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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
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
56 (including Han)
Great Wall of China
2. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Sun Zi ??
Inflate your prices
wife or husband
Noodle (Mi
3. What is the money China called?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
4. What is the national drink for Chinese?
just over 8
scare away the evil spirits
Tea (Cha)
Inflate your prices
5. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Renminbi Yuan
Television
Tray of Togetherness
6. What was the Great Wall originally built?
learned skill
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mandarin Chinese
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
7. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
Chinese Americans in USA
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
4
8. Most people live in the_______of China
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Fourth
Peach (T
East
9. The population in Mainland China is
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Yangzi
1.3 Billion
Pinyin
10. What are the red envelopes called?
Fortune cookies
xu Sh
Hong boa or Lai see
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
11. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Tray of Togetherness
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Hong boa or Lai see
12. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
xu Sh
Great Wall of China
Beijing
Dessert (Small Heart)
13. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Television
True
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
14. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
red
October 1st
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
scare away the evil spirits
15. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
1.3 Billion
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Yangzi
16. What economy does China have?
communist
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fortune cookies
Fourth
17. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
the Spring Festival
Bamboo leaves
Dragon Boat Festival
Hin Jintao
18. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
2
cash
19. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
2500
Face to Face
Tea (Cha)
Tray of Togetherness
20. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
Black ??
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
about 275 lbs.
21. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
with both hands
Fourth
Signature
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
22. How should one receive business cards?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
with both hands
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
23. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
greeting you
4
2500
24. 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
Parts of Chinese characters
false
East
25. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
about 275 lbs.
her own last name
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
26. What is the highest mountain in China?
2
Tray of Togetherness
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mt. Everest
27. What is a very popular food?
learned skill
her own last name
the Spring Festival
white rice
28. The Republic of China is located on...
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan
Face to Face
the Spring Festival
29. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Fortune cookies
1600
Chinese Americans in USA
Taiwan - Hong Kong
30. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
China - Signapore
1600
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
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
31. What is the state religion in China?
1600
Atheism
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Gong Xi
32. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
adult content
noodles
Nihao! Zenme y
33. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Most senior ranking attendee
Noodle (Mi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
34. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
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
55
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
35. What is the longest river in China?
False
the Spring Festival
Hin Jintao
Yangzi
36. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
China - Signapore
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
Afghanistan
37. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
False
1600
56 (including Han)
38. List some Chinese inventions.
Mandarin Chinese
Emperor and Empress
the lantern celebration
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
39. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Dessert (Small Heart)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Han
1600
40. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Beijing
Shuo W
greeting you
Television
41. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
bring in good luck and prosperity
greeting you
Taiwan - Hong Kong
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
42. A handshake in China often is ...
2500
limp and brief
Mao Zedong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
43. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Peach (T
Afghanistan
Signature
44. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
cat
2500
Television
Pinyin
45. How did Kung Fu start?
Signature
Sun Zi ??
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
46. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
2500
Sun Zi ??
Mao Zedong
the Spring Festival
47. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
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
56 (including Han)
China - Signapore
the Shaolin Monks
48. ____________ were not invented in China?
Noodle (Mi
China - Signapore
East
Fortune cookies
49. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Han
title
Han
50. What are the four great invention of China?
Sun Zi ??
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
4
Television