was admitted to National Taiwan University.
  43. Complete the sentence about Ma Ying-jeou with the correct year: After graduating from National Taiwan University in ______, he served in the Republic of China Marine Corps and attained the rank of lie…
  44. Complete the sentence about Ma Ying-jeou with the correct year: Ma was born in Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, British Hong Kong, on 13 July ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Ma Ying-jeou with the correct year: Ho-ling moved to Taiwan in ______ during the Great Retreat but briefly returned to mainland China, where he moved the family from Chongq…
  46. Complete the sentence about Tsai Ing-wen with the correct year: During Chen Shui-bian's first term, she chaired the Mainland Affairs Council, before joining the DPP in ______ and serving briefly in th…
  47. Complete the sentence about Tsai Ing-wen with the correct year: Tsai was born at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Zhongshan District, Taipei City, on 31 August ______.
  48. Complete the sentence about Lai Ching-te with the correct year: After graduating from Chien Kuo in ______, he enrolled at National Taiwan University to study veterinary medicine.
  49. Complete the sentence about Sun Yat-sen with the correct year: Born to a poor peasant family in Guangdong, Sun was educated in Hawaii before graduating from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chine…
  50. Complete the sentence about Sun Yat-sen with the correct year: In ______ he submitted a petition to reform the Qing government to Li Hongzhang, which was rejected.
  51. Complete the sentence about Sun Yat-sen with the correct year: After the assassination of Song Jiaoren in ______, widely attributed to Yuan, Sun led a failed Second Revolution against him, after which…
  52. Complete the sentence about Sun Yat-sen with the correct year: Sun Deming was born on 12 November ______ to Sun Dacheng and Madame Yang.
  53. Complete the sentence about Kuomintang with the correct year: The party was founded by Sun Yat-sen in ______ in Honolulu, Republic of Hawaii, as the Revive China Society.
  54. Complete the sentence about Kuomintang with the correct year: In December ______, the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan following its defeat by the communists.
  55. Complete the sentence about Democratic Progressive Party with the correct year: By ______ the Formosa Faction would dominate high-level positions within the party.
  56. Complete the sentence about Democratic Progressive Party with the correct year: In ______, DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh united with the New Party to run for the President of the Legislative Yuan, but lo…
  57. Complete the sentence about Democratic Progressive Party with the correct year: In ______, the DPP ran an advertisement promoting the party that featured Adolf Hitler and others in an attempt to encou…
  58. Complete the sentence about Taiwan People's Party with the correct year: The TPP nominated its first eight candidates for single-member constituencies on 22 September ______.
  59. Complete the sentence about New Power Party with the correct year: Freddy Lim and Hung Tzu-yung left the NPP in August ______, though both remained independent members of the Ninth Legislative Yuan an…
  60. Complete the sentence about Executive Yuan with the correct year: The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China, known commonly as Taiwan, which formerly ruled…
  61. Complete the sentence about Executive Yuan with the correct year: The Executive Yuan Building was built in ______ as the new city hall for Taipei, on the site of Huashan Elementary School.
  62. Complete the sentence about Executive Yuan with the correct year: The Executive Yuan building has been open to the public since ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Judicial Yuan with the correct year: After the succession of Lee Teng-hui as president in ______, however, the Court gradually became more active.
  64. Complete the sentence about Judicial Yuan with the correct year: The Council of Grand Justices issued interpretation No. 261 on June 21, ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Examination Yuan with the correct year: In May ______, the headquarters of the Examination Yuan was inaugurated at Guan Gong and Yue Fei Temple in Nanjing.
  66. Complete the sentence about Examination Yuan with the correct year: In January ______, the Examination Yuan and its subordinates Examination Committee and Ministry of Civil Service were formally estab…
  67. Complete the sentence about Examination Yuan with the correct year: In December ______, the headquarters was temporarily relocated to Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  68. Complete the sentence about Examination Yuan with the correct year: After the end of World War II in ______, the headquarters was moved back to Nanjing.
  69. Complete the sentence about Examination Yuan with the correct year: In December ______, the headquarters were moved to Muzha District, Taipei.
  70. Complete the sentence about Examination Yuan with the correct year: In March ______, the Yuheng Building of the Yuan was inaugurated.
