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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 does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






4. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






7. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






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

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11. Why was it called theForbidden City?






12. How many meridians are in your body?






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






14. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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






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






20. Where did the Long March begin and end?






21. What was the Korean War?






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






23. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






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






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






27. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






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

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32. What was the Korean War?






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






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






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






36. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






38. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






39. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






42. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






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






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






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






47. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






49. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






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