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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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 festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Black ??
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
2. What does renminbi mean?
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3. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
4
2500
Sun Zi ??
title
4. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
15
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Sun Zi ??
5. Where is the Great Wall?
Nihao! Zenme y
Tea (Cha)
limp and brief
NE quadrant
6. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
cash
Parts of Chinese characters
Mao Zedong
7. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
people's money
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Chinese Americans in USA
8. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Noodle (Mi
Television
Gong Xi
9. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Afghanistan
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Fortune cookies
10. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
you could wipe away your good fortune
Hin Jintao
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Tea (Cha)
11. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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12. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
communist
Fourth
China - Signapore
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
13. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
55
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
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
14. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
cat
2
Mt. Everest
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
15. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Great Wall of China
noodles
2
16. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
October 1st
scare away the evil spirits
Peach (T
17. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
wife or husband
cat
Show emotion
18. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
bring in good luck and prosperity
wife or husband
19. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Yangzi
Gong Xi
with both hands
Red and Yellow
20. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
title
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
21. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
wife or husband
22. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Yangzi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
learned skill
false
23. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
the Spring Festival
Mandarin Chinese
2500
24. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Fourth
xu Sh
25. Name a public holiday that China has.
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26. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
title
limp and brief
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
27. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Show emotion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Inflate your prices
just over 8
28. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the lantern celebration
29. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Dessert (Small Heart)
Bamboo leaves
Tray of Togetherness
30. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Noodle (Mi
East
15
31. What is the official language spoken in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mandarin Chinese
with both hands
32. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
false
Signature
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
xu Sh
33. How did Kung Fu start?
noodles
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Renminbi Yuan
Pinyin
34. What does Kung Fu mean?
Dessert (Small Heart)
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Afghanistan
learned skill
35. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
1600
Fourth
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
36. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
the Shaolin Monks
limp and brief
4
Pinyin
37. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Bamboo leaves
15
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
greeting you
38. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Inflate your prices
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Beijing
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
39. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
greeting you
Gong Xi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
40. When is China's National Day?
adult content
October 1st
cash
limp and brief
41. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Chinese Americans in USA
Emperor and Empress
Signature
42. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Tea (Cha)
True
Dragon Boat Festival
43. 'Dim Sum' means
Face to Face
Dessert (Small Heart)
Tray of Togetherness
15
44. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Beijing
Great Wall of China
with both hands
45. Which of these things did not originally come from China
the lantern celebration
Television
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
wife or husband
46. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Noodle (Mi
greeting you
47. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Gong Xi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Dessert (Small Heart)
2500
48. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
1.3 Billion
Black ??
Hin Jintao
xu Sh
49. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
her own last name
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Great Wall of China
50. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Renminbi Yuan
Most senior ranking attendee
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Chinese Americans in USA