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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. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Hin Jintao
Han
cash
Taiwan
2. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Dessert (Small Heart)
October 1st
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fourth
3. Where is the Great Wall?
Tea (Cha)
NE quadrant
learned skill
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
4. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Noodle (Mi
October 1st
the lantern celebration
Bamboo leaves
5. What is a very popular food?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
2500
white rice
Face to Face
6. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
white rice
cash
4
7. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Gong Xi
Noodle (Mi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
2
8. What are the four great invention of China?
greeting you
Most senior ranking attendee
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
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
9. A handshake in China often 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
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
East
limp and brief
10. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Most senior ranking attendee
4
Mao Zedong
Sun Zi ??
11. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Han
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
false
12. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
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
Atheism
Han
cash
13. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
the Spring Festival
56 (including Han)
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Taiwan
14. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Hong Kong
55
Tea (Cha)
Tray of Togetherness
15. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Atheism
Emperor and Empress
Tea (Cha)
16. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
adult content
false
Show emotion
17. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
wife or husband
Bamboo leaves
Red and Yellow
True
18. How did Kung Fu start?
Yangzi
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Hong Kong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
19. What are the five official religions of China?
Sun Zi ??
China - Signapore
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
title
20. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
cat
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
bring in good luck and prosperity
21. What the three common Chinese greetings?
55
Nihao! Zenme y
Shuo W
Taiwan
22. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Mandarin Chinese
Emperor and Empress
Hong Kong
Gong Xi
23. What is the state religion in China?
Show emotion
Atheism
Fortune cookies
1600
24. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Chinese Americans in USA
Shuo W
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Tray of Togetherness
25. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Parts of Chinese characters
false
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
2500
26. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
NE quadrant
Great Wall of China
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
27. What is China's currency called?
Tray of Togetherness
Renminbi Yuan
you could wipe away your good fortune
Red and Yellow
28. What are lion dances believed to do?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
scare away the evil spirits
Bamboo leaves
29. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Mandarin Chinese
learned skill
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
about 275 lbs.
30. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Bamboo leaves
greeting you
Most senior ranking attendee
31. List some Chinese foods.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Dragon Boat Festival
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
32. What are the red envelopes called?
Sun Zi ??
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
the Spring Festival
Hong boa or Lai see
33. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
1600
Mao Zedong
about 275 lbs.
the Shaolin Monks
34. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
you could wipe away your good fortune
NE quadrant
just over 8
greeting you
35. How many Chinese characters are there
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the lantern celebration
Hong Kong
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
36. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
False
Fortune cookies
adult content
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
37. What flower represents courage and hope?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
with both hands
Hin Jintao
38. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Show emotion
just over 8
Face to Face
4
39. What does renminbi mean?
40. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Mandarin Chinese
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Sun Zi ??
41. What is the longest river in China?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Chinese Americans in USA
Shuo W
Yangzi
42. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
Gong Xi
China - Signapore
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
43. What economy does China have?
Television
Beijing
Gong Xi
communist
44. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
with both hands
her own last name
Gong Xi
Inflate your prices
45. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Hong Kong
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
her own last name
bring in good luck and prosperity
46. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Hin Jintao
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
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
47. List some Chinese inventions.
Nihao! Zenme y
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mandarin Chinese
Black ??
48. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Mt. Everest
the lantern celebration
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
49. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Nihao! Zenme y
Black ??
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
title
50. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
about 275 lbs.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow