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






2. What treaty solved the Opium War?






3. How many horses did the Mongols use?






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






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






6. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






9. What was the Korean War?






10. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






11. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






12. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






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






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






16. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






17. Why was it called theForbidden City?






18. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






23. In which dynasty did Cheng-Ho live?






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






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






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






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






28. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






30. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






32. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






35. What two things must all Chinese punishments be?






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






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






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






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






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






41. What was the saying of the Sung dynasty?






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

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43. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






44. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






45. Where did the Long March begin and end?






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






47. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






49. What was the Korean War?






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