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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






2. List some Chinese inventions.






3. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






4. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?






5. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?






6. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang






7. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






8. Where is the Great Wall?






9. What is the official language spoken in China?






10. What is the longest river in China?






11. What does the word yellow imply?






12. Chinese New year is also known as what?






13. What is a very popular food?






14. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?






15. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)






16. List some Chinese foods.






17. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






18. What are the ancient rulers of China called?






19. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?






20. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?






21. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






22. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?






23. ____________ were not invented in China?






24. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






25. What are lion dances believed to do?






26. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?






27. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?






28. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






29. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






30. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






31. What flower represents courage and hope?






32. China shares a border with






33. What are the five official religions of China?






34. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






35. What are the four treasures of the study (w






36. What are dragon dances believed to do?






37. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called






38. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?






39. What are the four great invention of China?






40. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?






41. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






42. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?






43. The population in Mainland China is






44. Which of these things did not originally come from China






45. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y






46. And the traditional form of characters is used in






47. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.






48. What color is considered lucky?






49. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






50. Most people live in the_______of China