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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. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
from Jiangxi to Yenan
it overextended itself along the road
2. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
3. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
not a war - but a police action by the UN
5
Ming
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
4. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
kaolin with cobalt for color
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Ming
5. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?
boil it
wind and water
harsh and public
freedom within yourself
6. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
the 38th parallel
young enforcers of rules
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
7. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
wind and water
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
kaolin with cobalt for color
8. Who is a famous Sung watercolor painting - and what is he known for?
9. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
chi
Han and the Roman Empire
public humiliation and loss of face
10. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?
11. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
landscape
devil's horsemen
they become spoiled and fat
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
12. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
13. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
loved their art - lost their empire
anti-foreign and anti-communist
chi (energy) and blood flow
14. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
divine wind
to guard China
freedom within yourself
loved their art - lost their empire
15. Why was it called theForbidden City?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
kaolin with cobalt for color
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
16. What do you need to do in silkmaking in order to dissolve the gooey substance that holds the cocoon together?
the five elements
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
to guard China
boil it
17. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Kublai Khan
loved their art - lost their empire
18. How many meridians are in your body?
Mao Zedong
5
loved their art - lost their empire
kaolin with cobalt for color
19. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
wind and water
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
5
20. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
it overextended itself along the road
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
Han and the Roman Empire
21. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
the five elements
anti-foreign and anti-communist
Mao Zedong
not a war - but a police action by the UN
22. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
devil's horsemen
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
the 38th parallel
23. How many horses did the Mongols use?
5
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
24. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
public humiliation and loss of face
Ming
from Jiangxi to Yenan
25. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
the 38th parallel
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
wind and water
26. What was the nickname given to the Mongol warriors?
27. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
Ming
they become spoiled and fat
harsh and public
Mao Zedong
28. What was the most prominent subject to paint during the Sung dynasty?
landscape
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
Mao Zedong
5
29. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
from Jiangxi to Yenan
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
Han and the Roman Empire
30. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
Mao Zedong
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
anti-foreign and anti-communist
31. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
south - represented by red and a phoenix
devil's horsemen
chi (energy) and blood flow
32. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
Kublai Khan
chi
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
the five elements
33. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
the 38th parallel
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Kublai Khan
to guard China
34. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?
loved their art - lost their empire
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
lost face
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
35. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
freedom within yourself
36. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?
urban
south - represented by red and a phoenix
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
37. What do the Chinese call the Great Wall - and what does it mean?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
the five elements
Mao Zedong
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
38. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
lost face
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
Mao Zedong
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
39. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?
to guard China
the 38th parallel
wind and water
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
40. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
anti-foreign and anti-communist
boil it
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
chi
41. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Mao Zedong
divine wind
42. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
lost face
Han and the Roman Empire
divine wind
43. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
the five elements
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
south - represented by red and a phoenix
44. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
young enforcers of rules
kaolin with cobalt for color
urban
45. How many meridians are in your body?
5
young enforcers of rules
wind and water
clear the way for officials and processions - number of strokes declared the importance of the individual
46. What was the name of the Mongolian ruler during the failed Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281?
wind and water
anti-foreign and anti-communist
Kublai Khan
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations
47. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
freedom within yourself
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
divine wind
48. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
chi
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
divine wind
Mao Zedong
49. What treaty solved the Opium War?
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
lost face
wind and water
young enforcers of rules
50. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
divine wind
they become spoiled and fat
anti-foreign and anti-communist
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party