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EP5 Foreign Influences on Thailand

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does influence mean?

a)

When a country is ruled by another

b)

To be able to change something or someone

c)

The things that make a group of people or a place special or unique

d)

Western culture (North/South America, Europe)

2.

What is the definition of 'culture'?

a)

The things that make a group of people or a place special or unique

b)

To be able to change something or someone

c)

Western Culture

d)

When a country is ruled by another

3.

What is 'cultural appropriation'?

a)

When people move from one country to another

b)

The things that make a group of people or a place special or unique

c)

When one culture takes ideas and practices from another culture

d)

When one country rules another country

4.

What is the most important cultural appropriation from India in Thailand?

a)

Clothing

b)

Movies

c)

Religion-Buddhism

d)

Flowers

5.

What do you call it when someone moves from one country to another?

a)

Influence

b)

Appropriation

c)

Immigrate

d)

Culture

6.

Which holiday, from China, celebrates the start of the new lunar calendar?

a)

Christmas

b)

Easter

c)

Halloween

d)

Chinese New Year

7.

This Thai story is originally based off of the Indian play, Ramayana.

a)

Ramakien

b)

Avengers

c)

James Bond

d)

King Rama X

8.

Thai shadow puppet plays are known as __________.

a)

Lanterns

b)

Chinese New Year

c)

Nang-Talung

d)

Ramakien

9.

This portable source of lighting was borrowed from China.

a)

Lanterns

b)

Flashlights

c)

Fire

d)

Spotlights

10.

This is a person who designs and constructs buildings.

a)

Doctor

b)

Teacher

c)

Architect

d)

Pilot

11.

What is something people do for special and/or religious events.

a)

Movies

b)

Running

c)

Ceremony

d)

Writing

12.

To be able to make money is known as ______.

a)

Bankruptcy

b)

Profit

c)

Culture

d)

Cuisine

13.

Which country has the highest population in the world?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Thailand

d)

Russia

14.

Where did Thai laws originate from?

a)

USA

b)

UK

c)

India

d)

China

15.

How did spices come to Thailand from India?

a)

By plane

b)

By submarine

c)

With Buddhist monks

d)

With the King

16.

Thailand has the largest overseas Chinese community outside of China with ____% of its population claiming Chinese ancestry.

a)

80

b)

2

c)

15

d)

100

17.

Chinese languages and the Thai language are ______ languages.

a)

Difficult

b)

Tonal

c)

Sign

d)

Ancient

18.

Which cooking method came to Thailand from China?

a)

Boiling

b)

Baking

c)

Stir-fry

d)

BBQ

19.

Which countries are considered part of "Western" culture? (hint* more than one: select all that apply)

a)

Brazil

b)

USA

c)

UK

d)

Malaysia

20.

Which Thai king visited Europe and brought back the idea of using forks and spoons to Thailand?

a)

Rama II

b)

Rama IX

c)

Rama V

d)

Rama III