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






3. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?






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






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






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






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






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






9. What does Feng Shui mean?






10. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






13. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






15. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






17. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






20. What treaty solved the Opium War?






21. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






23. How many meridians are in your body?






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






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






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






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






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






29. What is the central force that Feng Shui focuses on?






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






31. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






34. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






36. What was the Korean War?






37. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






38. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






40. Why was it called theForbidden City?






41. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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






43. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






44. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






45. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






46. Who led the Red Army in the Long March?






47. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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


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






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