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