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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?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Show emotion
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
with both hands
2. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Sun Zi ??
Dragon Boat Festival
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
3. The top three most population cites in China
Atheism
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
15
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
4. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
adult content
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hin Jintao
Signature
5. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Most senior ranking attendee
Face to Face
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
6. Name a public holiday that China has.
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7. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
15
communist
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
bring in good luck and prosperity
8. Where does the Giant Panda live?
just over 8
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
1600
9. What does 'radical' means?
Signature
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Parts of Chinese characters
10. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
greeting you
Han
Face to Face
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
11. Where is the Great Wall?
the Shaolin Monks
Gong Xi
title
NE quadrant
12. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
adult content
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Beijing
13. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Mao Zedong
Nihao! Zenme y
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Tray of Togetherness
14. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Afghanistan
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
her own last name
the lantern celebration
15. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
red
noodles
learned skill
Taiwan
16. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
adult content
Black ??
about 275 lbs.
October 1st
17. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Shuo W
18. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Mt. Everest
Yangzi
2
learned skill
19. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Television
2
the Shaolin Monks
20. And the traditional form of characters is used in
the Spring Festival
Mt. Everest
her own last name
Taiwan - Hong Kong
21. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Han
Afghanistan
22. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Atheism
title
Signature
NE quadrant
23. The author of 'The Art of War' is
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Pinyin
Chinese Americans in USA
Sun Zi ??
24. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Black ??
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hong Kong
wife or husband
25. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
55
Taiwan - Hong Kong
26. 'Dim Sum' means
people's money
learned skill
Dessert (Small Heart)
Hin Jintao
27. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Yangzi
her own last name
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
28. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
China - Signapore
56 (including Han)
cat
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
29. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Atheism
Noodle (Mi
2
30. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Gong Xi
Television
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Mao Zedong
31. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
15
just over 8
wife or husband
Most senior ranking attendee
32. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Nihao! Zenme y
Black ??
1600
scare away the evil spirits
33. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Fortune cookies
about 275 lbs.
wife or husband
cash
34. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Han
Tea (Cha)
Sun Zi ??
her own last name
35. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
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
36. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
Dragon Boat Festival
NE quadrant
Hin Jintao
37. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Han
East
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
38. What does Kung Fu mean?
Renminbi Yuan
false
learned skill
Emperor and Empress
39. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Beijing
Renminbi Yuan
Atheism
wife or husband
40. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
15
just over 8
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Atheism
41. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Emperor and Empress
Shuo W
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
Mao Zedong
42. What economy does China have?
the Shaolin Monks
scare away the evil spirits
Taiwan - Hong Kong
communist
43. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Beijing
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
44. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong boa or Lai see
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Show emotion
45. What the three common Chinese greetings?
the Shaolin Monks
Black ??
Nihao! Zenme y
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
46. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Fortune cookies
white rice
title
47. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Nihao! Zenme y
Red and Yellow
Show emotion
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
48. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Fourth
False
Black ??
Tray of Togetherness
49. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
15
the Shaolin Monks
multiple
50. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Shuo W
xu Sh
Nihao! Zenme y