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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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 a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
Pinyin
Inflate your prices
Fortune cookies
2. The top three most population cites in China
Han
Afghanistan
with both hands
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
3. List some Chinese foods.
15
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
October 1st
Great Wall of China
4. The largest ethnic group in China is called
15
Han
4
xu Sh
5. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
xu Sh
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Pinyin
6. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Mt. Everest
Renminbi Yuan
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
7. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
55
Mao Zedong
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
8. What are dragon dances believed to do?
noodles
Dessert (Small Heart)
bring in good luck and prosperity
Most senior ranking attendee
9. ____________ were not invented in China?
just over 8
Fortune cookies
false
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
10. Chinese New year is also known as what?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Atheism
the Spring Festival
title
11. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
Fortune cookies
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
12. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
55
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
False
4
13. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
False
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mao Zedong
14. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Emperor and Empress
Gong Xi
Shuo W
15. Which of these things did not originally come from China
limp and brief
Television
noodles
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. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Mao Zedong
15
Atheism
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
17. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Renminbi Yuan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
1600
18. What is the official romanization system for the language 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
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Pinyin
Peach (T
19. The Republic of China is located on...
1600
Taiwan
Signature
you could wipe away your good fortune
20. How should one receive business cards?
Hin Jintao
with both hands
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
15
21. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Television
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
you could wipe away your good fortune
people's money
22. The author of 'The Art of War' is
1600
xu Sh
Fourth
Sun Zi ??
23. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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24. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Noodle (Mi
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Peach (T
25. What is the highest mountain in China?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the lantern celebration
1.3 Billion
Mt. Everest
26. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
communist
Atheism
you could wipe away your good fortune
Hong Kong
27. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Hong Kong
the Shaolin Monks
China - Signapore
28. What does the word yellow imply?
Yangzi
2500
adult content
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
29. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Gong Xi
Atheism
the lantern celebration
30. What are the four great invention of China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
31. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
cat
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
32. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
1600
bring in good luck and prosperity
cash
learned skill
33. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Fourth
noodles
34. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Nihao! Zenme y
Show emotion
Mt. Everest
Bamboo leaves
35. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Emperor and Empress
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Tray of Togetherness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
36. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
bring in good luck and prosperity
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
learned skill
37. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
False
2500
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
56 (including Han)
38. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Mao Zedong
just over 8
Beijing
Han
39. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Mao Zedong
the lantern celebration
NE quadrant
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
40. 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
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
55
41. Name a public holiday that China has.
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42. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
limp and brief
Show emotion
Bamboo leaves
Chinese Americans in USA
43. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
title
Mt. Everest
Mandarin Chinese
44. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
adult content
55
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
45. Where is the Great Wall?
False
Taiwan - Hong Kong
NE quadrant
Face to Face
46. There are often what main courses?
Tea (Cha)
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the Spring Festival
multiple
47. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
56 (including Han)
the Shaolin Monks
Gong Xi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
48. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Taiwan
False
1600
Renminbi Yuan
49. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Show emotion
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
50. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Sun Zi ??
Hin Jintao
Hong boa or Lai see