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Chinese Culture
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Subject
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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. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
2500
people's money
cat
Tray of Togetherness
2. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
the Spring Festival
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
1600
with both hands
3. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Han
Pinyin
Face to Face
about 275 lbs.
4. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Gong Xi
Black ??
Noodle (Mi
5. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
cash
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Beijing
Hin Jintao
6. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Atheism
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
about 275 lbs.
7. There are often what main courses?
adult content
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
people's money
multiple
8. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
just over 8
people's money
you could wipe away your good fortune
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
9. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
Inflate your prices
multiple
10. What is China's currency called?
red
Face to Face
Han
Renminbi Yuan
11. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
cash
China - Signapore
Hong boa or Lai see
12. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
False
Hong Kong
Inflate your prices
13. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
the lantern celebration
wife or husband
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mao Zedong
14. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
learned skill
Dessert (Small Heart)
Nihao! Zenme y
just over 8
15. What does renminbi mean?
16. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
1.3 Billion
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
56 (including Han)
Inflate your prices
17. ____________ were not invented in China?
Mao Zedong
Han
Chinese Americans in USA
Fortune cookies
18. Name a public holiday that China has.
19. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
with both hands
Fortune cookies
Gong Xi
20. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Hong boa or Lai see
just over 8
2
October 1st
21. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
22. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
learned skill
China - Signapore
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
limp and brief
23. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
1600
about 275 lbs.
title
24. What are lion dances believed to do?
2
scare away the evil spirits
Mao Zedong
China - Signapore
25. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Tray of Togetherness
communist
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
26. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Yangzi
Sun Zi ??
Television
True
27. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
false
xu Sh
white rice
Mandarin Chinese
28. How should one receive business cards?
false
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Hin Jintao
with both hands
29. What economy does China have?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
East
communist
30. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Face to Face
1600
Peach (T
31. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Afghanistan
Emperor and Empress
Beijing
32. What is the official language spoken in China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mandarin Chinese
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
false
33. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Yangzi
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
34. The top three most population cites in China
Television
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
35. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Tray of Togetherness
title
Peach (T
15
36. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
false
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
37. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
wife or husband
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
38. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
the Spring Festival
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
about 275 lbs.
title
39. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Mao Zedong
greeting you
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
red
40. What are the five official religions of China?
with both hands
Most senior ranking attendee
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Red and Yellow
41. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
her own last name
Emperor and Empress
Noodle (Mi
cash
42. The Republic of China is located on...
cash
Taiwan
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
56 (including Han)
43. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the lantern celebration
4
with both hands
44. What was the Great Wall originally built?
with both hands
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
45. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
46. What color is considered lucky?
just over 8
Shuo W
Han
red
47. Where is the Great Wall?
Gong Xi
Nihao! Zenme y
NE quadrant
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
48. When is China's National Day?
2500
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
October 1st
False
49. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
Han
Tray of Togetherness
50. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Yangzi
Mt. Everest
Emperor and Empress