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China Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
2. What are two purposes the gong served in China?
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
5
boil it
it overextended itself along the road
3. How many meridians are in your body?
Ming
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
5
public humiliation and loss of face
4. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
chi (energy) and blood flow
Ming
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
wind and water
5. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
urban
Ming
5
divine wind
6. Why was it called theForbidden City?
they become spoiled and fat
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
chi (energy) and blood flow
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
7. What does the Monkey King symbolize?
young enforcers of rules
lost face
freedom within yourself
Ming
8. What does Feng Shui mean?
wind and water
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
they become spoiled and fat
Mao Zedong
9. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
kaolin with cobalt for color
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
10. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
11. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
kaolin with cobalt for color
not a war - but a police action by the UN
freedom within yourself
12. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
Ming
young enforcers of rules
boil it
13. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
chi
public humiliation and loss of face
harsh and public
Mao Zedong
14. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
they become spoiled and fat
Ming
divine wind
15. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Ming
urban
wind and water
16. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
landscape
not a war - but a police action by the UN
17. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?
devil's horsemen
the five elements
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
kaolin with cobalt for color
18. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
Ming
the 38th parallel
5
Kublai Khan
19. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
young enforcers of rules
chi (energy) and blood flow
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
20. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
chi (energy) and blood flow
21. Where did the Long March begin and end?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
the five elements
wind and water
22. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?
lost face
urban
Ming
harsh and public
23. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
they become spoiled and fat
freedom within yourself
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
24. Why was it called theForbidden City?
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
25. What was the name of the Mongolian ruler during the failed Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?
Kublai Khan
landscape
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
26. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
Mao Zedong
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
anti-foreign and anti-communist
27. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
chi (energy) and blood flow
anti-foreign and anti-communist
kaolin with cobalt for color
28. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
lost face
young enforcers of rules
loved their art - lost their empire
Mao Zedong
29. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
loved their art - lost their empire
to guard China
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
30. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?
boil it
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
Han and the Roman Empire
31. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?
the five elements
young enforcers of rules
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
32. What treaty solved the Opium War?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
south - represented by red and a phoenix
divine wind
33. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
Mao Zedong
boil it
public humiliation and loss of face
Ming
34. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
35. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
young enforcers of rules
it overextended itself along the road
they become spoiled and fat
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
36. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?
urban
the 38th parallel
chi (energy) and blood flow
the five elements
37. What are two purposes the gong served in China?
the five elements
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
from Jiangxi to Yenan
chi
38. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
they become spoiled and fat
Kublai Khan
5
chi (energy) and blood flow
39. What was the Korean War?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
Han and the Roman Empire
40. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
divine wind
public humiliation and loss of face
from Jiangxi to Yenan
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
41. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
chi (energy) and blood flow
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
from Jiangxi to Yenan
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
42. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
young enforcers of rules
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
loved their art - lost their empire
43. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
chi
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
44. What does Feng Shui mean?
loved their art - lost their empire
5
from Jiangxi to Yenan
wind and water
45. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
to guard China
Kublai Khan
devil's horsemen
the 38th parallel
46. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
public humiliation and loss of face
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
47. Who were the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution and what was their job?
landscape
Mao Zedong
young enforcers of rules
boil it
48. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
boil it
harsh and public
landscape
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
49. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
Ming
chi (energy) and blood flow
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
Han and the Roman Empire
50. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
to guard China
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
wind and water