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Glimpses of Tibetan history

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  1. 1Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Which Tibetan king married princesses from Nepal and from China?

    • ASongtsen Gampo
    • BNyatri Tsenpo
    • CLang Dharma
    • DTrisong Deutsen

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  2. 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Tibetans remember 10 March every year. What happened in Lhasa on 10 March 1959?

    • AThe 17-Point Agreement was signed
    • BChinese troops captured Chamdo
    • CThe Tibetan National Uprising
    • DThe Gaden Phodrang was founded

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  3. 3True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    True or false: Samye was the first monastery in Tibet.

    • ✓True · བདེན།
    • ✕False · རྫུན།

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  4. 4Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Tsongkhapa founded the first Gelugpa monastery in 1409. What is its name?

    • ASamye
    • BGanden
    • CSakya
    • DDrepung

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  5. 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Who is said to have founded the Bon religion of Tibet?

    • AGuru Padmasambhava
    • BTsongkhapa
    • CSakya Pandita
    • DShenrab Miwo

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  6. 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    The Tibetan royal year counts from the enthronement of which king?

    • ASongtsen Gampo
    • BNyatri Tsenpo
    • CTrisong Deutsen
    • DRalpachen

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  7. 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    At the time of King Nyatri Tsenpo, the kingdom of Bod began in which valley?

    • AYarlung
    • BChumbi
    • CNyang
    • DTolung

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  8. 8Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Deutsen are two of the Three Great Dharma Kings. Who is the third?

    • ANyatri Tsenpo
    • BLang Dharma
    • CMangsong Mangtsen
    • DRalpachen

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  9. 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Which king declared Buddhism the state religion of Tibet?

    • ANyatri Tsenpo
    • BLang Dharma
    • CTrisong Deutsen
    • DDrigum Tsenpo

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  10. 10Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Who gave Sonam Gyatso the title "Dalai Lama" in 1578?

    • AKublai Khan
    • BAltan Khan
    • CGodan Khan
    • DGushri Khan

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  11. 11True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    True or false: Sonam Gyatso, the first person to receive the title Dalai Lama, is counted as the First Dalai Lama.

    • ✓True · བདེན།
    • ✕False · རྫུན།

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  12. 12Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    In which year did the Fifth Dalai Lama take spiritual and political authority over Tibet and set up the Gaden Phodrang government?

    • A1358
    • B1409
    • C1578
    • D1642

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  13. 13Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    In which year did the 13th Dalai Lama issue the proclamation that Tibetans remember as Tibet's declaration of independence?

    • A1904
    • B1909
    • C1913
    • D1933

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  14. 14Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    The Tibetan empire broke into many small princedoms after the assassination of which king in 842?

    • ALang Dharma
    • BSongtsen Gampo
    • CTrisong Deutsen
    • DNyatri Tsenpo

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  15. 15True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    True or false: according to Bon sources, eighteen Shangshung kings ruled Tibet before King Nyatri Tsenpo.

    • ✓True · བདེན།
    • ✕False · རྫུན།

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  16. 16Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    According to the CTA, Tibetan delegates in Beijing were forced to sign the "17-Point Agreement". In which year was it signed?

    • A1951
    • B1949
    • C1950
    • D1959

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  17. 17Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    The Zhol Doring stone pillar records a great Tibetan victory of 763. In which city does it stand?

    • AShigatse
    • BLhasa
    • CChang'an (Xi'an)
    • DTsethang

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  18. 18Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    Which Sakya lama brought the Mongol prince Godan to Buddhism?

    • ATsongkhapa
    • BSonam Gyatso
    • CSakya Pandita
    • DJangchub Gyaltsen

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  19. 19True or false · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    True or false: the Phagmo Drupa rulers, who took power after the Sakya lamas, belonged to the Gelug school.

    • ✓True · བདེན།
    • ✕False · རྫུན།

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  20. 20Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet

    The peace treaty of 821-822 was carved on stone pillars in three places. Which was one of them?

    • AAt Samye Monastery
    • BAt Sakya Monastery
    • CAt Tsethang in Yarlung
    • DBefore the Jokhang gate in Lhasa

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