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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. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong boa or Lai see
15
2. How did Kung Fu start?
with both hands
Fortune cookies
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Tray of Togetherness
3. What is China's currency called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Renminbi Yuan
4
just over 8
4. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
learned skill
55
people's money
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
5. A handshake in China often is ...
NE quadrant
her own last name
limp and brief
Signature
6. How many Chinese characters are there
Face to Face
1600
about 275 lbs.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
7. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
limp and brief
Bamboo leaves
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Parts of Chinese characters
8. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
limp and brief
cash
1.3 Billion
9. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
scare away the evil spirits
cat
10. What is a very popular food?
Mao Zedong
white rice
Atheism
Show emotion
11. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
2500
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
12. What are dragon dances believed to do?
the Spring Festival
Taiwan - Hong Kong
bring in good luck and prosperity
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
13. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
the Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
China - Signapore
14. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
just over 8
Noodle (Mi
Bamboo leaves
15. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
1600
cat
Television
16. What does renminbi mean?
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17. What color is considered lucky?
Black ??
red
Tea (Cha)
bring in good luck and prosperity
18. What does Kung Fu mean?
her own last name
Taiwan - Hong Kong
learned skill
56 (including Han)
19. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Mao Zedong
Han
October 1st
20. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
with both hands
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hong Kong
21. There are often what main courses?
Signature
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
multiple
Renminbi Yuan
22. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Nihao! Zenme y
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
the lantern celebration
greeting you
23. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
about 275 lbs.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Television
24. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
15
limp and brief
2500
Shuo W
25. Name a public holiday that China has.
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26. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
15
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Emperor and Empress
27. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Show emotion
multiple
Han
wife or husband
28. What economy does China have?
communist
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the Spring Festival
2500
29. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
30. What does 'radical' means?
Tray of Togetherness
Parts of Chinese characters
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Great Wall of China
31. What are the four great invention of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Taiwan - Hong Kong
cash
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
32. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Yangzi
56 (including Han)
wife or husband
33. List some Chinese foods.
Peach (T
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
China - Signapore
Chinese Americans in USA
34. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
multiple
false
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
35. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Emperor and Empress
1600
Red and Yellow
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
36. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
xu Sh
Gong Xi
Hong Kong
37. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
about 275 lbs.
Fourth
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
38. 'Dim Sum' means
Hong Kong
multiple
Dessert (Small Heart)
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
39. The Republic of China is located on...
Mandarin Chinese
learned skill
Taiwan
multiple
40. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the Shaolin Monks
Chinese Americans in USA
Sun Zi ??
41. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Parts of Chinese characters
Mandarin Chinese
Television
42. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Mt. Everest
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2500
learned skill
43. List some Chinese inventions.
Noodle (Mi
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Fortune cookies
Sun Zi ??
44. What flower represents courage and hope?
Bamboo leaves
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Chinese Americans in USA
45. ____________ were not invented in China?
noodles
Face to Face
4
Fortune cookies
46. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Red and Yellow
you could wipe away your good fortune
the Spring Festival
56 (including Han)
47. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong boa or Lai see
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2500
48. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
multiple
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
False
Mao Zedong
49. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Sun Zi ??
Tray of Togetherness
cat
Emperor and Empress
50. The population in Mainland China is
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tray of Togetherness
1.3 Billion
2500