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Chinese Culture
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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 not do during a business meeting?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Fourth
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Show emotion
2. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
2
1600
Hin Jintao
Emperor and Empress
3. What flower represents courage and hope?
Hong boa or Lai see
Bamboo leaves
Emperor and Empress
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
4. What economy does China have?
56 (including Han)
China - Signapore
15
communist
5. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Face to Face
just over 8
Yangzi
Red and Yellow
6. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Hong boa or Lai see
Black ??
Dragon Boat Festival
Taiwan
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
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the Spring Festival
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
8. Where does the Giant Panda live?
East
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the Shaolin Monks
9. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
October 1st
cash
China - Signapore
Pinyin
10. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Taiwan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
11. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
East
cash
Tea (Cha)
Han
12. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the lantern celebration
Renminbi Yuan
1600
13. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
with both hands
Parts of Chinese characters
Emperor and Empress
14. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Signature
Gong Xi
Mao Zedong
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
15. The largest ethnic group in China is called
people's money
Most senior ranking attendee
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Han
16. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
limp and brief
Atheism
17. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pinyin
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
55
18. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
white rice
cash
Fourth
Dessert (Small Heart)
19. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
October 1st
about 275 lbs.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Parts of Chinese characters
20. How should one receive business cards?
Gong Xi
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
with both hands
noodles
21. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Atheism
Bamboo leaves
cat
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
22. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Television
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
noodles
23. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
limp and brief
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
scare away the evil spirits
4
24. What are lion dances believed to do?
Great Wall of China
scare away the evil spirits
Tea (Cha)
True
25. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
with both hands
title
China - Signapore
26. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
the Shaolin Monks
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
27. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Bamboo leaves
Mao Zedong
Hong Kong
28. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
wife or husband
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
29. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Chinese Americans in USA
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
30. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2500
Mao Zedong
31. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
communist
Peach (T
32. What are the five official religions of China?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Han
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
33. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
2
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Chinese Americans in USA
34. What is a very popular food?
the Spring Festival
white rice
noodles
limp and brief
35. China shares a border with
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
limp and brief
Afghanistan
Great Wall of China
36. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
false
Noodle (Mi
Gong Xi
adult content
37. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Signature
Black ??
Emperor and Empress
38. What is China's currency called?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
wife or husband
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Renminbi Yuan
39. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
her own last name
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Sun Zi ??
False
40. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Atheism
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Dragon Boat Festival
41. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hin Jintao
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
42. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fourth
Mandarin Chinese
white rice
43. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Shuo W
1600
44. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Han
Show emotion
15
Face to Face
45. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Hin Jintao
Tray of Togetherness
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
46. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
55
Renminbi Yuan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
47. What are the red envelopes called?
about 275 lbs.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Hong boa or Lai see
48. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
multiple
Fourth
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
49. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Dessert (Small Heart)
1.3 Billion
false
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
50. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
cat
Afghanistan
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