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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. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
her own last name
Mao Zedong
Show emotion
Hin Jintao
2. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Renminbi Yuan
1600
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
communist
3. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Afghanistan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
Hin Jintao
4. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
15
Show emotion
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
5. What economy does China have?
false
communist
cash
multiple
6. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
1600
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
7. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
noodles
with both hands
2500
Taiwan - Hong Kong
8. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Gong Xi
Beijing
Shuo W
9. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
cat
2
East
Shuo W
10. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Bamboo leaves
55
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
communist
11. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
Renminbi Yuan
the Shaolin Monks
cat
12. The author of 'The Art of War' is
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Afghanistan
Sun Zi ??
Pinyin
13. How many Chinese characters are there
you could wipe away your good fortune
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
learned skill
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
14. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
55
Most senior ranking attendee
15. What flower represents courage and hope?
Inflate your prices
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Sun Zi ??
Fourth
16. There are often what main courses?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Renminbi Yuan
multiple
learned skill
17. What does renminbi mean?
18. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Red and Yellow
East
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
19. How did Kung Fu start?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Great Wall of China
Bamboo leaves
20. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Gong Xi
Nihao! Zenme y
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the lantern celebration
21. _________ 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.
Mao Zedong
multiple
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
22. The population in Mainland China is
xu Sh
Bamboo leaves
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
1.3 Billion
23. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Face to Face
Inflate your prices
Black ??
xu Sh
24. What are the red envelopes called?
Gong Xi
about 275 lbs.
Hong boa or Lai see
Han
25. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Emperor and Empress
about 275 lbs.
wife or husband
26. China shares a border with
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Afghanistan
noodles
wife or husband
27. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
greeting you
you could wipe away your good fortune
Dessert (Small Heart)
28. List some Chinese foods.
Sun Zi ??
limp and brief
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Television
29. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Mao Zedong
Show emotion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
30. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
China - Signapore
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
cat
31. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Hong Kong
Hong boa or Lai see
32. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Peach (T
Black ??
Chinese Americans in USA
cash
33. What does the word yellow imply?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
adult content
Show emotion
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
34. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
the Spring Festival
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
white rice
title
35. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
limp and brief
Chinese Americans in USA
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
learned skill
36. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
xu Sh
about 275 lbs.
Sun Zi ??
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
37. What is the national drink for Chinese?
False
Tea (Cha)
people's money
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
38. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Inflate your prices
Most senior ranking attendee
Peach (T
Fourth
39. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
multiple
red
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
4
40. What does Kung Fu mean?
Black ??
learned skill
Renminbi Yuan
1.3 Billion
41. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Beijing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Fourth
October 1st
42. What are the four treasures of the study (w
white rice
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Bamboo leaves
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
43. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
greeting you
Mandarin Chinese
56 (including Han)
Most senior ranking attendee
44. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
multiple
Emperor and Empress
Afghanistan
Nihao! Zenme y
45. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Beijing
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Dragon Boat Festival
46. What color is considered lucky?
Hong boa or Lai see
Bamboo leaves
Chinese Americans in USA
red
47. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Han
title
56 (including Han)
Television
48. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Beijing
Most senior ranking attendee
Sun Zi ??
Han
49. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Beijing
China - Signapore
just over 8
50. Where does the Giant Panda live?
4
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
October 1st
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.