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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. List some Chinese foods.
Show emotion
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Signature
multiple
2. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
white rice
Mandarin Chinese
greeting you
3. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
1.3 Billion
Renminbi Yuan
title
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
4. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Emperor and Empress
15
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
5. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Atheism
Hong boa or Lai see
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
6. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
limp and brief
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Mt. Everest
Pinyin
7. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Han
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
xu Sh
8. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Tray of Togetherness
noodles
Taiwan - Hong Kong
limp and brief
9. The largest ethnic group in China is called
False
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han
55
10. What are the five official religions of China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Parts of Chinese characters
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
noodles
11. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
the lantern celebration
4
Face to Face
title
12. What economy does China have?
cat
communist
Most senior ranking attendee
noodles
13. 'Dim Sum' means
October 1st
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Dessert (Small Heart)
Peach (T
14. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Yangzi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
15. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mao Zedong
scare away the evil spirits
16. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
red
cash
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
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
17. What is the money China called?
Taiwan
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
noodles
18. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fourth
noodles
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
19. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Black ??
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
20. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Tea (Cha)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
the Shaolin Monks
Noodle (Mi
21. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
NE quadrant
Gong Xi
noodles
Television
22. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Red and Yellow
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Noodle (Mi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
23. The top three most population cites in China
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Show emotion
her own last name
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
24. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Renminbi Yuan
25. There are often what main courses?
1600
multiple
15
Dessert (Small Heart)
26. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Yangzi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Beijing
Signature
27. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
about 275 lbs.
28. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
title
Hin Jintao
Han
Most senior ranking attendee
29. What is a very popular food?
Face to Face
white rice
greeting you
cat
30. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
1.3 Billion
Shuo W
her own last name
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
31. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Afghanistan
xu Sh
Red and Yellow
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
32. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
with both hands
33. What are the four great invention of China?
Beijing
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
55
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
34. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Peach (T
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
35. What color is considered lucky?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Signature
red
learned skill
36. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Fourth
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Mandarin Chinese
37. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
Beijing
white rice
2
38. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Bamboo leaves
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
39. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Mao Zedong
Television
October 1st
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
40. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
15
limp and brief
Fortune cookies
41. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
about 275 lbs.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
42. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
1600
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
greeting you
Parts of Chinese characters
43. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating 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
xu Sh
Fourth
44. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Gong Xi
Black ??
scare away the evil spirits
Television
45. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
title
True
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
cat
46. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
red
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
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
47. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Taiwan
October 1st
Red and Yellow
Shuo W
48. The population in Mainland China is
Beijing
adult content
scare away the evil spirits
1.3 Billion
49. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
title
people's money
Pinyin
50. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Chinese Americans in USA
15
Han