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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. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
the Shaolin Monks
about 275 lbs.
Beijing
2. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tea (Cha)
people's money
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
3. There are often what main courses?
multiple
adult content
Face to Face
Dragon Boat Festival
4. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Pinyin
false
Bamboo leaves
the Spring Festival
5. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Han
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Beijing
red
6. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Mt. Everest
NE quadrant
Inflate your prices
7. What are the five official religions of China?
xu Sh
Great Wall of China
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
8. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
red
Tray of Togetherness
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
multiple
9. The largest ethnic group in China is called
red
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Han
10. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Bamboo leaves
just over 8
Great Wall of China
11. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
with both hands
Face to Face
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Most senior ranking attendee
12. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Show emotion
title
2
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
13. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Show emotion
the Spring Festival
False
red
14. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Beijing
scare away the evil spirits
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
15. What are the four great invention of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
scare away the evil spirits
limp and brief
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
16. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Renminbi Yuan
about 275 lbs.
learned skill
17. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Beijing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Tea (Cha)
18. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Emperor and Empress
Bamboo leaves
Mao Zedong
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
19. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
False
October 1st
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
20. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Bamboo leaves
Fortune cookies
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
21. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Fourth
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
22. What are the four treasures of the study (w
China - Signapore
Tray of Togetherness
white rice
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
23. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
learned skill
Most senior ranking attendee
Nihao! Zenme y
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
24. How many Chinese characters are there
learned skill
Signature
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
her own last name
25. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Bamboo leaves
her own last name
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
26. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
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
Chinese Americans in USA
Hong Kong
Yangzi
27. List some Chinese foods.
October 1st
1600
scare away the evil spirits
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
28. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Atheism
noodles
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
limp and brief
29. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Signature
Hin Jintao
Han
30. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
NE quadrant
Peach (T
Beijing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
31. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
communist
Dragon Boat Festival
56 (including Han)
32. What is the state religion in China?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Atheism
2500
Tea (Cha)
33. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Sun Zi ??
2
Signature
4
34. Where is the Great Wall?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
NE quadrant
cat
East
35. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
36. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
you could wipe away your good fortune
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hong Kong
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
37. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
title
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
white rice
Signature
38. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2500
just over 8
39. A handshake in China often is ...
Most senior ranking attendee
2500
limp and brief
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
40. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Peach (T
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Signature
Red and Yellow
41. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Sun Zi ??
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Noodle (Mi
True
42. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Television
East
Peach (T
43. What is a very popular food?
white rice
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hin Jintao
learned skill
44. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
2
Beijing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
45. What are lion dances believed to do?
Pinyin
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
scare away the evil spirits
False
46. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Show emotion
Yangzi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Afghanistan
47. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
1600
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
48. What is the highest mountain in China?
Beijing
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mt. Everest
white rice
49. What is the national drink for Chinese?
people's money
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Tea (Cha)
Gong Xi
50. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Gong Xi
Face to Face
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong Kong