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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. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






3. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






4. Why was it called theForbidden City?






5. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






7. Why was it called theForbidden City?






8. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?






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






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






11. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






14. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?






15. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






17. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






20. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






23. How many meridians are in your body?






24. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






26. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






31. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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

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34. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






36. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






40. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






41. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






42. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






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






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






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






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






48. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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