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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. 'Dim Sum' means
Peach (T
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Dessert (Small Heart)
Fourth
2. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Show emotion
Peach (T
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
3. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Tea (Cha)
Afghanistan
the lantern celebration
4. What is a very popular food?
red
56 (including Han)
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
white rice
5. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
scare away the evil spirits
her own last name
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
NE quadrant
6. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
just over 8
56 (including Han)
Bamboo leaves
7. Where is the Great Wall?
cash
NE quadrant
Mt. Everest
adult content
8. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Shuo W
communist
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong Kong
9. What are the red envelopes called?
15
Noodle (Mi
Hong boa or Lai see
Bamboo leaves
10. How did Kung Fu start?
Parts of Chinese characters
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Hong Kong
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
11. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Television
greeting you
about 275 lbs.
12. List some Chinese inventions.
Parts of Chinese characters
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Fortune cookies
13. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Han
limp and brief
red
Mao Zedong
14. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
15. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1600
Han
16. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Fourth
17. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
white rice
Nihao! Zenme y
title
18. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
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
Inflate your prices
19. What are the four treasures of the study (w
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
China - Signapore
Taiwan - Hong Kong
20. Which of these things did not originally come from China
bring in good luck and prosperity
Fourth
Television
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
21. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Black ??
Hin Jintao
East
22. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Atheism
Hong boa or Lai see
Emperor and Empress
23. What is the longest river in China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Yangzi
Show emotion
Sun Zi ??
24. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
bring in good luck and prosperity
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Fourth
wife or husband
25. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Chinese Americans in USA
Shuo W
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
26. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
her own last name
27. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
multiple
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Tea (Cha)
28. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
white rice
Fourth
Chinese Americans in USA
wife or husband
29. Some animals that make their homes in China.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tea (Cha)
Pinyin
30. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
the lantern celebration
Face to Face
false
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
31. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
false
Mao Zedong
Emperor and Empress
32. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Han
cat
greeting you
Most senior ranking attendee
33. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
multiple
Peach (T
Noodle (Mi
Great Wall of China
34. The Republic of China is located on...
Parts of Chinese characters
Taiwan
her own last name
adult content
35. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Sun Zi ??
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
36. When is China's National Day?
Bamboo leaves
October 1st
Fortune cookies
Parts of Chinese characters
37. There are often what main courses?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
multiple
noodles
Face to Face
38. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Americans in USA
Inflate your prices
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
39. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
2500
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Tray of Togetherness
noodles
40. Name a public holiday that China has.
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41. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Tea (Cha)
Bamboo leaves
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
NE quadrant
42. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
bring in good luck and prosperity
wife or husband
multiple
43. What economy does China have?
communist
about 275 lbs.
Sun Zi ??
Emperor and Empress
44. How many Chinese characters are there
15
Noodle (Mi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
xu Sh
45. What is the state religion in China?
1.3 Billion
Atheism
Gong Xi
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
46. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Hong boa or Lai see
47. What are lion dances believed to do?
4
greeting you
scare away the evil spirits
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
48. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
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
false
Yangzi
China - Signapore
49. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Yangzi
adult content
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
50. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
white rice
Show emotion
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Pinyin