List of monarchs of Vietnam - Quiz
List of monarchs of Vietnam
  • 1. What is the meaning of the Sino-Vietnamese title 'Hoàng đế'?
A) Prince
B) Son of heaven
C) Emperor
D) King
  • 2. What is the meaning of the term 'Thiên tử'?
A) Virtuous emperor
B) King of the state
C) Son of heaven
D) Great emperor
  • 3. Which figure wrote the poem 'Nam quốc sơn hà'?
A) Nguyễn Phúc Chu
B) Minh Mạng
C) Lý Thường Kiệt
D) Rama III
  • 4. In 'Nam quốc sơn hà', what title is used for the Viet ruler?
A) Nam đế
B) Phien vuong
C) Hoàng thái hậu
D) Đại hoàng đế
  • 5. How did Minh Mạng refer to himself?
A) Phien vuong
B) Đại Viet quoc vuong
C) Nam quốc sơn hà
D) Đại Nam Quốc Đại Hoàng đế
  • 6. What title did Minh Mạng insist foreign courts use to address him?
A) Vương
B) Phien vuong
C) Đức Hoàng đế
D) Nam đế
  • 7. Minh Mạng's demands for specific titles offended which ruler?
A) The Qing Emperor
B) Lý Thường Kiệt
C) Nguyễn Phúc Chu
D) Rama III
  • 8. What is the title for the mother of the crown prince?
A) Hoàng Thái Hậu
B) Vương
C) Thiên tử
D) Đại Hoàng đế
  • 9. What does 'Vương' mean in Sino-Vietnamese?
A) Great southern land
B) King
C) Queen
D) Emperor
  • 10. In official communications with Chinese dynasties, what title were Viet rulers usually given?
A) Vương
B) Nam đế
C) Hoàng đế
D) Thiên tử
  • 11. What was the nature of the relationship between Viet rulers and Chinese imperial dynasties?
A) Equal
B) Hostile
C) Non-existent
D) Tributary
  • 12. How was the Cambodian king referred to by Minh Mạng in 1834?
A) Nam đế
B) Phien vuong
C) Đại hoàng đế
D) Hoàng thái hậu
  • 13. Which title was used when Viet rulers communicated with their own subjects?
A) Vương
B) Hoàng đế
C) Phien vuong
D) Đức Hoàng đế
  • 14. What title was Nguyễn Phúc Chu given in 1710?
A) Dai Viet quoc vuong
B) Đại Nam Quốc Đại Hoàng đế
C) Phien vuong
D) Nam đế
  • 15. Internally, how did the Nguyễn dynasty view their relationship with the Qing dynasty?
A) As a tributary state
B) As equal countries
C) As a vassal state
D) As a protectorate
  • 16. To which country were Vietnamese monarchs regarded as a king or prince during diplomatic missions?
A) Laos
B) China
C) Japan
D) Siam
  • 17. Which dynasty is known primarily through their era names?
A) Nguyễn dynasty
B) Phùng dynasty
C) Later Lê dynasty
D) Early Lê dynasty
  • 18. What is the origin of the word 'vua'?
A) Sanskrit
B) Khmer
C) Proto-Vietic
D) Mandarin Chinese
  • 19. What does the term 'vua' mean in its original Proto-Vietic context?
A) highest commander
B) divine spirit
C) father; chief; man
D) heavenly protector
  • 20. Which ruler was referred to as 'quoc vuong' and 'vua'?
A) Rama III
B) Lê Thánh Tông
C) Phùng Hưng
D) Anouvong
  • 21. What does the term 'nha vua' mean?
A) father of the people
B) imperial ancestor
C) great king
D) house head or monarch
  • 22. What is the primary method of identification for most Vietnamese monarchs?
A) Titles of military rank
B) Birth names
C) Posthumous or temple names
D) Nickname given by peasants
  • 23. What language were most Cham royal titles derived from?
A) Native Cham
B) Chinese
C) Hindu Sanskrit
D) Arabic
  • 24. Which prefix title was used more commonly before a Cham ruler's name?
A) Jaya
B) Raja
C) Po
D) Śrī
  • 25. What happened to Sanskrit titles in Cham records after 1471?
A) They were translated into Chinese
B) They were replaced by Buddhist titles
C) They disappeared
D) They became more common
  • 26. How many Hùng kings were there according to tradition?
A) Ten
B) Eighteen
C) Twelve
D) Twenty-five
  • 27. When did the Trưng Sisters rule?
A) 111–939 AD
B) 40–43 AD
C) 713–723 AD
D) 2879–258 BC
  • 28. What was the relationship between Dương Tam Kha and Ngô Quyền?
A) Brother-in-law
B) Father and son
C) Rival warlord
D) Cousin
  • 29. In what year did Nguyễn Nhạc drop his emperor title?
A) 1789
B) 1802
C) 1778
D) 1788
  • 30. During which period did the state of Đại Ngu exist?
A) 1400–1407
B) 1802–1945
C) 968–1054
D) 1428–1802
  • 31. What is the duration of the Funan kingdom according to the text?
A) 68–550
B) 550–802
C) 11th century–1433
D) 192–1832
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