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






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






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






4. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






8. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What was the Korean War?






19. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






23. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






24. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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


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






28. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






30. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






35. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






36. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






41. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






43. How many horses did the Mongols use?






44. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






46. What was the Korean War?






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






48. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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