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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. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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2. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Parts of Chinese characters
NE quadrant
Pinyin
3. There are often what main courses?
multiple
title
Mao Zedong
Signature
4. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
55
xu Sh
5. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Peach (T
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Hong boa or Lai see
Han
6. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Show emotion
learned skill
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Pinyin
7. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Red and Yellow
the lantern celebration
Taiwan - Hong Kong
her own last name
8. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
scare away the evil spirits
about 275 lbs.
4
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
9. China shares a border with
China - Signapore
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the lantern celebration
Afghanistan
10. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
title
xu Sh
communist
11. What was the Great Wall originally built?
with both hands
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Taiwan
Atheism
12. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
false
2
Hong Kong
13. How many Chinese characters are there
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Beijing
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
14. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
wife or husband
Hin Jintao
Hong Kong
15. Where does the Giant Panda live?
the lantern celebration
the Shaolin Monks
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Television
16. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
4
Dragon Boat Festival
Mao Zedong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
17. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
October 1st
Yangzi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
18. The Republic of China is located on...
Beijing
Taiwan
Yangzi
4
19. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Noodle (Mi
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Inflate your prices
20. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
4
True
Gong Xi
Afghanistan
21. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
scare away the evil spirits
cat
Bamboo leaves
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
22. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
learned skill
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
23. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Afghanistan
Mao Zedong
55
Bamboo leaves
24. The largest ethnic group in China is called
noodles
1.3 Billion
Great Wall of China
Han
25. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Inflate your prices
56 (including Han)
26. Most people live in the_______of China
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the Shaolin Monks
East
with both hands
27. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
the Shaolin Monks
China - Signapore
Shuo W
about 275 lbs.
28. Chinese New year is also known as what?
4
false
the Spring Festival
scare away the evil spirits
29. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
2
Fortune cookies
Show emotion
30. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Beijing
the Spring Festival
Shuo W
31. What are lion dances believed to do?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
scare away the evil spirits
32. What does renminbi mean?
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33. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
1600
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
34. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
cash
October 1st
the Spring Festival
35. What does Kung Fu mean?
false
learned skill
4
China - Signapore
36. ____________ were not invented in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Mao Zedong
Fortune cookies
Mao Zedong
37. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
cash
Signature
Afghanistan
38. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Dessert (Small Heart)
communist
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hong Kong
39. Where is the Great Wall?
multiple
white rice
Han
NE quadrant
40. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
greeting you
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
China - Signapore
the Shaolin Monks
41. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mao Zedong
just over 8
42. Some animals that make their homes in China.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
noodles
NE quadrant
43. What is the state religion in China?
Emperor and Empress
Atheism
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the Spring Festival
44. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
limp and brief
Fourth
scare away the evil spirits
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
45. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
56 (including Han)
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
46. What color is considered lucky?
Sun Zi ??
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red
the Shaolin Monks
47. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Black ??
the lantern celebration
Yangzi
Fourth
48. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Yangzi
Renminbi Yuan
Noodle (Mi
49. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
you could wipe away your good fortune
Sun Zi ??
Shuo W
50. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
1600
the Shaolin Monks
Bamboo leaves
limp and brief