How much do you know about Taiwan's complex and contested history?

Study Notes

Taiwan has been studied as a factor in others' histories, illuminating how Chinese imperial states managed their peripheries and revealing insights into Japanese colonialism and US-China relations.
Recent work insists on Taiwan as a historical subject in its own right, with the concept of "Taiwan subjectivity" related to, but distinct from, Taiwan independence.
Scholars have debated the value of interpretation and multidisciplinarity in studying Taiwan history, with mainstream historians of the Historical Source School focused on mainland Chinese history and younger, foreign-trained historians embracing social scientific concepts and approaches.
Taiwan's colonization by Japan and subsequent recolonization has made it an uncomfortable fit with standard paradigms of colonialism and postcolonialism.
Taiwan's strategic and economic importance is foregrounded in the literature on Asia's maritime history.
Archaeology places humans on Taiwan for at least 20,000 years, but little is known of their origins.
The aboriginal peoples of contemporary Taiwan are Austronesian by language, culture, and physiology.
There are three models of their origins, each with its own political message: one proposing that Taiwan's aboriginal peoples came to the island from Southeast Asia, another suggesting they came from mainland China, and a third claiming they are the descendants of the earliest inhabitants of Taiwan.
The politicization of debates over Taiwan's first humans is evident, with contested landmarks of the distant past used as charters for the present in Taiwan and China.
The uncertainty surrounding Taiwan's earliest human history contributes to the politicization of debates over Taiwan's identity and relationship with China.

Description

Are you interested in Taiwan's complex history and its impact on the region? Test your knowledge with this quiz! From debates over Taiwan's earliest human history to its colonization by Japan and subsequent recolonization, this quiz covers a range of topics related to Taiwan's history. See how much you know about Taiwan's unique identity and relationship with China. Keywords: Taiwan, history, colonization, Austronesian, identity, China