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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. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
her own last name
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
2. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
bring in good luck and prosperity
1600
4
noodles
3. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Face to Face
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
October 1st
4. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
the Shaolin Monks
her own last name
Mt. Everest
5. What the three common Chinese greetings?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
with both hands
Tray of Togetherness
Nihao! Zenme y
6. What is the state religion in China?
wife or husband
Atheism
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
people's money
7. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Great Wall of China
the Shaolin Monks
2500
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
8. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Tea (Cha)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Red and Yellow
9. What economy does China have?
Hin Jintao
communist
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
10. The Republic of China is located on...
Great Wall of China
55
Taiwan
Signature
11. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
with both hands
Fourth
Tray of Togetherness
Taiwan
12. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
greeting you
Red and Yellow
noodles
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
13. What are the five official religions of China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1600
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Most senior ranking attendee
14. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Inflate your prices
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
Mao Zedong
55
15. List some Chinese foods.
1600
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
wife or husband
communist
16. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
15
greeting you
True
East
17. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
just over 8
56 (including Han)
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
18. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Inflate your prices
1.3 Billion
Mao Zedong
19. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Gong Xi
bring in good luck and prosperity
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Tea (Cha)
20. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Mt. Everest
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
you could wipe away your good fortune
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
21. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Nihao! Zenme y
Television
Hong boa or Lai see
22. There are often what main courses?
multiple
Atheism
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
you could wipe away your good fortune
23. What is the national drink for Chinese?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
4
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Tea (Cha)
24. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Black ??
bring in good luck and prosperity
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
cash
25. The largest ethnic group in China is called
China - Signapore
cash
the Spring Festival
Han
26. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
2
Renminbi Yuan
27. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Yangzi
Red and Yellow
Emperor and Empress
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
28. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
white rice
cat
with both hands
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
29. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
the Shaolin Monks
Mao Zedong
false
30. What is the money China called?
with both hands
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mt. Everest
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
31. And the traditional form of characters is used in
cash
the Shaolin Monks
Mt. Everest
Taiwan - Hong Kong
32. What is the highest mountain in China?
false
Parts of Chinese characters
wife or husband
Mt. Everest
33. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Han
Dragon Boat Festival
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Taiwan - Hong Kong
34. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Chinese Americans in USA
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
you could wipe away your good fortune
35. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Emperor and Empress
title
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Hin Jintao
36. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
4
Great Wall of China
with both hands
37. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
1.3 Billion
Television
October 1st
wife or husband
38. 'Dim Sum' means
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
1.3 Billion
Taiwan
Dessert (Small Heart)
39. When is China's National Day?
Chinese Americans in USA
October 1st
Television
Bamboo leaves
40. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
title
Peach (T
Atheism
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
41. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
1600
Gong Xi
China - Signapore
42. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
with both hands
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Nihao! Zenme y
the lantern celebration
43. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Shuo W
Beijing
Pinyin
44. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Beijing
multiple
45. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
white rice
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
1.3 Billion
Fourth
46. What does 'radical' means?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Parts of Chinese characters
Fortune cookies
limp and brief
47. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
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
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
her own last name
48. What color is considered lucky?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Gong Xi
red
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
49. What flower represents courage and hope?
October 1st
Taiwan
Han
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
50. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
55
Atheism