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China Trivia
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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 two purposes the gong served in China?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
not a war - but a police action by the UN
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
2. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
landscape
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Ming
3. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
lost face
divine wind
from Jiangxi to Yenan
4. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
chi (energy) and blood flow
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
urban
devil's horsemen
5. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
it overextended itself along the road
harsh and public
loved their art - lost their empire
chi
6. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?
Han and the Roman Empire
5
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
7. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
the five elements
loved their art - lost their empire
Mao Zedong
8. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
the 38th parallel
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
5
9. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?
10. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
young enforcers of rules
divine wind
devil's horsemen
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
11. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?
Han and the Roman Empire
it overextended itself along the road
divine wind
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
12. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
devil's horsemen
it overextended itself along the road
the five elements
to guard China
13. What was the Korean War?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
boil it
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
south - represented by red and a phoenix
14. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
boil it
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
to guard China
15. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
Ming
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
16. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
the 38th parallel
17. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
5
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
18. How many meridians are in your body?
Han and the Roman Empire
young enforcers of rules
5
Kublai Khan
19. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
they become spoiled and fat
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
kaolin with cobalt for color
the five elements
20. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
Ming
public humiliation and loss of face
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
21. What does the Monkey King symbolize?
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
boil it
freedom within yourself
22. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
chi (energy) and blood flow
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
young enforcers of rules
from Jiangxi to Yenan
23. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
it overextended itself along the road
lost face
boil it
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
24. Why was it called theForbidden City?
they become spoiled and fat
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
south - represented by red and a phoenix
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
25. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
26. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
to guard China
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
lost face
27. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
5
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
urban
Han and the Roman Empire
28. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
Ming
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
freedom within yourself
29. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
public humiliation and loss of face
boil it
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
30. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
Ming
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
the five elements
freedom within yourself
31. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
young enforcers of rules
chi (energy) and blood flow
32. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
loved their art - lost their empire
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
33. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
Han and the Roman Empire
Ming
the 38th parallel
the five elements
34. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
5
young enforcers of rules
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
35. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
freedom within yourself
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
36. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
Han and the Roman Empire
Ming
Mao Zedong
37. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
it overextended itself along the road
from Jiangxi to Yenan
38. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?
boil it
wind and water
harsh and public
anti-foreign and anti-communist
39. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
5
loved their art - lost their empire
chi (energy) and blood flow
Ming
40. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
to guard China
landscape
loved their art - lost their empire
it overextended itself along the road
41. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
urban
kaolin with cobalt for color
public humiliation and loss of face
Mao Zedong
42. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
boil it
public humiliation and loss of face
it overextended itself along the road
43. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
the 38th parallel
they become spoiled and fat
chi
landscape
44. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?
landscape
kaolin with cobalt for color
Ming
the 38th parallel
45. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
chi
devil's horsemen
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
46. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
the five elements
kaolin with cobalt for color
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
47. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
chi (energy) and blood flow
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
48. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
chi (energy) and blood flow
lost face
49. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
loved their art - lost their empire
the five elements
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
divine wind
50. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?