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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • 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. How many horses did the Mongols use?






2. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?






3. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






4. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






5. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






6. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?






7. Why was it called theForbidden City?






8. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?






9. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?


10. What was the name of the Mongolian ruler during the failed Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?






11. What treaty solved the Opium War?






12. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?






13. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?






14. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






15. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






16. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?






17. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?






18. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?






19. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?






20. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






21. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?






22. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






23. Why was it called theForbidden City?






24. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?


25. How many horses did the Mongols use?






26. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?






27. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?






28. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






29. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?






30. Who were the Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution and what was their job?






31. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






32. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






33. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?






34. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?






35. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






36. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'






37. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?






38. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?






39. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






40. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?


41. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?






42. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?






43. What does Feng Shui mean?






44. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?






45. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?






46. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






47. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?






48. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






49. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






50. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?