  71. Complete the sentence about Constitution of the Republic of China with the correct year: The constitution, along with its Additional Articles, remains effective in ROC-controlled territories and is no…
  72. Complete the sentence about Constitution of the Republic of China with the correct year: The newly elected National Assembly soon ratified the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion on M…
  73. Complete the sentence about President of the Republic of China with the correct year: Before ______, the president was selected by the National Assembly of the Republic of China for a term of six year…
  74. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The sovereignty of Taiwan and Penghu was renounced by Japan in ______.
  75. Complete the sentence about Political status of Taiwan with the correct year: The surrender of Japan in ______ ended its rule over Taiwan and Penghu, which were placed under the administration of the…
  76. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The island was partially colonized by the Dutch who arrived in ______.
  77. Complete the sentence about Cross-strait relations with the correct year: In ______, Fujian-Taiwan Province was declared by Imperial decree.
  78. Complete the sentence about Cross-strait relations with the correct year: The Taiwanese rebelled on 28 February ______, but the uprising was violently suppressed by the KMT.
  79. Complete the sentence about Cross-strait relations with the correct year: The ROC government retreated to Taiwan, eventually declaring Taipei its temporary capital in December ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about One-China policy with the correct year: Initially, international recognition of the two was split, but most countries began to recognize the PRC over the ROC in the 70s, in…
  81. Complete the sentence about One-China policy with the correct year: The language in the United States' One China policy first arose in its joint ______ Communiqué with the PRC.
  82. Complete the sentence about One-China policy with the correct year: The Dutch established a colony on Taiwan in ______ based in present-day Tainan.
  83. Complete the sentence about One-China policy with the correct year: In ______, it was officially made a separate Fujian-Taiwan Province.
  84. Complete the sentence about One-China policy with the correct year: Taiwan remained a province for eight years until it was ceded to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki in ______ following the First…
  85. Complete the sentence about One-China policy with the correct year: After the conclusion of World War II in ______, the Republic of China was given control of Taiwan.
  86. Complete the sentence about One-China policy with the correct year: In ______, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 replaced the ROC's seat in the United Nations with the PRC.
  87. Complete the sentence about 1992 Consensus with the correct year: In November ______, a meeting between ARATS and SEF occurred in British Hong Kong.
  88. Complete the sentence about 1992 Consensus with the correct year: Talks were delayed as tensions rose in the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, but in October ______ a second round of Wang-Koo summit were he…
  89. Complete the sentence about 1992 Consensus with the correct year: The proposal did not directly include the ______ Consensus, but showed an intention to maintain the ambiguous status quo, which reflec…
  90. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Relations Act with the correct year: Enacted on April 10, ______, the law allows the U.S. to continue economic, cultural, and security relations with Taiwan.
  91. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Relations Act with the correct year: The Act was passed by both chambers of Congress and signed by President Carter in ______ after the breaking of relations between…
  92. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Relations Act with the correct year: State Department's proposed draft and replaced it with language that has remained in effect since ______.
  93. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Relations Act with the correct year: The Act entered retroactively into force, effective January 1, ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Relations Act with the correct year: The act does not recognize the terminology of "Republic of China" after 1 January ______, but uses the terminology of "governing…
  95. Complete the sentence about Taiwan Relations Act with the correct year: In the August 17th communique of ______, the United States agreed to reduce arms sales to Taiwan.
  96. Complete the sentence about First Taiwan Strait Crisis with the correct year: In response, the United States and the ROC agreed to the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty in December ______.
  97. Complete the sentence about First Taiwan Strait Crisis with the correct year: Ambassadorial-level discussions between China and the U.S. began in Geneva in August ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about First Taiwan Strait Crisis with the correct year: Truman, a member of the Democratic Party, did not run for reelection in the presidential election of ______, even though h…
  99. Complete the sentence about First Taiwan Strait Crisis with the correct year: Zhou Enlai, PRC premier responded with a declaration on 11 August ______, that Taiwan must be "liberated".
  100. Complete the sentence about First Taiwan Strait Crisis with the correct year: The PLA initially planned to attack the Yijiangshan Islands in late ______, but delayed the attack while American forces w…

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