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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. What is the state religion in China?
just over 8
Noodle (Mi
Atheism
October 1st
2. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
Hin Jintao
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2
3. Name a public holiday that China has.
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4. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
China - Signapore
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Chinese Americans in USA
Gong Xi
5. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Bamboo leaves
Great Wall of China
56 (including Han)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
6. What flower represents courage and hope?
55
the lantern celebration
Peach (T
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
7. What is a very popular food?
the Spring Festival
white rice
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
8. How many Chinese characters are there
1600
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
9. When is China's National Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
2
October 1st
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
10. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Most senior ranking attendee
Great Wall of China
her own last name
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
11. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
multiple
just over 8
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fourth
12. Where does the Giant Panda live?
NE quadrant
Gong Xi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han
13. Most people live in the_______of China
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Sun Zi ??
Taiwan - Hong Kong
East
14. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
greeting you
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
red
15. 'Dim Sum' means
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
October 1st
Black ??
Dessert (Small Heart)
16. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Fortune cookies
Hong Kong
Tea (Cha)
1600
17. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Face to Face
greeting you
56 (including Han)
18. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Great Wall of China
the lantern celebration
title
19. There are often what main courses?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
learned skill
multiple
Bamboo leaves
20. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Mandarin Chinese
the Shaolin Monks
Noodle (Mi
wife or husband
21. What does the word yellow imply?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
adult content
false
Parts of Chinese characters
22. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Inflate your prices
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Black ??
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
23. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
you could wipe away your good fortune
Han
title
24. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Television
Yangzi
Bamboo leaves
25. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
15
Hin Jintao
Yangzi
26. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
bring in good luck and prosperity
27. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Great Wall of China
the Spring Festival
28. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Pinyin
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
29. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
cat
4
Mandarin Chinese
30. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Most senior ranking attendee
white rice
the lantern celebration
communist
31. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Sun Zi ??
cash
red
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
32. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
people's money
56 (including Han)
Face to Face
33. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
Yangzi
34. What is China's currency called?
false
Renminbi Yuan
15
multiple
35. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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36. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Taiwan
False
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
37. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Dragon Boat Festival
False
East
38. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Most senior ranking attendee
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
xu Sh
Bamboo leaves
39. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
communist
East
Gong Xi
40. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Fortune cookies
False
NE quadrant
Television
41. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Television
October 1st
the Shaolin Monks
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42. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Atheism
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the Shaolin Monks
Peach (T
43. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Emperor and Empress
Tray of Togetherness
44. What color is considered lucky?
Chinese Americans in USA
learned skill
red
1600
45. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
learned skill
1.3 Billion
46. What are the four great invention of China?
xu Sh
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
47. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Atheism
Emperor and Empress
Tea (Cha)
48. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
China - Signapore
the Spring Festival
Mao Zedong
Nihao! Zenme y
49. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
Pinyin
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
50. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
about 275 lbs.
wife or husband
Mao Zedong
Great Wall of China