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