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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 should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tray of Togetherness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mandarin Chinese
2. How did Kung Fu start?
wife or husband
Mao Zedong
the Spring Festival
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
3. What does the word yellow imply?
Gong Xi
East
Tea (Cha)
adult content
4. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Hin Jintao
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
55
Mandarin Chinese
5. What is the money China called?
2
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
6. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Gong Xi
NE quadrant
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Nihao! Zenme y
7. China shares a border with
red
15
Emperor and Empress
Afghanistan
8. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mt. Everest
the lantern celebration
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
9. List some Chinese foods.
Bamboo leaves
Mandarin Chinese
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
10. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Chinese Americans in USA
True
11. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
12. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Face to Face
adult content
Afghanistan
13. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Show emotion
Tea (Cha)
55
14. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
the lantern celebration
Shuo W
cat
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
15. Most people live in the_______of China
Dessert (Small Heart)
East
1600
Dragon Boat Festival
16. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Sun Zi ??
Emperor and Empress
17. What economy does China have?
Yangzi
communist
Nihao! Zenme y
false
18. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Mt. Everest
4
China - Signapore
Sun Zi ??
19. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Shuo W
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
bring in good luck and prosperity
false
20. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
xu Sh
communist
Hong Kong
21. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Nihao! Zenme y
Hin Jintao
Pinyin
22. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
1.3 Billion
Beijing
23. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Atheism
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Red and Yellow
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
24. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mt. Everest
25. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
scare away the evil spirits
Television
Dragon Boat Festival
noodles
26. What is China's currency called?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Mt. Everest
Red and Yellow
Renminbi Yuan
27. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Han
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
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2
28. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
True
white rice
Yangzi
29. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Dragon Boat Festival
Black ??
Han
30. What flower represents courage and hope?
limp and brief
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Taiwan
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
31. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
people's money
learned skill
China - Signapore
Hin Jintao
32. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Peach (T
her own last name
false
title
33. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Show emotion
people's money
Atheism
34. Name a public holiday that China has.
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35. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Sun Zi ??
Atheism
Tea (Cha)
36. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
the Shaolin Monks
Afghanistan
white rice
37. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Dessert (Small Heart)
title
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
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
38. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Han
True
Red and Yellow
communist
39. What are lion dances believed to do?
communist
Taiwan
Face to Face
scare away the evil spirits
40. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Hong boa or Lai see
Emperor and Empress
Taiwan
Tray of Togetherness
41. Where does the Giant Panda live?
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
Fourth
Afghanistan
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
42. What is the highest mountain in China?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
xu Sh
Mt. Everest
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
43. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Hong Kong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
2500
Peach (T
44. There are often what main courses?
white rice
multiple
China - Signapore
Beijing
45. Some animals that make their homes in China.
cat
greeting you
Gong Xi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
46. How many Chinese characters are there
title
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the Spring Festival
communist
47. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
October 1st
Mt. Everest
just over 8
48. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Chinese Americans in USA
15
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
49. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
Chinese Americans in USA
false
the lantern celebration
50. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
East
Taiwan
Noodle (Mi