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