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China Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
chi
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
2. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
urban
not a war - but a police action by the UN
lost face
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
3. What does Feng Shui mean?
landscape
5
wind and water
chi (energy) and blood flow
4. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
5. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
chi
public humiliation and loss of face
freedom within yourself
anti-foreign and anti-communist
6. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?
the 38th parallel
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
to guard China
chi
7. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
divine wind
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Ming
8. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Ming
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
divine wind
9. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
divine wind
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
10. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
landscape
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
boil it
11. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
boil it
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
12. What does Feng Shui mean?
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
loved their art - lost their empire
Ming
wind and water
13. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
it overextended itself along the road
freedom within yourself
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
14. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
chi
chi (energy) and blood flow
anti-foreign and anti-communist
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
15. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
anti-foreign and anti-communist
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
16. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?
anti-foreign and anti-communist
lost face
kaolin with cobalt for color
loved their art - lost their empire
17. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
chi (energy) and blood flow
Ming
Mao Zedong
18. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
19. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
public humiliation and loss of face
to guard China
anti-foreign and anti-communist
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
20. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
lost face
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
they become spoiled and fat
Kublai Khan
21. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
5
chi (energy) and blood flow
22. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
devil's horsemen
Han and the Roman Empire
Mao Zedong
23. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
public humiliation and loss of face
Ming
young enforcers of rules
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
24. Who were the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution and what was their job?
young enforcers of rules
landscape
chi
5
25. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
young enforcers of rules
landscape
26. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
to guard China
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
chi
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
27. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
lost face
loved their art - lost their empire
public humiliation and loss of face
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
28. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?
landscape
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Ming
5
29. How many horses did the Mongols use?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
Kublai Khan
5
the five elements
30. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
Kublai Khan
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
landscape
31. What are two purposes the gong served in China?
young enforcers of rules
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
freedom within yourself
boil it
32. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
to guard China
harsh and public
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
loved their art - lost their empire
33. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?
34. What are two purposes the gong served in China?
they become spoiled and fat
from Jiangxi to Yenan
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
35. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
kaolin with cobalt for color
5
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
36. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
freedom within yourself
chi
the five elements
Ming
37. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?
the 38th parallel
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
not a war - but a police action by the UN
boil it
38. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
public humiliation and loss of face
Ming
Kublai Khan
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
39. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?
they become spoiled and fat
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
south - represented by red and a phoenix
40. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?
Kublai Khan
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
freedom within yourself
Han and the Roman Empire
41. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?
Han and the Roman Empire
Ming
the 38th parallel
the five elements
42. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?
freedom within yourself
Ming
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
boil it
43. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
freedom within yourself
Ming
they become spoiled and fat
south - represented by red and a phoenix
44. Where did the Long March begin and end?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
the five elements
urban
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
45. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
lost face
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
chi (energy) and blood flow
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
46. What was the Korean War?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
not a war - but a police action by the UN
divine wind
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
47. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
freedom within yourself
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
it overextended itself along the road
48. How many horses did the Mongols use?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
5
chi (energy) and blood flow
to guard China
49. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
50. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
freedom within yourself
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
the five elements
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son