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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.
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. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
Bamboo leaves
the lantern celebration
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
2. What the three common Chinese greetings?
people's money
Nihao! Zenme y
Hin Jintao
Han
3. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Show emotion
cash
Parts of Chinese characters
4. The author of 'The Art of War' is
you could wipe away your good fortune
Sun Zi ??
bring in good luck and prosperity
Chinese Americans in USA
5. A handshake in China often is ...
1.3 Billion
Show emotion
Fortune cookies
limp and brief
6. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Gong Xi
Taiwan
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Dragon Boat Festival
7. 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
Most senior ranking attendee
Mandarin Chinese
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
8. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
2500
Tea (Cha)
Pinyin
9. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
wife or husband
Red and Yellow
Renminbi Yuan
Pinyin
10. Most people live in the_______of China
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hong boa or Lai see
East
about 275 lbs.
11. What does the word yellow imply?
Chinese Americans in USA
Beijing
adult content
limp and brief
12. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
learned skill
2
Gong Xi
2500
13. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Hin Jintao
Yangzi
false
14. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Noodle (Mi
2
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
15. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
October 1st
you could wipe away your good fortune
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
4
16. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
China - Signapore
17. 'Dim Sum' means
Hin Jintao
Han
cat
Dessert (Small Heart)
18. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
noodles
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Black ??
you could wipe away your good fortune
19. There are often what main courses?
Han
Atheism
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
multiple
20. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
with both hands
Show emotion
just over 8
15
21. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Pinyin
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Chinese Americans in USA
22. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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23. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Face to Face
white rice
24. What are the four great invention of China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
56 (including Han)
Television
25. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mao Zedong
Emperor and Empress
Atheism
26. What is China's currency called?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Bamboo leaves
55
Renminbi Yuan
27. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Most senior ranking attendee
China - Signapore
October 1st
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
28. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
2500
Chinese Americans in USA
Parts of Chinese characters
29. What is the highest mountain in China?
xu Sh
1.3 Billion
True
Mt. Everest
30. How did Kung Fu start?
Pinyin
Bamboo leaves
learned skill
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
31. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
just over 8
the lantern celebration
Tea (Cha)
false
32. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
just over 8
Atheism
Beijing
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
33. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Hong Kong
the lantern celebration
limp and brief
the Spring Festival
34. What is the state religion in China?
Sun Zi ??
Atheism
Hong boa or Lai see
white rice
35. Name a public holiday that China has.
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36. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
the Spring Festival
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
Red and Yellow
56 (including Han)
37. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Pinyin
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Gong Xi
Han
38. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Renminbi Yuan
multiple
Dragon Boat Festival
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
39. List some Chinese inventions.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
limp and brief
True
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
40. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Han
the Spring Festival
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
41. When is China's National Day?
East
October 1st
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
xu Sh
42. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Parts of Chinese characters
wife or husband
title
43. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Great Wall of China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
adult content
Fortune cookies
44. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
East
her own last name
1.3 Billion
45. What is a very popular food?
1600
Emperor and Empress
56 (including Han)
white rice
46. The top three most population cites in China
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Parts of Chinese characters
Mao Zedong
47. What is the official language spoken in China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mandarin Chinese
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
with both hands
48. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
learned skill
just over 8
Black ??
49. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
2
China - Signapore
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Inflate your prices
50. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Beijing
56 (including Han)
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone