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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
cash
Noodle (Mi
2. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
NE quadrant
Gong Xi
Face to Face
3. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
4
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Emperor and Empress
Taiwan
4. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Shuo W
Black ??
scare away the evil spirits
Chinese Americans in USA
5. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
noodles
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
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. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
the Spring Festival
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
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
7. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fourth
False
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
8. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
the Spring Festival
Taiwan
Mao Zedong
Sun Zi ??
9. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
white rice
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
cat
10. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
title
Dragon Boat Festival
11. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
title
Mao Zedong
Pinyin
Renminbi Yuan
12. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
October 1st
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
her own last name
Tray of Togetherness
13. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Show emotion
the Spring Festival
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
14. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
with both hands
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Inflate your prices
Chinese Americans in USA
15. Name a public holiday that China has.
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16. What is a very popular food?
white rice
Fourth
cash
NE quadrant
17. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Han
the Spring Festival
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
October 1st
18. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
just over 8
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Television
19. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
adult content
Sun Zi ??
Great Wall of China
Bamboo leaves
20. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Han
Hong boa or Lai see
just over 8
the Shaolin Monks
21. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
red
Atheism
title
22. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
limp and brief
Han
23. Chinese New year is also known as what?
East
the Spring Festival
Most senior ranking attendee
Dragon Boat Festival
24. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Great Wall of China
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
red
false
25. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Mandarin Chinese
Hong Kong
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
26. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
with both hands
the lantern celebration
Face to Face
27. The author of 'The Art of War' is
55
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Atheism
Sun Zi ??
28. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Beijing
about 275 lbs.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Red and Yellow
29. Most people live in the_______of China
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
East
Great Wall of China
False
30. What color is considered lucky?
red
15
Red and Yellow
Taiwan - Hong Kong
31. What does renminbi mean?
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32. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Beijing
Noodle (Mi
33. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
October 1st
2500
Hong Kong
Gong Xi
34. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Atheism
Sun Zi ??
55
35. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Gong Xi
Peach (T
red
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
36. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
xu Sh
55
Black ??
15
37. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Chinese Americans in USA
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Emperor and Empress
Signature
38. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Mandarin Chinese
Gong Xi
cash
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
39. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Peach (T
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Taiwan - Hong Kong
40. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Fourth
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Han
41. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Parts of Chinese characters
learned skill
xu Sh
Gong Xi
42. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Han
Peach (T
Hong Kong
red
43. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Gong Xi
44. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
China - Signapore
1600
45. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
Beijing
Han
Red and Yellow
46. The population in Mainland China is
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1.3 Billion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
about 275 lbs.
47. What are dragon dances believed to do?
1600
Mao Zedong
bring in good luck and prosperity
Shuo W
48. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Great Wall of China
wife or husband
NE quadrant
49. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Great Wall of China
Signature
2
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
50. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Red and Yellow
Black ??
you could wipe away your good fortune
Hong boa or Lai see