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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. List some Chinese foods.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
noodles
2. What does renminbi mean?
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3. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
56 (including Han)
xu Sh
title
4. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
56 (including Han)
China - Signapore
15
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
5. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pinyin
people's money
1600
6. What are dragon dances believed to do?
China - Signapore
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Fourth
bring in good luck and prosperity
7. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Red and Yellow
Hong boa or Lai see
Tea (Cha)
8. And the traditional form of characters is used in
you could wipe away your good fortune
Television
Chinese Americans in USA
Taiwan - Hong Kong
9. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Taiwan
55
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
10. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Beijing
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mt. Everest
11. There are often what main courses?
Parts of Chinese characters
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
multiple
True
12. What are the five official religions of China?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Great Wall of China
learned skill
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
13. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Pinyin
1600
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
greeting you
14. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
greeting you
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the Shaolin Monks
Han
15. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
communist
Television
Noodle (Mi
her own last name
16. Which of these things did not originally come from China
cash
Television
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
17. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
Taiwan
wife or husband
Chinese Americans in USA
18. What does Kung Fu mean?
4
Black ??
Fortune cookies
learned skill
19. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
Hong Kong
20. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
October 1st
NE quadrant
Television
Inflate your prices
21. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Nihao! Zenme y
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Red and Yellow
2500
22. How should one receive business cards?
about 275 lbs.
with both hands
Mao Zedong
scare away the evil spirits
23. China shares a border with
Signature
Afghanistan
red
limp and brief
24. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Bamboo leaves
Signature
25. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Peach (T
false
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the Spring Festival
26. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Chinese Americans in USA
bring in good luck and prosperity
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
Shuo W
27. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
4
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
28. What is the longest river in China?
Hin Jintao
Shuo W
Gong Xi
Yangzi
29. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Beijing
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mao Zedong
30. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
cash
Shuo W
31. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
NE quadrant
Afghanistan
with both hands
Beijing
32. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Bamboo leaves
title
Emperor and Empress
1600
33. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
1600
34. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
scare away the evil spirits
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Great Wall of China
35. What economy does China have?
Afghanistan
communist
you could wipe away your good fortune
Fourth
36. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
her own last name
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
False
37. What does 'radical' means?
2500
Mt. Everest
Signature
Parts of Chinese characters
38. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Noodle (Mi
Tray of Togetherness
Face to Face
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
39. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Afghanistan
scare away the evil spirits
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
40. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
xu Sh
title
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
55
41. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Show emotion
Nihao! Zenme y
1600
1.3 Billion
42. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
you could wipe away your good fortune
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
learned skill
43. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Face to Face
Dragon Boat Festival
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
44. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Noodle (Mi
October 1st
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
learned skill
45. What does the word yellow imply?
the Spring Festival
4
adult content
noodles
46. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
cat
Han
the Spring Festival
about 275 lbs.
47. The top three most population cites in China
Mao Zedong
cash
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
48. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
1600
wife or husband
China - Signapore
49. Name a public holiday that China has.
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50. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Sun Zi ??
Face to Face
greeting you