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China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






2. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






3. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






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






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






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

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9. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






10. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






12. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






13. What was the Korean War?






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

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






16. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






18. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






19. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






21. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






22. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






31. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






34. What does Feng Shui mean?






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

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






37. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






40. How many horses did the Mongols use?






41. Where did the Long March begin and end?






42. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






43. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






45. How many meridians are in your body?






46. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






49. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






50. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?