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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
noodles
the lantern celebration
Television
Red and Yellow
2. How many Chinese characters are there
xu Sh
October 1st
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
3. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
Pinyin
Gong Xi
Han
4. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
the Spring Festival
adult content
55
5. What is the highest mountain in China?
Afghanistan
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the Shaolin Monks
Mt. Everest
6. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
the lantern celebration
Great Wall of China
Black ??
False
7. What is the official language spoken in China?
Red and Yellow
title
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mandarin Chinese
8. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Noodle (Mi
Parts of Chinese characters
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
greeting you
9. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Show emotion
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
her own last name
Afghanistan
10. How did Kung Fu start?
greeting you
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
NE quadrant
wife or husband
11. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
1.3 Billion
Mandarin Chinese
Taiwan
Chinese Americans in USA
12. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
cat
2
learned skill
Inflate your prices
13. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Fourth
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
greeting you
14. What is China's currency called?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Chinese Americans in USA
Renminbi Yuan
Nihao! Zenme y
15. There are often what main courses?
title
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
multiple
4
16. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Television
Noodle (Mi
55
multiple
17. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Afghanistan
56 (including Han)
18. What economy does China have?
True
15
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
communist
19. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
East
learned skill
56 (including Han)
Renminbi Yuan
20. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
wife or husband
2500
false
21. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
scare away the evil spirits
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
people's money
Mandarin Chinese
22. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Bamboo leaves
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2500
Signature
23. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
False
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mao Zedong
24. The population in Mainland China is
Hong Kong
Shuo W
1.3 Billion
Inflate your prices
25. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
the Shaolin Monks
Mao Zedong
56 (including Han)
just over 8
26. What flower represents courage and hope?
Mandarin Chinese
the lantern celebration
wife or husband
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
27. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
15
True
28. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Hin Jintao
Mao Zedong
Signature
the Spring Festival
29. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Great Wall of China
Gong Xi
Han
30. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
about 275 lbs.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Most senior ranking attendee
31. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the lantern celebration
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
the Shaolin Monks
Show emotion
32. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
NE quadrant
Most senior ranking attendee
cat
33. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
East
Hong boa or Lai see
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
34. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Yangzi
35. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red
Mandarin Chinese
36. The largest ethnic group in China is called
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Han
Hong boa or Lai see
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
37. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Most senior ranking attendee
Hong boa or Lai see
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
38. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
scare away the evil spirits
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
people's money
Han
39. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
just over 8
4
40. And the traditional form of characters is used in
red
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Dragon Boat Festival
Taiwan - Hong Kong
41. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
scare away the evil spirits
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Emperor and Empress
42. What does 'radical' means?
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Parts of Chinese characters
True
43. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Emperor and Empress
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Dessert (Small Heart)
Black ??
44. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Peach (T
True
Gong Xi
45. What the three common Chinese greetings?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
October 1st
Beijing
Nihao! Zenme y
46. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Chinese Americans in USA
cash
Show emotion
Hin Jintao
47. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tray of Togetherness
limp and brief
bring in good luck and prosperity
48. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Black ??
Tea (Cha)
Signature
49. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
wife or husband
Dessert (Small Heart)
communist
50. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
false
Han
Peach (T