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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. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






3. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






4. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






5. What does Feng Shui mean?






6. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






7. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






11. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






12. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?






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






14. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






16. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






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






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






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

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22. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






23. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






25. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






28. What treaty solved the Opium War?






29. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?






30. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






31. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






34. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






35. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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

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






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






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






40. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






42. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






44. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?






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






46. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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

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48. What was the Korean War?






49. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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