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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. What color is considered lucky?
15
red
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
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
2. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
her own last name
True
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Red and Yellow
3. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
False
Black ??
Peach (T
noodles
4. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
bring in good luck and prosperity
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
5. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Bamboo leaves
Mao Zedong
you could wipe away your good fortune
Chinese Americans in USA
6. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Tray of Togetherness
the lantern celebration
Noodle (Mi
cat
7. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
4
8. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Dragon Boat Festival
Hin Jintao
about 275 lbs.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
9. What is the longest river in China?
Afghanistan
Yangzi
the lantern celebration
Red and Yellow
10. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Hong Kong
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
people's money
11. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Emperor and Empress
you could wipe away your good fortune
xu Sh
the Spring Festival
12. How many Chinese characters are there
Emperor and Empress
her own last name
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
13. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Afghanistan
Yangzi
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
greeting you
14. 'Dim Sum' means
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Dessert (Small Heart)
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
True
15. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
cash
Signature
4
learned skill
16. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Han
56 (including Han)
Inflate your prices
greeting you
17. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Great Wall of China
Bamboo leaves
title
18. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han
white rice
False
19. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Gong Xi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
limp and brief
20. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Signature
Han
Gong Xi
Mao Zedong
21. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Most senior ranking attendee
title
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
22. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
scare away the evil spirits
Black ??
limp and brief
Hong Kong
23. List some Chinese inventions.
cash
just over 8
red
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
24. What are the four great invention of China?
Mao Zedong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Great Wall of China
the Shaolin Monks
25. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Dragon Boat Festival
October 1st
Beijing
26. Name a public holiday that China has.
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27. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Mt. Everest
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
with both hands
wife or husband
28. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Most senior ranking attendee
Sun Zi ??
the lantern celebration
Peach (T
29. The top three most population cites in China
2500
just over 8
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the lantern celebration
30. How should one receive business cards?
Sun Zi ??
with both hands
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
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
31. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Tray of Togetherness
Han
Inflate your prices
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
32. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
cat
you could wipe away your good fortune
33. Which of these things did not originally come from China
cash
Television
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
34. What does 'radical' means?
Great Wall of China
Parts of Chinese characters
Tray of Togetherness
Taiwan
35. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Bamboo leaves
noodles
2500
Noodle (Mi
36. Chinese New year is also known as what?
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
people's money
the Spring Festival
Black ??
37. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
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
15
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
wife or husband
38. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
title
Emperor and Empress
Renminbi Yuan
Tray of Togetherness
39. What is the money China called?
just over 8
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fortune cookies
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
40. What flower represents courage and hope?
Taiwan
Dragon Boat Festival
Black ??
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
41. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
NE quadrant
False
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
white rice
42. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Noodle (Mi
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
43. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Mt. Everest
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
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
Nihao! Zenme y
44. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
China - Signapore
Pinyin
East
45. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
2500
Face to Face
just over 8
Gong Xi
46. The population in Mainland China is
Black ??
multiple
cat
1.3 Billion
47. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Shuo W
Afghanistan
Gong Xi
bring in good luck and prosperity
48. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
False
49. What is the state religion in China?
her own last name
Dragon Boat Festival
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Atheism
50. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the lantern celebration
True
Nihao! Zenme y
the Shaolin Monks