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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 highest mountain in China?
China - Signapore
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mt. Everest
noodles
2. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
false
2500
Emperor and Empress
Peach (T
3. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
just over 8
China - Signapore
4. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Fourth
multiple
wife or husband
5. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
false
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mt. Everest
Great Wall of China
6. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Shuo W
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Nihao! Zenme y
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
7. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Inflate your prices
Bamboo leaves
learned skill
8. What flower represents courage and hope?
with both hands
Gong Xi
learned skill
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
9. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Bamboo leaves
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
10. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
people's money
Show emotion
Nihao! Zenme y
11. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
East
learned skill
12. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Inflate your prices
Hong Kong
4
adult content
13. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Hin Jintao
Tray of Togetherness
her own last name
14. China shares a border with
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Afghanistan
Bamboo leaves
15. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Afghanistan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
multiple
16. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Noodle (Mi
Yangzi
17. What is the longest river in China?
Hong Kong
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Yangzi
noodles
18. What are dragon dances believed to do?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
bring in good luck and prosperity
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
China - Signapore
19. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Afghanistan
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
Hin Jintao
Shuo W
20. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
China - Signapore
21. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
with both hands
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Face to Face
the lantern celebration
22. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Television
you could wipe away your good fortune
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
23. When is China's National Day?
greeting you
October 1st
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
Taiwan
24. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
cat
Red and Yellow
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
25. What does 'radical' means?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Parts of Chinese characters
Fortune cookies
56 (including Han)
26. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
4
Fortune cookies
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
27. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
title
1.3 Billion
28. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
29. How should one receive business cards?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Peach (T
2
with both hands
30. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Pinyin
False
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
31. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
you could wipe away your good fortune
2500
her own last name
32. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Mt. Everest
Mao Zedong
Beijing
Pinyin
33. Chinese New year is also known as what?
2
the Spring Festival
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Fourth
34. How many Chinese characters are there
Parts of Chinese characters
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Black ??
xu Sh
35. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Hong Kong
Television
Hin Jintao
36. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Bamboo leaves
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Chinese Americans in USA
2500
37. There are often what main courses?
multiple
East
Chinese Americans in USA
Red and Yellow
38. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Black ??
Han
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
just over 8
39. What color is considered lucky?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
red
Mao Zedong
the Shaolin Monks
40. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
True
multiple
Fortune cookies
55
41. What is China's currency called?
Mt. Everest
Emperor and Empress
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Renminbi Yuan
42. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
with both hands
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Gong Xi
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
43. And the traditional form of characters is used in
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Tea (Cha)
44. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mt. Everest
Mao Zedong
Television
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
45. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Bamboo leaves
communist
Pinyin
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
46. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
56 (including Han)
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
47. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
the lantern celebration
Nihao! Zenme y
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
15
48. What is a very popular food?
Hong boa or Lai see
just over 8
bring in good luck and prosperity
white rice
49. List some Chinese foods.
Fourth
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
Inflate your prices
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
50. What economy does China have?
communist
False
Noodle (Mi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness