Test your basic knowledge |

China Trivia

Subjects : trivia, culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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 are the three categories of Ming and Ching porcelain?






2. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






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






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






5. What does Feng Shui mean?






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






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






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


9. Who was theForbidden City forbidden to?






10. What was the Korean War?






11. What does 'kamikaze' mean in Japanese?






12. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






15. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






16. Why was it called theForbidden City?






17. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






18. Why was it called theForbidden City?






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






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






21. What was the purpose of Chinese punishments?






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






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






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






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






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






27. What treaty solved the Opium War?






28. Under what dynasty was theForbidden City built?






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






30. How many meridians are in your body?






31. What treaty solved the Opium War?






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






33. What does acupuncture help balance within us?






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






35. How many meridians are in your body?






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






37. Why could Cheng-Ho leave and explore?






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






39. What does the Monkey King symbolize?






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






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






42. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






44. What important event happened in 1948 with Korea?






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






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






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






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






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






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