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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.
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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 are dragon dances believed to do?
Television
bring in good luck and prosperity
October 1st
Taiwan
2. What color is considered lucky?
Show emotion
Dessert (Small Heart)
2500
red
3. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
limp and brief
scare away the evil spirits
56 (including Han)
just over 8
4. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Red and Yellow
October 1st
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
false
5. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
4
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
6. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Renminbi Yuan
East
Great Wall of China
bring in good luck and prosperity
7. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Mandarin Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
15
red
8. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1.3 Billion
limp and brief
the Shaolin Monks
9. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Emperor and Empress
Show emotion
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
her own last name
10. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Nihao! Zenme y
noodles
Hin Jintao
4
11. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Face to Face
Television
about 275 lbs.
12. And the traditional form of characters is used in
with both hands
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Hin Jintao
13. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
learned skill
multiple
NE quadrant
Inflate your prices
14. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Chinese Americans in USA
Mt. Everest
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
15
15. There are often what main courses?
Mao Zedong
October 1st
multiple
just over 8
16. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Bamboo leaves
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
17. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Sun Zi ??
wife or husband
Noodle (Mi
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
18. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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19. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fourth
Noodle (Mi
20. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Beijing
Noodle (Mi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
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
21. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Beijing
1600
Shuo W
just over 8
22. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mao Zedong
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
23. 'Dim Sum' means
True
Mao Zedong
Dessert (Small Heart)
limp and brief
24. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hong Kong
Tray of Togetherness
Afghanistan
25. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
bring in good luck and prosperity
Taiwan
Chinese Americans in USA
26. What is the longest river in China?
55
cash
Parts of Chinese characters
Yangzi
27. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mao Zedong
cash
Mandarin Chinese
28. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Tray of Togetherness
Fourth
the Shaolin Monks
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
29. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
title
Face to Face
Han
30. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
Emperor and Empress
Television
her own last name
31. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
China - Signapore
Black ??
32. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
Red and Yellow
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
56 (including Han)
33. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hin Jintao
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
xu Sh
34. What is the official language spoken in China?
with both hands
Television
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
35. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
East
greeting you
Fortune cookies
Emperor and Empress
36. A handshake in China often is ...
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
bring in good luck and prosperity
limp and brief
about 275 lbs.
37. What is the highest mountain in China?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
her own last name
Bamboo leaves
Mt. Everest
38. What are the four treasures of the study (w
2500
Great Wall of China
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
noodles
39. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Emperor and Empress
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
40. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
China - Signapore
Nihao! Zenme y
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
41. What does the word yellow imply?
Beijing
adult content
Peach (T
Red and Yellow
42. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
title
Beijing
43. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Signature
communist
Inflate your prices
noodles
44. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Black ??
scare away the evil spirits
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
45. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Han
Television
multiple
46. What is the state religion in China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Atheism
Great Wall of China
47. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hong Kong
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
multiple
48. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Bamboo leaves
56 (including Han)
4
49. List some Chinese inventions.
Nihao! Zenme y
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
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
50. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Han
Gong Xi
Show emotion