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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
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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. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?






2. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






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






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






5. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






6. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






7. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






8. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






9. What flower represents courage and hope?






10. When is China's National Day?






11. What is the national drink for Chinese?






12. There are often what main courses?






13. What color is considered lucky?






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






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






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






17. And the traditional form of characters is used in






18. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?






19. What is the money China called?






20. What are the red envelopes called?






21. Where is the Great Wall?






22. What are dragon dances believed to do?






23. The author of 'The Art of War' is






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






25. The top three most population cites in China






26. How should one receive business cards?






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






28. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?






29. China shares a border with






30. What colors are on the Chinese flag?






31. The Republic of China is located on...






32. What are the four great invention of China?






33. Some animals that make their homes in China.






34. What does 'radical' means?






35. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year






36. The population in Mainland China is






37. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949






38. A handshake in China often is ...






39. ____________ were not invented in China?






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






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






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






43. 'Dim Sum' means






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






45. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :






46. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






47. What is the 12 zodiac sign?






48. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






49. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






50. What was the Great Wall originally built?