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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 was the Korean War?






2. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






6. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






8. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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

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10. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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

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






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






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






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

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






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

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






19. How many horses did the Mongols use?






20. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What does Feng Shui mean?






28. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






31. Where did the Long March begin and end?






32. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






33. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






34. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






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






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






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






39. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






42. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






43. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






44. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






47. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






50. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?