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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. What is the longest river in China?
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
the Spring Festival
Show emotion
Yangzi
2. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Beijing
the Shaolin Monks
2
3. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Bamboo leaves
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
the Spring Festival
4. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
15
Television
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
5. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Taiwan
1600
people's money
Fourth
6. 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
Hong Kong
cash
Mao Zedong
7. List some Chinese inventions.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Inflate your prices
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
8. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
her own last name
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
9. ____________ were not invented in China?
Black ??
True
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Fortune cookies
10. What does renminbi mean?
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11. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
white rice
False
xu Sh
12. Chinese New year is also known as what?
limp and brief
the Spring Festival
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Inflate your prices
13. The top three most population cites in China
Mt. Everest
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Beijing
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
14. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Black ??
Han
2500
15. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
1600
Tea (Cha)
Show emotion
16. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
cash
Black ??
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Noodle (Mi
17. What are the five official religions of China?
the Spring Festival
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tea (Cha)
the lantern celebration
18. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
wife or husband
Tray of Togetherness
cash
56 (including Han)
19. What is the highest mountain in China?
Bamboo leaves
Mt. Everest
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Sun Zi ??
20. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
you could wipe away your good fortune
Signature
56 (including Han)
21. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Tray of Togetherness
Peach (T
Dessert (Small Heart)
2500
22. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Beijing
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
15
limp and brief
23. What color is considered lucky?
red
True
noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
24. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
55
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
learned skill
25. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Red and Yellow
people's money
Television
1.3 Billion
26. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Red and Yellow
Face to Face
4
27. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
white rice
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
28. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
title
False
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
29. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
bring in good luck and prosperity
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
people's money
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
30. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
people's money
31. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
Han
cash
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
32. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
white rice
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
33. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Most senior ranking attendee
Beijing
just over 8
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
34. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
cash
Peach (T
wife or husband
Show emotion
35. Where does the Giant Panda live?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Mandarin Chinese
Gong Xi
36. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Dragon Boat Festival
about 275 lbs.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
October 1st
37. 'Dim Sum' means
Tray of Togetherness
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
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
Dessert (Small Heart)
38. What does 'radical' means?
Dessert (Small Heart)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Parts of Chinese characters
with both hands
39. What are the four great invention of China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
1600
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
40. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Mao Zedong
Han
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
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
41. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
the lantern celebration
greeting you
her own last name
noodles
42. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
October 1st
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Han
her own last name
43. And the traditional form of characters is used in
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Taiwan - Hong Kong
bring in good luck and prosperity
Show emotion
44. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Pinyin
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Tea (Cha)
bring in good luck and prosperity
45. When is China's National Day?
56 (including Han)
15
Signature
October 1st
46. There are often what main courses?
Hong boa or Lai see
2500
scare away the evil spirits
multiple
47. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
Hong boa or Lai see
Most senior ranking attendee
Mao Zedong
48. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Han
Bamboo leaves
Shuo W
49. What are the red envelopes called?
Tray of Togetherness
Chinese Americans in USA
Hong boa or Lai see
Beijing
50. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Yangzi
1600
Han
false