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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. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
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
Taiwan
NE quadrant
2. How many Chinese characters are there
Great Wall of China
Shuo W
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Han
3. Which of these things did not originally come from China
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Tea (Cha)
Television
4. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Face to Face
Hin Jintao
Inflate your prices
greeting you
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
the Spring Festival
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Chinese Americans in USA
6. What economy does China have?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
True
communist
Mao Zedong
7. What is a very popular food?
Television
white rice
Black ??
communist
8. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Black ??
her own last name
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
9. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
learned skill
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
wife or husband
10. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Taiwan
Shuo W
cash
Beijing
11. ____________ were not invented in China?
just over 8
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
Fortune cookies
Han
12. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Yangzi
Mao Zedong
Fourth
13. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Tray of Togetherness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the Shaolin Monks
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
14. What is the longest river in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Yangzi
white rice
Dessert (Small Heart)
15. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
white rice
2500
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
16. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
white rice
Black ??
17. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Pinyin
her own last name
the Spring Festival
1.3 Billion
18. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Gong Xi
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Beijing
19. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
wife or husband
you could wipe away your good fortune
Tray of Togetherness
Pinyin
20. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Han
East
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
21. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
with both hands
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hin Jintao
22. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
bring in good luck and prosperity
wife or husband
Renminbi Yuan
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
23. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
False
the Spring Festival
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Dragon Boat Festival
24. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
the Shaolin Monks
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
25. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Show emotion
the lantern celebration
Signature
26. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
just over 8
Red and Yellow
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Most senior ranking attendee
27. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
1600
wife or husband
Hin Jintao
56 (including Han)
28. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Show emotion
Signature
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
29. What color is considered lucky?
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
Renminbi Yuan
red
bring in good luck and prosperity
30. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Black ??
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
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
title
31. What are lion dances believed to do?
Peach (T
false
limp and brief
scare away the evil spirits
32. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
China - Signapore
1600
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
33. There are often what main courses?
Taiwan
the Spring Festival
Television
multiple
34. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Peach (T
Mt. Everest
Han
35. A handshake in China often is ...
False
Han
limp and brief
East
36. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
scare away the evil spirits
Tray of Togetherness
55
Great Wall of China
37. Name a public holiday that China has.
38. Chinese New year is also known as what?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
white rice
Shuo W
the Spring Festival
39. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mao Zedong
noodles
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
40. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
cash
4
Hin Jintao
41. What is the official language spoken in China?
Sun Zi ??
Parts of Chinese characters
Mandarin Chinese
1.3 Billion
42. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
False
greeting you
43. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the lantern celebration
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hin Jintao
44. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
55
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
45. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Atheism
Han
55
you could wipe away your good fortune
46. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
the Spring Festival
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
47. Where is the Great Wall?
Sun Zi ??
Noodle (Mi
NE quadrant
you could wipe away your good fortune
48. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
greeting you
False
Parts of Chinese characters
49. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Face to Face
title
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
50. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
Afghanistan
4
Television