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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
about 275 lbs.
red
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2. Where is the Great Wall?
Sun Zi ??
NE quadrant
Shuo W
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
3. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Black ??
cat
False
Han
4. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Emperor and Empress
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
5. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
limp and brief
6. What is the national drink for Chinese?
China - Signapore
with both hands
Tea (Cha)
cash
7. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Mandarin Chinese
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
multiple
8. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Television
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Han
9. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Face to Face
NE quadrant
wife or husband
Inflate your prices
10. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Mao Zedong
with both hands
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
11. What does Kung Fu mean?
Han
Noodle (Mi
Han
learned skill
12. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
True
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Gong Xi
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
13. There are often what main courses?
the Shaolin Monks
multiple
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
True
14. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
cash
the Shaolin Monks
4
Dragon Boat Festival
15. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
her own last name
greeting you
Bamboo leaves
Emperor and Empress
16. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Beijing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Inflate your prices
China - Signapore
17. Name a public holiday that China has.
18. What is the official language spoken in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mandarin Chinese
cat
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
19. What does 'radical' means?
cash
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Parts of Chinese characters
False
20. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
white rice
greeting you
False
Chinese Americans in USA
21. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Renminbi Yuan
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
about 275 lbs.
22. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Renminbi Yuan
multiple
greeting you
Signature
23. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
1600
4
Dragon Boat Festival
24. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Yangzi
just over 8
Pinyin
55
25. What is the longest river in China?
Sun Zi ??
Hong Kong
Yangzi
greeting you
26. What is a very popular food?
Beijing
East
Atheism
white rice
27. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Renminbi Yuan
just over 8
4
28. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Han
Nihao! Zenme y
NE quadrant
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
29. What is the money China called?
15
Great Wall of China
October 1st
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
30. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Sun Zi ??
Nihao! Zenme y
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
31. What are the red envelopes called?
learned skill
Hong boa or Lai see
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
noodles
32. The population in Mainland China is
1600
4
1.3 Billion
red
33. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
her own last name
the lantern celebration
Dessert (Small Heart)
noodles
34. What economy does China have?
communist
1600
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the Shaolin Monks
35. And the traditional form of characters is used in
greeting you
Taiwan - Hong Kong
noodles
the Spring Festival
36. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
about 275 lbs.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Inflate your prices
37. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Afghanistan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
False
38. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Bamboo leaves
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Noodle (Mi
Yangzi
39. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong boa or Lai see
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
40. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
false
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hong Kong
multiple
41. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
wife or husband
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Peach (T
42. How did Kung Fu start?
false
Parts of Chinese characters
title
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
43. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
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
Signature
44. List some Chinese inventions.
title
white rice
Most senior ranking attendee
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
45. What is China's currency called?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Tea (Cha)
Renminbi Yuan
46. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Signature
about 275 lbs.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the lantern celebration
47. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
East
Mao Zedong
Signature
48. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
1600
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
white rice
49. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
50. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Hin Jintao
Black ??
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
xu Sh