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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 are the four great invention of China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Sun Zi ??
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
communist
2. Where does the Giant Panda live?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
multiple
Renminbi Yuan
3. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
with both hands
Tray of Togetherness
55
4. List some Chinese inventions.
Pinyin
1.3 Billion
with both hands
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
5. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
just over 8
False
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
6. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
learned skill
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Inflate your prices
Peach (T
7. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
adult content
Television
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
8. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Tea (Cha)
Hin Jintao
9. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
wife or husband
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Shuo W
Black ??
10. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Hong Kong
Taiwan - Hong Kong
2500
11. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Taiwan
with both hands
12. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Mao Zedong
Fortune cookies
Han
13. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
multiple
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
14. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
limp and brief
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
red
15. ____________ were not invented in China?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fortune cookies
her own last name
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
16. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
17. What is the official language spoken in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
cat
Mandarin Chinese
1600
18. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Great Wall of China
noodles
with both hands
19. What does Kung Fu mean?
True
55
learned skill
xu Sh
20. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Renminbi Yuan
2
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mao Zedong
21. Which of these things did not originally come from China
the Shaolin Monks
Beijing
Television
Black ??
22. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
greeting you
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
title
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
23. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
1600
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Parts of Chinese characters
24. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Mt. Everest
Bamboo leaves
China - Signapore
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
25. List some Chinese foods.
Han
False
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
26. A handshake in China often is ...
Emperor and Empress
limp and brief
Television
Parts of Chinese characters
27. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
28. The top three most population cites in China
True
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
white rice
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
29. What color is considered lucky?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
red
Hong Kong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
30. There are often what main courses?
Most senior ranking attendee
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
multiple
China - Signapore
31. 'Dim Sum' means
Atheism
Dessert (Small Heart)
1.3 Billion
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
32. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Face to Face
1600
Red and Yellow
33. How should one receive business cards?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
limp and brief
with both hands
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
34. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Noodle (Mi
35. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Chinese Americans in USA
false
4
Han
36. What does renminbi mean?
37. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong boa or Lai see
limp and brief
38. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Fortune cookies
the lantern celebration
Hin Jintao
noodles
39. The population in Mainland China is
adult content
Mao Zedong
greeting you
1.3 Billion
40. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Mao Zedong
Bamboo leaves
Show emotion
her own last name
41. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hin Jintao
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
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
42. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Tray of Togetherness
True
Sun Zi ??
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
43. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
55
44. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Shuo W
title
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
45. China shares a border with
limp and brief
Taiwan
Afghanistan
Inflate your prices
46. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
Atheism
Red and Yellow
Shuo W
47. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Parts of Chinese characters
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
2
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
48. Name a public holiday that China has.
49. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Renminbi Yuan
Peach (T
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Great Wall of China
50. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Tray of Togetherness
Inflate your prices
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
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