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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. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
greeting you
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Tray of Togetherness
false
2. What is the state religion in China?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
her own last name
Atheism
3. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
false
Tray of Togetherness
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
people's money
4. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Peach (T
5. List some Chinese inventions.
greeting you
Chinese Americans in USA
limp and brief
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
6. What are the four great invention of China?
4
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dessert (Small Heart)
Tea (Cha)
7. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
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
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Gong Xi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
8. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
xu Sh
bring in good luck and prosperity
wife or husband
9. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hin Jintao
Black ??
10. What is a very popular food?
Dragon Boat Festival
the Spring Festival
white rice
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
11. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Han
Nihao! Zenme y
Great Wall of China
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
12. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
xu Sh
about 275 lbs.
15
Shuo W
13. When is China's National Day?
Han
October 1st
Yangzi
with both hands
14. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Taiwan - Hong Kong
you could wipe away your good fortune
limp and brief
15. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Dragon Boat Festival
15
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
16. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
about 275 lbs.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Beijing
Taiwan - Hong Kong
17. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
the lantern celebration
Renminbi Yuan
cash
False
18. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
communist
China - Signapore
False
19. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
you could wipe away your good fortune
cash
multiple
20. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Tray of Togetherness
False
Han
21. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
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
Taiwan - Hong Kong
22. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
Television
red
Bamboo leaves
23. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
adult content
Han
24. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
multiple
1.3 Billion
Bamboo leaves
25. List some Chinese foods.
the Shaolin Monks
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
Dessert (Small Heart)
26. What was the Great Wall originally built?
communist
the Spring Festival
multiple
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
27. A handshake in China often is ...
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
4
limp and brief
learned skill
28. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Gong Xi
Great Wall of China
Pinyin
55
29. What are dragon dances believed to do?
false
Emperor and Empress
Show emotion
bring in good luck and prosperity
30. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Dessert (Small Heart)
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
31. What is China's currency called?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red
Renminbi Yuan
false
32. What is the official language spoken in China?
red
Mandarin Chinese
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
33. Most people live in the_______of China
wife or husband
East
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Tea (Cha)
34. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
the lantern celebration
title
1600
multiple
35. What is the highest mountain in China?
Show emotion
Dragon Boat Festival
Mt. Everest
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
36. What are the five official religions of China?
cat
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mao Zedong
Taiwan - Hong Kong
37. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Renminbi Yuan
Great Wall of China
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
38. What does the word yellow imply?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
adult content
bring in good luck and prosperity
wife or husband
39. The top three most population cites in China
learned skill
multiple
the lantern celebration
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
40. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
greeting you
the Shaolin Monks
limp and brief
Shuo W
41. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
scare away the evil spirits
just over 8
Afghanistan
42. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Dragon Boat Festival
15
Hin Jintao
Dessert (Small Heart)
43. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Dessert (Small Heart)
Parts of Chinese characters
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
44. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Emperor and Empress
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
cat
limp and brief
45. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
cash
you could wipe away your good fortune
greeting you
Show emotion
46. What economy does China have?
Chinese Americans in USA
communist
the lantern celebration
Hong Kong
47. What is the money China called?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
adult content
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
48. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Sun Zi ??
Television
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Inflate your prices
49. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Great Wall of China
Hin Jintao
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
50. Where is the Great Wall?
Sun Zi ??
Noodle (Mi
Dragon Boat Festival
NE quadrant