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Chinese Culture
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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. What does renminbi mean?
2. When is China's National Day?
Face to Face
October 1st
xu Sh
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
3. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Emperor and Empress
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Renminbi Yuan
people's money
4. What is the money China called?
Nihao! Zenme y
NE quadrant
Emperor and Empress
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
5. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Renminbi Yuan
xu Sh
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
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
6. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Shuo W
Emperor and Empress
East
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
7. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Atheism
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
cat
Peach (T
8. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Tray of Togetherness
Show emotion
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Yangzi
9. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Most senior ranking attendee
Inflate your prices
10. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Face to Face
about 275 lbs.
scare away the evil spirits
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
11. What is the longest river in China?
red
Yangzi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong Kong
12. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
multiple
Han
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
13. What does Kung Fu mean?
Mao Zedong
Dragon Boat Festival
Taiwan
learned skill
14. The population in Mainland China is
Tray of Togetherness
people's money
1.3 Billion
Beijing
15. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
1.3 Billion
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Beijing
Mao Zedong
16. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Tray of Togetherness
Emperor and Empress
2500
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
17. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Mandarin Chinese
just over 8
Fourth
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
18. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
just over 8
19. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
you could wipe away your good fortune
white rice
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
China - Signapore
20. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
wife or husband
Face to Face
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
cash
21. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Red and Yellow
1600
Television
22. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Peach (T
Noodle (Mi
you could wipe away your good fortune
23. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red
white rice
her own last name
24. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Great Wall of China
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
the Spring Festival
25. What are the red envelopes called?
Taiwan
Hong boa or Lai see
2
Red and Yellow
26. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Great Wall of China
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong Kong
27. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Tray of Togetherness
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
28. What is the highest mountain in China?
Shuo W
Most senior ranking attendee
Mt. Everest
noodles
29. What are the four great invention of China?
Great Wall of China
bring in good luck and prosperity
East
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
30. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Mao Zedong
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
just over 8
Nihao! Zenme y
31. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Tea (Cha)
2500
Emperor and Empress
people's money
32. Where is the Great Wall?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Afghanistan
NE quadrant
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
33. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
cash
Most senior ranking attendee
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
East
34. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
35. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Bamboo leaves
people's money
36. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
with both hands
Tray of Togetherness
True
37. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
4
Hin Jintao
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
38. Chinese New year is also known as what?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
China - Signapore
the Spring Festival
Most senior ranking attendee
39. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
title
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tea (Cha)
the lantern celebration
40. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
about 275 lbs.
15
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Face to Face
41. What does 'radical' means?
Face to Face
Parts of Chinese characters
you could wipe away your good fortune
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
42. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Inflate your prices
Tea (Cha)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
43. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Dragon Boat Festival
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
wife or husband
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
44. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
Sun Zi ??
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tray of Togetherness
45. What are the four treasures of the study (w
false
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Yangzi
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
46. Name a public holiday that China has.
47. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
about 275 lbs.
1.3 Billion
xu Sh
48. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Chinese Americans in USA
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Bamboo leaves
Mao Zedong
49. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
2
cash
Signature
50. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
False
Black ??
red
Mao Zedong