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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. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Mao Zedong
adult content
Pinyin
2. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Pinyin
China - Signapore
xu Sh
Noodle (Mi
3. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
about 275 lbs.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Tea (Cha)
Beijing
4. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Tray of Togetherness
Hong boa or Lai see
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
communist
5. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Taiwan - Hong Kong
NE quadrant
Mao Zedong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
6. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Gong Xi
55
red
cat
7. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
adult content
scare away the evil spirits
Tea (Cha)
8. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Mandarin Chinese
with both hands
Hong Kong
9. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Great Wall of China
about 275 lbs.
Peach (T
10. When is China's National Day?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
bring in good luck and prosperity
October 1st
Signature
11. What is the national drink for Chinese?
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
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
xu Sh
Tea (Cha)
12. There are often what main courses?
Fortune cookies
multiple
Hong boa or Lai see
Face to Face
13. What color is considered lucky?
red
Gong Xi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
communist
14. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Tray of Togetherness
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
False
wife or husband
15. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
2500
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Peach (T
16. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Mao Zedong
Renminbi Yuan
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
17. And the traditional form of characters is used in
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
wife or husband
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Fourth
18. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Hong Kong
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
2500
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
19. What is the money China called?
15
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Gong Xi
20. What are the red envelopes called?
Yangzi
Black ??
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Hong boa or Lai see
21. Where is the Great Wall?
Nihao! Zenme y
learned skill
2
NE quadrant
22. What are dragon dances believed to do?
adult content
Black ??
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
bring in good luck and prosperity
23. The author of 'The Art of War' is
4
xu Sh
Bamboo leaves
Sun Zi ??
24. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
about 275 lbs.
True
Taiwan
25. The top three most population cites in China
Taiwan
title
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
26. How should one receive business cards?
noodles
with both hands
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Noodle (Mi
27. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
learned skill
1.3 Billion
Tray of Togetherness
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
28. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
the Shaolin Monks
Pinyin
about 275 lbs.
white rice
29. China shares a border with
just over 8
Afghanistan
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Dragon Boat Festival
30. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mandarin Chinese
Red and Yellow
Fourth
31. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
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
Gong Xi
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
32. What are the four great invention of China?
Hin Jintao
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the Shaolin Monks
33. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
noodles
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
34. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Shuo W
2
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
35. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Taiwan - Hong Kong
False
Show emotion
Gong Xi
36. The population in Mainland China is
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the lantern celebration
1.3 Billion
Taiwan
37. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mao Zedong
Shuo W
about 275 lbs.
38. A handshake in China often is ...
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
True
limp and brief
Gong Xi
39. ____________ were not invented in China?
noodles
Fortune cookies
Black ??
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
40. What are the four treasures of the study (w
her own last name
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Great Wall of China
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
41. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
wife or husband
Bamboo leaves
Parts of Chinese characters
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
42. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Tea (Cha)
Hong Kong
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
October 1st
43. 'Dim Sum' means
title
communist
Mt. Everest
Dessert (Small Heart)
44. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Dragon Boat Festival
Mandarin Chinese
Beijing
45. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
bring in good luck and prosperity
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
her own last name
Face to Face
46. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
limp and brief
Parts of Chinese characters
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
47. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
2500
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hong Kong
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
48. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Chinese Americans in USA
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Peach (T
49. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
false
people's money
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
xu Sh
50. What was the Great Wall originally built?
with both hands
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
red
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies