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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. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
red
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mao Zedong
Han
2. What are the four treasures of the study (w
multiple
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
False
3. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Signature
Hin Jintao
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
4. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Inflate your prices
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
5. And the traditional form of characters is used in
just over 8
Taiwan - Hong Kong
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2
6. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
limp and brief
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Tea (Cha)
7. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
East
4
Taiwan
8. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
cash
56 (including Han)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
9. Where is the Great Wall?
Mt. Everest
limp and brief
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
NE quadrant
10. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Fortune cookies
Dessert (Small Heart)
Sun Zi ??
white rice
11. The Republic of China is located on...
Mao Zedong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
people's money
Taiwan
12. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
you could wipe away your good fortune
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
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
13. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
1.3 Billion
wife or husband
Taiwan
14. ____________ were not invented in China?
with both hands
2500
Fortune cookies
Emperor and Empress
15. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Tray of Togetherness
Emperor and Empress
Mao Zedong
Han
16. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
her own last name
56 (including Han)
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
17. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Fortune cookies
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
False
cat
18. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
noodles
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Taiwan
19. There are often what main courses?
multiple
True
greeting you
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
20. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Atheism
xu Sh
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
21. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Shuo W
just over 8
False
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
22. Name a public holiday that China has.
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23. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Mt. Everest
the Shaolin Monks
Beijing
limp and brief
24. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
you could wipe away your good fortune
False
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
cash
25. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Yangzi
Most senior ranking attendee
Tea (Cha)
Hong boa or Lai see
26. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
the Shaolin Monks
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
limp and brief
27. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
55
you could wipe away your good fortune
Show emotion
28. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Peach (T
2
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Most senior ranking attendee
29. What color is considered lucky?
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
red
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
East
30. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
scare away the evil spirits
Hong boa or Lai see
Signature
her own last name
31. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
15
Red and Yellow
32. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Sun Zi ??
56 (including Han)
learned skill
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
33. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
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
Gong Xi
about 275 lbs.
Taiwan
34. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Mandarin Chinese
Black ??
Emperor and Empress
Hong Kong
35. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Signature
her own last name
Most senior ranking attendee
36. Most people live in the_______of China
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
East
the Spring Festival
learned skill
37. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
1600
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Nihao! Zenme y
title
38. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Hong Kong
Taiwan
39. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Show emotion
Hin Jintao
the lantern celebration
40. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
white rice
you could wipe away your good fortune
1600
false
41. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
NE quadrant
Chinese Americans in USA
42. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
limp and brief
greeting you
Face to Face
43. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
with both hands
Tray of Togetherness
False
Show emotion
44. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
limp and brief
Han
Black ??
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
45. What does 'radical' means?
with both hands
Parts of Chinese characters
False
Show emotion
46. What is the highest mountain in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
Mt. Everest
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
False
47. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Beijing
Hin Jintao
cash
48. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
with both hands
scare away the evil spirits
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
49. What does Kung Fu mean?
China - Signapore
learned skill
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
50. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Signature
scare away the evil spirits
noodles