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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Chinese New year is also known as what?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the Spring Festival
15
Face to Face
2. What are the five official religions of China?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Taiwan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
with both hands
3. A handshake in China often is ...
55
limp and brief
the lantern celebration
Fourth
4. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Dragon Boat Festival
title
Gong Xi
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
5. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
China - Signapore
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Great Wall of 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
6. How should one receive business cards?
Nihao! Zenme y
just over 8
55
with both hands
7. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Mao Zedong
2
Tea (Cha)
Nihao! Zenme y
8. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
cash
Noodle (Mi
Bamboo leaves
9. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
1.3 Billion
55
Bamboo leaves
Sun Zi ??
10. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
learned skill
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the Shaolin Monks
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
11. What is the state religion in China?
Han
people's money
Atheism
you could wipe away your good fortune
12. ____________ were not invented in China?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Fortune cookies
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Tea (Cha)
13. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Pinyin
greeting you
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
14. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
4
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
about 275 lbs.
Bamboo leaves
15. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
56 (including Han)
NE quadrant
multiple
16. What was the Great Wall originally built?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Face to Face
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Beijing
17. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
learned skill
Signature
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
18. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Show emotion
adult content
Mandarin Chinese
greeting you
19. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Yangzi
56 (including Han)
Hong boa or Lai see
20. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
greeting you
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
21. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
about 275 lbs.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han
22. What is the money China called?
Peach (T
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fortune cookies
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
23. 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
you could wipe away your good fortune
NE quadrant
Hin Jintao
24. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hong Kong
Parts of Chinese characters
25. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
55
just over 8
Dragon Boat Festival
limp and brief
26. Most people live in the_______of China
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
adult content
Pinyin
East
27. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Chinese Americans in USA
Black ??
True
28. What are lion dances believed to do?
Taiwan
Han
red
scare away the evil spirits
29. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Hin Jintao
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
30. What color is considered lucky?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
adult content
red
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
31. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
with both hands
2
32. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
white rice
NE quadrant
Tray of Togetherness
China - Signapore
33. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
you could wipe away your good fortune
noodles
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
34. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
Bamboo leaves
Great Wall of China
Red and Yellow
35. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
True
Yangzi
Mao Zedong
Noodle (Mi
36. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Television
Dessert (Small Heart)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
37. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Mt. Everest
1600
Hong boa or Lai see
Hin Jintao
38. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
learned skill
Parts of Chinese characters
Red and Yellow
39. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
Shuo W
learned skill
True
40. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
2
Han
Peach (T
Renminbi Yuan
41. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Bamboo leaves
Parts of Chinese characters
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
42. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
China - Signapore
43. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
with both hands
True
scare away the evil spirits
44. What does Kung Fu mean?
2
learned skill
multiple
Peach (T
45. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
Red and Yellow
white rice
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
46. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
limp and brief
4
56 (including Han)
red
47. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mao Zedong
True
Taiwan - Hong Kong
48. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
about 275 lbs.
Show emotion
October 1st
Inflate your prices
49. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
4
the Spring Festival
Pinyin
noodles
50. 'Dim Sum' means
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
True
Dessert (Small Heart)
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.