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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 you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
NE quadrant
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
wife or husband
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
2. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
False
just over 8
Great Wall of China
3. What does Kung Fu mean?
Emperor and Empress
learned skill
with both hands
Han
4. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
red
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
5. 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
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
6. A handshake in China often is ...
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
limp and brief
Tray of Togetherness
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
7. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
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
Fortune cookies
Tray of Togetherness
Signature
8. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
True
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Shuo W
xu Sh
9. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
false
Signature
Face to Face
10. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Signature
Inflate your prices
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
11. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Afghanistan
4
wife or husband
12. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
October 1st
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Noodle (Mi
bring in good luck and prosperity
13. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
56 (including Han)
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
China - Signapore
Red and Yellow
14. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Tea (Cha)
Bamboo leaves
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
15. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Black ??
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
16. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
56 (including Han)
Signature
her own last name
1600
17. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
Gong Xi
Yangzi
China - Signapore
18. What economy does China have?
October 1st
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1.3 Billion
communist
19. What is China's currency called?
Inflate your prices
1.3 Billion
Sun Zi ??
Renminbi Yuan
20. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Emperor and Empress
Television
cat
Dessert (Small Heart)
21. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Face to Face
1.3 Billion
multiple
22. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Hong Kong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dessert (Small Heart)
23. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Tea (Cha)
Han
Hin Jintao
Black ??
24. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
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
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
2
15
25. What does the word yellow imply?
Most senior ranking attendee
adult content
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mandarin Chinese
26. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Hong boa or Lai see
Tea (Cha)
Face to Face
Mao Zedong
27. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Renminbi Yuan
Nihao! Zenme y
Atheism
Mandarin Chinese
28. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Gong Xi
Dessert (Small Heart)
you could wipe away your good fortune
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
29. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Sun Zi ??
East
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
30. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
title
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Great Wall of China
Han
31. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Pinyin
Parts of Chinese characters
Renminbi Yuan
32. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
1.3 Billion
noodles
false
Shuo W
33. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Signature
Beijing
Show emotion
34. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
cat
October 1st
just over 8
35. Where is the Great Wall?
limp and brief
greeting you
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
NE quadrant
36. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
56 (including Han)
Gong Xi
Noodle (Mi
37. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
adult content
you could wipe away your good fortune
38. Chinese New year is also known as what?
white rice
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
Mandarin Chinese
39. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Mandarin Chinese
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Hin Jintao
True
40. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Sun Zi ??
Parts of Chinese characters
41. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
learned skill
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Face to Face
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
42. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Television
Great Wall of China
1.3 Billion
43. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Television
bring in good luck and prosperity
15
44. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
2
title
False
Han
45. The author of 'The Art of War' is
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
Dragon Boat Festival
Fourth
Sun Zi ??
46. What is the money China called?
4
yuan - renminbi in 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
title
47. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Dessert (Small Heart)
Beijing
Han
Fourth
48. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Beijing
limp and brief
4
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
49. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
cash
Renminbi Yuan
50. And the traditional form of characters is used in
learned skill
adult content
Taiwan - Hong Kong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money