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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. What is the highest mountain in China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mt. Everest
Mao Zedong
Hong boa or Lai see
2. China shares a border with
Hong Kong
Afghanistan
learned skill
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
3. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Renminbi Yuan
communist
Noodle (Mi
True
4. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Fortune cookies
Great Wall of China
Most senior ranking attendee
False
5. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
cat
Hong Kong
you could wipe away your good fortune
Gong Xi
6. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
True
Face to Face
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
7. What is the longest river in China?
Peach (T
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Yangzi
8. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Great Wall of China
Pinyin
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mao Zedong
9. When is China's National Day?
Tea (Cha)
multiple
Face to Face
October 1st
10. What are the five official religions of China?
Hong boa or Lai see
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
11. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Mt. Everest
Bamboo leaves
Emperor and Empress
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
12. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Tea (Cha)
her own last name
Hong boa or Lai see
13. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
you could wipe away your good fortune
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
cat
14. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Han
greeting you
Dragon Boat Festival
False
15. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
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
China - Signapore
1600
multiple
16. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Dessert (Small Heart)
Signature
Gong Xi
October 1st
17. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Signature
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
18. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
greeting you
cash
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Tea (Cha)
19. The population in Mainland China is
Chinese Americans in USA
people's money
1.3 Billion
15
20. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Han
Red and Yellow
Pinyin
Gong Xi
21. What are the four great invention of China?
Black ??
Red and Yellow
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
22. Where is the Great Wall?
Mandarin Chinese
NE quadrant
cash
Bamboo leaves
23. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
about 275 lbs.
Mt. Everest
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
24. What does Kung Fu mean?
False
2
learned skill
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
25. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
East
4
Beijing
26. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Great Wall of China
27. Most people live in the_______of China
Show emotion
East
Renminbi Yuan
China - Signapore
28. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Fourth
29. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Signature
Hin Jintao
her own last name
56 (including Han)
30. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Signature
Inflate your prices
Gong Xi
1.3 Billion
31. What economy does China have?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
communist
xu Sh
32. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Hong boa or Lai see
false
East
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
33. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Black ??
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Show emotion
34. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
1600
4
about 275 lbs.
35. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Show emotion
15
Most senior ranking attendee
36. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Renminbi Yuan
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Television
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
37. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Hong boa or Lai see
Dessert (Small Heart)
2500
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
38. What flower represents courage and hope?
Signature
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Dessert (Small Heart)
39. List some Chinese foods.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Shuo W
Pinyin
40. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Afghanistan
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mandarin Chinese
Most senior ranking attendee
41. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
China - Signapore
Han
adult content
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
42. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Black ??
Peach (T
False
Chinese Americans in USA
43. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
you could wipe away your good fortune
the lantern celebration
the Spring Festival
communist
44. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
red
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Dragon Boat Festival
2
45. What is the state religion in China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Atheism
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Bamboo leaves
46. List some Chinese inventions.
Mao Zedong
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
cash
Hin Jintao
47. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
about 275 lbs.
xu Sh
limp and brief
48. Name a public holiday that China has.
49. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
multiple
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
50. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
scare away the evil spirits
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.