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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. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Beijing
you could wipe away your good fortune
communist
Mt. Everest
2. What are the red envelopes called?
Pinyin
2
Hong boa or Lai see
Renminbi Yuan
3. 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
False
Beijing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
4. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
cash
Show emotion
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
title
5. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Parts of Chinese characters
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Afghanistan
6. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Mandarin Chinese
True
7. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Great Wall of China
wife or husband
Noodle (Mi
Nihao! Zenme y
8. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
Hong boa or Lai see
Mt. Everest
her own last name
9. List some Chinese inventions.
Great Wall of China
bring in good luck and prosperity
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2500
10. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong boa or Lai see
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
noodles
11. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Inflate your prices
15
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
12. Chinese New year is also known as what?
1.3 Billion
the Spring Festival
limp and brief
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
13. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han
the Shaolin Monks
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
14. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Television
greeting you
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
15. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Great Wall 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
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
bring in good luck and prosperity
16. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
55
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Pinyin
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
17. Where does the Giant Panda live?
learned skill
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Beijing
Signature
18. There are often what main courses?
1600
multiple
you could wipe away your good fortune
Han
19. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
title
Shuo W
learned skill
20. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
21. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Mao Zedong
cash
Taiwan - Hong Kong
False
22. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
noodles
just over 8
Pinyin
the lantern celebration
23. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
24. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Taiwan - Hong Kong
just over 8
Fourth
Parts of Chinese characters
25. The Republic of China is located on...
Yangzi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
people's money
Taiwan
26. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Hong Kong
Taiwan
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
27. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
title
Hong boa or Lai see
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
28. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
xu Sh
Fourth
Great Wall of China
limp and brief
29. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
false
Shuo W
cat
30. What are lion dances believed to do?
Hong boa or Lai see
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
Mt. Everest
scare away the evil spirits
31. What flower represents courage and hope?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2
32. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Hin Jintao
Mt. Everest
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Peach (T
33. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Mao Zedong
2
Face to Face
34. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Mao Zedong
communist
55
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
35. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
scare away the evil spirits
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hong boa or Lai see
36. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
adult content
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
the Spring Festival
Mao Zedong
37. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Fortune cookies
Face to Face
xu Sh
38. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
China - Signapore
scare away the evil spirits
Chinese Americans in USA
39. What was the Great Wall originally built?
people's money
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
you could wipe away your good fortune
title
40. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
56 (including Han)
October 1st
cat
41. What are the five official religions of China?
False
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
multiple
42. What is the highest mountain in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Renminbi Yuan
people's money
Mt. Everest
43. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cat
Atheism
cash
people's money
44. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
15
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Beijing
45. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Hong boa or Lai see
greeting you
1600
Tray of Togetherness
46. The largest ethnic group in China is called
greeting you
just over 8
people's money
Han
47. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
55
limp and brief
48. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
limp and brief
Face to Face
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
49. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
50. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Emperor and Empress
Beijing
greeting you
Han