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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 are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Dragon Boat Festival
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
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
2. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
China - Signapore
Show emotion
56 (including Han)
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
3. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Television
about 275 lbs.
Nihao! Zenme y
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
4. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Afghanistan
Dragon Boat Festival
False
Nihao! Zenme y
5. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong Kong
True
cash
6. Where is the Great Wall?
1600
Show emotion
Bamboo leaves
NE quadrant
7. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
greeting you
Mandarin Chinese
8. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Signature
China - Signapore
Dragon Boat Festival
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
9. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
wife or husband
10. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Yangzi
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
11. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Fortune cookies
NE quadrant
Tray of Togetherness
bring in good luck and prosperity
12. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
xu Sh
her own last name
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chinese Americans in USA
13. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
people's money
True
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
14. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Pinyin
Emperor and Empress
multiple
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
15. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Great Wall of China
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
Mao Zedong
Show emotion
16. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Bamboo leaves
Mt. Everest
17. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Show emotion
xu Sh
Mao Zedong
cat
18. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Beijing
1.3 Billion
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
19. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Face to Face
Gong Xi
Hong Kong
Black ??
20. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1.3 Billion
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Signature
21. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Signature
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
22. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
False
Most senior ranking attendee
Great Wall of China
4
23. What flower represents courage and hope?
1.3 Billion
you could wipe away your good fortune
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
24. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Mao Zedong
NE quadrant
1.3 Billion
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
25. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
1600
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
people's money
26. List some Chinese inventions.
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Mandarin Chinese
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
27. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
her own last name
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
scare away the evil spirits
28. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Pinyin
Gong Xi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
4
29. What is the national drink for Chinese?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Tea (Cha)
Han
2
30. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Red and Yellow
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Pinyin
31. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
NE quadrant
Most senior ranking attendee
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
bring in good luck and prosperity
32. What are the red envelopes called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
True
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hong boa or Lai see
33. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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34. How many Chinese characters are there
China - Signapore
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
35. What color is considered lucky?
Hong Kong
Peach (T
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
red
36. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Han
Beijing
learned skill
Shuo W
37. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
1.3 Billion
just over 8
Renminbi Yuan
Show emotion
38. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
scare away the evil spirits
bring in good luck and prosperity
Sun Zi ??
title
39. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Black ??
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Signature
40. The Republic of China is located on...
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Taiwan
xu Sh
41. 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
False
Face to Face
42. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Fourth
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
43. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
limp and brief
4
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
44. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
just over 8
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Yangzi
45. There are often what main courses?
xu Sh
wife or husband
multiple
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
46. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
multiple
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Black ??
47. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the lantern celebration
56 (including Han)
48. What is China's currency called?
East
Han
Renminbi Yuan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
49. List some Chinese foods.
cash
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
50. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
about 275 lbs.
her own last name