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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. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Television
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Taiwan - Hong Kong
2. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Hong boa or Lai see
False
Emperor and Empress
Gong Xi
3. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Noodle (Mi
Fourth
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
her own last name
4. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
cat
1.3 Billion
Signature
5. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Dragon Boat Festival
people's money
scare away the evil spirits
6. What is the highest mountain in China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Mt. Everest
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Atheism
7. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Face to Face
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Television
people's money
8. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Beijing
her own last name
False
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
9. What is the longest river in China?
Tray of Togetherness
Yangzi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Black ??
10. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Black ??
11. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
noodles
Signature
12. 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
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
red
NE quadrant
13. What is the official language spoken in China?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
just over 8
Mandarin Chinese
greeting you
14. The largest ethnic group in China is called
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Han
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
15. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Han
false
Pinyin
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
16. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Television
Mao Zedong
white rice
Gong Xi
17. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
2500
18. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Fourth
just over 8
cat
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
19. Most people live in the_______of China
learned skill
Emperor and Empress
East
greeting you
20. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
the Shaolin Monks
Face to Face
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Han
21. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
false
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
22. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
cat
Mao Zedong
Emperor and Empress
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
23. What is the state religion in China?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Nihao! Zenme y
Atheism
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
24. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Face to Face
Emperor and Empress
Taiwan - Hong Kong
25. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
26. What does the word yellow imply?
Tea (Cha)
adult content
with both hands
4
27. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
red
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
adult content
28. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Han
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
29. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Great Wall of China
xu Sh
Beijing
30. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Shuo W
Face to Face
white rice
31. What are the five official religions of China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
white rice
with both hands
32. Where is the Great Wall?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
NE quadrant
Inflate your prices
33. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Taiwan
Red and Yellow
Shuo W
34. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Dragon Boat Festival
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
the lantern celebration
greeting you
35. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
noodles
56 (including Han)
Noodle (Mi
Sun Zi ??
36. ____________ were not invented in China?
wife or husband
xu Sh
Beijing
Fortune cookies
37. 'Dim Sum' means
greeting you
Dessert (Small Heart)
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
38. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
learned skill
Chinese Americans in USA
scare away the evil spirits
communist
39. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
bring in good luck and prosperity
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
her own last name
Fortune cookies
40. What is a very popular food?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
False
limp and brief
white rice
41. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Renminbi Yuan
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
about 275 lbs.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
42. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Han
Red and Yellow
Hong Kong
43. The top three most population cites in China
multiple
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
44. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Television
4
Hong Kong
Mao Zedong
45. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
1600
Han
Dragon Boat Festival
4
46. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Hong boa or Lai see
multiple
Face to Face
1600
47. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Parts of Chinese characters
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
48. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Great Wall of China
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1600
49. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
just over 8
Shuo W
Hin Jintao
50. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Television
Mandarin Chinese
China - Signapore