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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 are lion dances believed to do?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Black ??
scare away the evil spirits
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2. What are the four great invention of China?
white rice
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Show emotion
Dessert (Small Heart)
3. What economy does China have?
2
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
communist
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
4. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Renminbi Yuan
False
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Han
5. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Red and Yellow
limp and brief
you could wipe away your good fortune
red
6. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Great Wall of China
white rice
red
7. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
adult content
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
just over 8
8. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
1.3 Billion
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
9. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
1600
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
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
10. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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11. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Afghanistan
false
15
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
12. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
adult content
Nihao! Zenme y
red
13. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
false
Renminbi Yuan
Mt. Everest
14. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
noodles
Great Wall of China
Emperor and Empress
Black ??
15. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Face to Face
Hin Jintao
16. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Taiwan
Red and Yellow
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Dessert (Small Heart)
17. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Mt. Everest
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Sun Zi ??
Red and Yellow
18. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
her own last name
cat
Shuo W
19. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
Chinese Americans in USA
True
with both hands
20. China shares a border with
Mao Zedong
Afghanistan
False
Sun Zi ??
21. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Noodle (Mi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
22. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
True
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
23. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Bamboo leaves
learned skill
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Great Wall of China
24. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Mt. Everest
cash
wife or husband
October 1st
25. There are often what main courses?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
the lantern celebration
multiple
bring in good luck and prosperity
26. What is the money China called?
2500
the Spring Festival
1600
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
27. The top three most population cites in China
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
just over 8
Sun Zi ??
28. Which of these things did not originally come from China
you could wipe away your good fortune
Television
Inflate your prices
adult content
29. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
the Shaolin Monks
Afghanistan
2500
30. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Nihao! Zenme y
Taiwan
Atheism
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
31. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Dessert (Small Heart)
wife or husband
2500
32. What are the red envelopes called?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
her own last name
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong boa or Lai see
33. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Peach (T
Han
her own last name
34. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
1600
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
October 1st
title
35. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Mt. Everest
Hong Kong
2500
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
36. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
East
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the lantern celebration
false
37. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Renminbi Yuan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
38. What is a very popular food?
Pinyin
white rice
Han
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
39. What does 'radical' means?
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
NE quadrant
Parts of Chinese characters
noodles
40. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
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
Noodle (Mi
false
Peach (T
41. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
42. What does renminbi mean?
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43. 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
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
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
44. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Mao Zedong
Afghanistan
people's money
Hin Jintao
45. What are the four treasures of the study (w
4
greeting you
the Shaolin Monks
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
46. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Dessert (Small Heart)
NE quadrant
Taiwan - Hong Kong
bring in good luck and prosperity
47. Name a public holiday that China has.
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48. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Pinyin
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Tray of Togetherness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
49. ____________ were not invented in China?
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fortune cookies
4
50. What is the official language spoken in China?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
multiple
Mandarin Chinese
Mao Zedong