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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 could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






2. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






4. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






5. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






16. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






17. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






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






20. What treaty solved the Opium War?






21. What was the Korean War?






22. Where did the Long March begin and end?






23. Where did the Long March begin and end?






24. What does Feng Shui mean?






25. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






27. What do the five strings on the guqin represent?






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






29. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






30. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






31. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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






43. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






46. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






47. What was Cheng-Ho originally named - and who was it in honor of?






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






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






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