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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Chinese New year is also known as what?






2. What are the five official religions of China?






3. A handshake in China often is ...






4. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






5. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)






6. How should one receive business cards?






7. What the three common Chinese greetings?






8. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






9. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






10. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?






11. What is the state religion in China?






12. ____________ were not invented in China?






13. What are the red envelopes called?






14. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?






15. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






16. What was the Great Wall originally built?






17. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y






18. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?






19. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :






20. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






21. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.






22. What is the money China called?






23. List some Chinese foods.






24. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?






25. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






26. Most people live in the_______of China






27. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






28. What are lion dances believed to do?






29. The population in Mainland China is






30. What color is considered lucky?






31. China shares a border with






32. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






33. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called






34. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949






35. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?






36. Where is the Great Wall?






37. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?






38. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?






39. What colors are on the Chinese flag?






40. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






41. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?






42. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?






43. Which of these things did not originally come from China






44. What does Kung Fu mean?






45. What are the ancient rulers of China called?






46. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang






47. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?






48. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?






49. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






50. 'Dim Sum' means