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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. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Face to Face
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mao Zedong
noodles
2. How should one receive business cards?
2
white rice
with both hands
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
3. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Pinyin
false
Black ??
Mao Zedong
4. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
red
Dessert (Small Heart)
5. What are dragon dances believed to do?
56 (including Han)
Dessert (Small Heart)
bring in good luck and prosperity
just over 8
6. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
the Shaolin Monks
Dessert (Small Heart)
2
7. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
the Spring Festival
False
Inflate your prices
Hong boa or Lai see
8. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
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
Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
4
9. What flower represents courage and hope?
Fortune cookies
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Yangzi
True
10. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Nihao! Zenme y
China - Signapore
noodles
11. 'Dim Sum' means
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Dessert (Small Heart)
limp and brief
12. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
scare away the evil spirits
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Mao Zedong
Hong Kong
13. Name a public holiday that China has.
14. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Hong Kong
just over 8
NE quadrant
15. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the lantern celebration
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
learned skill
16. What is the longest river in China?
multiple
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
Yangzi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
17. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Parts of Chinese characters
56 (including Han)
wife or husband
you could wipe away your good fortune
18. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
false
Tea (Cha)
East
Show emotion
19. The largest ethnic group in China is called
title
Han
communist
Parts of Chinese characters
20. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Afghanistan
Show emotion
you could wipe away your good fortune
21. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Parts of Chinese characters
True
cat
22. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Mandarin Chinese
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
cash
23. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
bring in good luck and prosperity
NE quadrant
red
Face to Face
24. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Sun Zi ??
Chinese Americans in USA
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
multiple
25. The Republic of China is located on...
false
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Taiwan
China - Signapore
26. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Inflate your prices
False
27. What economy does China have?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
communist
Mao Zedong
cash
28. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
China - Signapore
Tea (Cha)
with both hands
29. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
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 boa or Lai see
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
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
30. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Sun Zi ??
Dragon Boat Festival
1600
31. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
about 275 lbs.
you could wipe away your good fortune
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
32. What does 'radical' means?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Parts of Chinese characters
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tray of Togetherness
33. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Signature
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mao Zedong
34. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the Shaolin Monks
title
Hong Kong
35. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
adult content
Peach (T
Noodle (Mi
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36. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Renminbi Yuan
noodles
37. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
cat
Nihao! Zenme y
2500
38. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Atheism
just over 8
Beijing
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
39. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Mao Zedong
2
Tray of Togetherness
Red and Yellow
40. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong boa or Lai see
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
red
41. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Taiwan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Signature
about 275 lbs.
42. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Han
title
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
43. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
East
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Hin Jintao
44. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
white rice
Yangzi
October 1st
cat
45. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Taiwan
Emperor and Empress
Bamboo leaves
Hong Kong
46. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Han
Most senior ranking attendee
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
False
47. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
2500
Han
Dragon Boat Festival
people's money
48. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
her own last name
the lantern celebration
you could wipe away your good fortune
Renminbi Yuan
49. What is the state religion in China?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
noodles
Atheism
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
50. What the three common Chinese greetings?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Red and Yellow
Nihao! Zenme y
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