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






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






3. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






4. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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






6. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






8. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






12. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






15. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






19. What treaty solved the Opium War?






20. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






21. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






22. What does Feng Shui mean?






23. Where did the Long March begin and end?






24. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






28. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






31. What was the Korean War?






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


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






34. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






35. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






38. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






39. How many horses did the Mongols use?






40. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






43. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






44. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






45. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






46. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






49. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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