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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. What is the official language spoken in China?
Fortune cookies
Mandarin Chinese
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
white rice
2. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
1.3 Billion
Pinyin
cat
Signature
3. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Atheism
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tea (Cha)
Signature
4. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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5. What does the word yellow imply?
Nihao! Zenme y
Noodle (Mi
adult content
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
6. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
1.3 Billion
Noodle (Mi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
7. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
1.3 Billion
Hong boa or Lai see
False
8. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Tray of Togetherness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
bring in good luck and prosperity
9. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Gong Xi
with both hands
her own last name
Fourth
10. What is the state religion in China?
2500
cat
Dessert (Small Heart)
Atheism
11. How many Chinese characters are there
cash
Shuo W
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
12. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
wife or husband
Dragon Boat Festival
False
13. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
greeting you
True
Hong boa or Lai see
Fortune cookies
14. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
China - Signapore
Show emotion
white rice
15. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
China - Signapore
Show emotion
Chinese Americans in USA
Inflate your prices
16. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
white rice
Shuo W
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Black ??
17. What is the longest river in China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the Spring Festival
white rice
Yangzi
18. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Renminbi Yuan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Black ??
Emperor and Empress
19. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
you could wipe away your good fortune
bring in good luck and prosperity
20. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Tea (Cha)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
NE quadrant
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. List some Chinese foods.
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
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong boa or Lai see
22. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
scare away the evil spirits
Tea (Cha)
her own last name
2500
23. Where is the Great Wall?
xu Sh
with both hands
NE quadrant
greeting you
24. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the lantern celebration
Most senior ranking attendee
Fortune cookies
25. What are the red envelopes called?
Taiwan
False
Hong boa or Lai see
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
26. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Television
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
China - Signapore
27. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
you could wipe away your good fortune
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
learned skill
28. What does 'radical' means?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Parts of Chinese characters
the lantern celebration
29. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
56 (including Han)
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
30. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Taiwan
56 (including Han)
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
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
31. What does Kung Fu mean?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Tea (Cha)
learned skill
Hong Kong
32. The population in Mainland China is
the Shaolin Monks
Parts of Chinese characters
1.3 Billion
xu Sh
33. The Republic of China is located on...
cash
Television
greeting you
Taiwan
34. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
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
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Pinyin
noodles
35. What is the national drink for Chinese?
noodles
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Parts of Chinese characters
Tea (Cha)
36. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Peach (T
37. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Television
Peach (T
title
cat
38. When is China's National Day?
1.3 Billion
October 1st
Renminbi Yuan
55
39. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
you could wipe away your good fortune
True
Han
40. What is China's currency called?
4
noodles
Renminbi Yuan
Sun Zi ??
41. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Parts of Chinese characters
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
just over 8
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
42. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1600
Noodle (Mi
Black ??
43. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
limp and brief
55
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
44. The top three most population cites in China
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Renminbi Yuan
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
East
45. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
Face to Face
October 1st
Tea (Cha)
46. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
47. There are often what main courses?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Mao Zedong
multiple
you could wipe away your good fortune
48. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Pinyin
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
red
49. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
just over 8
Mao Zedong
Hong boa or Lai see
scare away the evil spirits
50. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Great Wall of China
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil