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Chinese Culture
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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. What is China's currency called?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
1.3 Billion
Renminbi Yuan
2. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Hong boa or Lai see
Parts of Chinese characters
multiple
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
3. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
55
just over 8
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
China - Signapore
4. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
China - Signapore
Peach (T
Noodle (Mi
5. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
2500
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
15
Sun Zi ??
6. What color is considered lucky?
red
Peach (T
Dessert (Small Heart)
Show emotion
7. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Mt. Everest
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
8. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Great Wall of China
Signature
9. What does renminbi mean?
10. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fortune cookies
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
11. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
false
the Shaolin Monks
noodles
12. When is China's National Day?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Inflate your prices
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
October 1st
13. List some Chinese foods.
Red and Yellow
wife or husband
Sun Zi ??
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
14. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
Atheism
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
15. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fortune cookies
Fourth
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
NE quadrant
16. How many Chinese characters are there
Mao Zedong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
15
17. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Television
Great Wall of China
Chinese Americans in USA
false
18. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Gong Xi
Hong boa or Lai see
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
19. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Mt. Everest
Red and Yellow
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the lantern celebration
20. Most people live in the_______of China
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
True
greeting you
East
21. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Atheism
Great Wall of China
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Nihao! Zenme y
22. What flower represents courage and hope?
Noodle (Mi
noodles
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
23. Which of these things did not originally come from China
scare away the evil spirits
Chinese Americans in USA
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
24. What is the highest mountain in China?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Hong Kong
Mt. Everest
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
25. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
scare away the evil spirits
adult content
Mao Zedong
Hin Jintao
26. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
27. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
the lantern celebration
Mao Zedong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
15
28. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Signature
2
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
false
29. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
Tray of Togetherness
15
Taiwan - Hong Kong
30. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
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
Beijing
noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
31. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
32. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Renminbi Yuan
Hin Jintao
Atheism
33. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
just over 8
her own last name
Red and Yellow
Atheism
34. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
2
bring in good luck and prosperity
Nihao! Zenme y
35. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Chinese Americans in USA
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
title
36. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
1.3 Billion
cat
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
people's money
37. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Noodle (Mi
Face to Face
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. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
xu Sh
Dragon Boat Festival
39. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
people's money
4
40. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
communist
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Face to Face
41. What does Kung Fu mean?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
learned skill
Fortune cookies
white rice
42. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
False
Nihao! Zenme y
Dragon Boat Festival
Show emotion
43. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
1600
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Peach (T
44. What are the red envelopes called?
Afghanistan
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hong boa or Lai see
Bamboo leaves
45. There are often what main courses?
Noodle (Mi
multiple
China - Signapore
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
46. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Atheism
Sun Zi ??
47. What is the state religion in China?
cat
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Atheism
cash
48. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Peach (T
49. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
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
East
Chinese Americans in USA
50. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Fourth
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Fortune cookies