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1. What happens to the children with 'little emperor syndrome?'
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
they become spoiled and fat
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
Ming

2. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?
public humiliation and loss of face
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
lost face
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South

3. What was ironic about the fact that Mao Zedong attended the May 4th Movement in 1919?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
not a war - but a police action by the UN
loved their art - lost their empire
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South

4. What was porcelain maid out of - and what did they use to color it?
it overextended itself along the road
Ming
kaolin with cobalt for color
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle

5. Who built the first Great Wall of China - and from which dynasty was he?
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
chi (energy) and blood flow
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty

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

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7. How many horses did the Mongols use?
5
landscape
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
wind and water

8. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
the 38th parallel
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
Ming

9. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
Han and the Roman Empire
Ming
public humiliation and loss of face

10. What does the Monkey King symbolize?
young enforcers of rules
kaolin with cobalt for color
freedom within yourself
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad

11. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
it overextended itself along the road
chi
lost face

12. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?
chi (energy) and blood flow
the five elements
anti-foreign and anti-communist
south - represented by red and a phoenix

13. What does acupuncture help balance within us?
to guard China
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
chi (energy) and blood flow

14. Why was a seventh string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
not a war - but a police action by the UN
harsh and public
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle

15. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
chi

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

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17. What does Feng Shui mean?
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues
divine wind
boil it
wind and water

18. What does the Monkey King symbolize?
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
freedom within yourself
the five elements
they become spoiled and fat

19. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
Ming
anti-foreign and anti-communist
divine wind

20. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
urban
lost face
Ma Yuan - 'one-corner Ma -' was known for painting half the canvas in a very Taoist way
to guard China

21. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
commoners and men (except eunuchs)
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
5

22. Why was a sixth string added to the guqin and by whom was it done?
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
Han and the Roman Empire
commoners and men (except eunuchs)

23. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
the 38th parallel
kaolin with cobalt for color
Han and the Roman Empire

24. What five Chinese inventions have had the most influence on today's world?
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
gunpowder - printing - compass - paper - silk
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party

25. What are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
hard-paste - soft-paste - and bone china
Mao Zedong
they become spoiled and fat

26. How did the invention of gunpowder backfire on the Chinese?
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
not a war - but a police action by the UN
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
5

27. What group is most affected by the one-child policy?
urban
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
landscape
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues

28. What are two purposes the gong served in China?
5
divine wind
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

29. Why was it called theForbidden City?
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
it was forbidden - also called Purple because purple was symbolic of the north star - or the center of the cosmos
boil it
5

30. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
it overextended itself along the road
to guard China
5
public humiliation and loss of face

31. What is the purpose of the creatures of the compass of China?
to guard China
the 38th parallel
5
commoners and men (except eunuchs)

32. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
wind and water
public humiliation and loss of face
commoners and men (except eunuchs)

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

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34. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?
lost face
Mao Zedong
young enforcers of rules
divine wind

35. Under which dynasty did the Silk Road flourish - and who did they trade with?
Han and the Roman Empire
south - represented by red and a phoenix
to guard China
Wanli Chang Cheng means Great Wall of 10 -000 Leagues

36. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?
harsh and public
Ming
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
Han and the Roman Empire

37. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
anti-foreign and anti-communist
5
Mao Zedong
divine wind

38. How many horses did the Mongols use?
5
boil it
wind and water
the 38th parallel

39. What does Feng Shui mean?
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong
landscape
Europeans used it to dominate China during the Opium War in the 1800s
wind and water

40. What was the line that divided North Korea and South Korea?
kaolin with cobalt for color
the 38th parallel
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
public humiliation and loss of face

41. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?
Kublai Khan
loved their art - lost their empire
Ming
anti-foreign and anti-communist

42. Why did the Roman Empire fall because of the silk road?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
not a war - but a police action by the UN
set up the Communist North and Capitalist South
it overextended itself along the road

43. Where does silk come from and what do the producers eat?
they become spoiled and fat
urban
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
public humiliation and loss of face

44. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?
Zhou Won Wang added it to lead his army into battle
young enforcers of rules
they become spoiled and fat
he was a eunuch orphan Muslim - so had no filial piety obligations

45. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?
the 38th parallel
it overextended itself along the road
the 38th parallel
Mao Zedong

46. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
divine wind
Ma-Ho in honor of Muhammad
chi

47. How was the government affected by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
kaolin with cobalt for color
lost face
three years later - he formed the Chinese Communist Party
loved their art - lost their empire

48. What treaty solved the Opium War?
from Jiangxi to Yenan
Ming
Zhou Won Wang added it to mourn his son
Treaty of Nanking - 1840 - gave England extraterritoriality and Hong Kong

49. What were the 1919 and 1989 Tiananmen Square movements against?
harsh and public
to guard China
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
anti-foreign and anti-communist

50. Which of the compass points do the Chinese place the most importance on - and what color and animal represents it?
south - represented by red and a phoenix
the 38th parallel
Chih Shih Huang-Ti of the Qin Dynasty
Ming

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