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