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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • 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. How many meridians are in your body?






2. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






3. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?






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






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






6. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?






7. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






8. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






9. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






10. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






11. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






13. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?






14. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






17. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?






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






19. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






20. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?






21. How many meridians are in your body?






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






23. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






25. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?






26. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






27. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






29. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






31. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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


35. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






37. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?






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






39. What treaty solved the Opium War?






40. Why was it called theForbidden City?






41. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






43. What are two purposes the gong served in China?






44. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?






45. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?






46. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?






47. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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