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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 are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






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






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






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






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






6. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






7. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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


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






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






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






13. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






16. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






17. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






18. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






19. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






20. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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


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






23. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






25. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






26. How many meridians are in your body?






27. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






30. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






32. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






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






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


38. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






39. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






41. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






42. What treaty solved the Opium War?






43. How many horses did the Mongols use?






44. What treaty solved the Opium War?






45. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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






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






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