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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. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Beijing
October 1st
her own last name
wife or husband
2. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Yangzi
greeting you
3. What color is considered lucky?
Most senior ranking attendee
red
55
Fortune cookies
4. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Noodle (Mi
4
Hin Jintao
Fourth
5. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Han
China - Signapore
6. What is a very popular food?
Black ??
October 1st
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
white rice
7. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
NE quadrant
8. Which of these things did not originally come from China
the Shaolin Monks
Dessert (Small Heart)
about 275 lbs.
Television
9. What economy does China have?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
noodles
communist
you could wipe away your good fortune
10. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
the Shaolin Monks
Gong Xi
NE quadrant
Red and Yellow
11. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
you could wipe away your good fortune
multiple
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the Shaolin Monks
12. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
you could wipe away your good fortune
1.3 Billion
2500
13. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
noodles
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Peach (T
Han
14. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Noodle (Mi
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Renminbi Yuan
cat
15. How many Chinese characters are there
false
bring in good luck and prosperity
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Mao Zedong
16. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
1.3 Billion
2
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2500
17. ____________ were not invented in China?
greeting you
Black ??
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Fortune cookies
18. The largest ethnic group in China is called
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the Shaolin Monks
false
Han
19. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Signature
Nihao! Zenme y
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
20. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
October 1st
Beijing
Gong Xi
adult content
21. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Dessert (Small Heart)
55
Most senior ranking attendee
cat
22. Where is the Great Wall?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Yangzi
her own last name
NE quadrant
23. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
white rice
Pinyin
the Spring Festival
24. 'Dim Sum' means
Hong Kong
the Spring Festival
Signature
Dessert (Small Heart)
25. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
the lantern celebration
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
Show emotion
26. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
1600
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Noodle (Mi
27. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Mt. Everest
Great Wall of China
East
Chinese Americans in USA
28. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Most senior ranking attendee
2
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Emperor and Empress
29. What was the Great Wall originally built?
China - Signapore
Red and Yellow
Mao Zedong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
30. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Gong Xi
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Nihao! Zenme y
Dessert (Small Heart)
31. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
title
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
32. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
false
False
Show emotion
4
33. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
56 (including Han)
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
1.3 Billion
34. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Pinyin
October 1st
Dragon Boat Festival
35. What does Kung Fu mean?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
learned skill
Hin Jintao
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
36. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
4
Great Wall of China
37. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Renminbi Yuan
scare away the evil spirits
Dragon Boat Festival
38. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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
Pinyin
xu Sh
39. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
just over 8
title
Red and Yellow
40. What is the money China called?
Atheism
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
False
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
41. What does renminbi mean?
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42. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Renminbi Yuan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
True
with both hands
43. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
cash
Chinese Americans in USA
Peach (T
44. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Tray of Togetherness
Face to Face
Emperor and Empress
Han
45. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Han
Hong Kong
Nihao! Zenme y
Atheism
46. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Peach (T
1600
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
xu Sh
47. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
bring in good luck and prosperity
scare away the evil spirits
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
48. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Tea (Cha)
2
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Peach (T
49. The population in Mainland China is
Chinese Americans in USA
Parts of Chinese characters
October 1st
1.3 Billion
50. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
wife or husband
title