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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. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Han
Television
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
NE quadrant
2. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Mao Zedong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
1.3 Billion
3. When is China's National Day?
1600
Fortune cookies
October 1st
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
4. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
limp and brief
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
2
5. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
red
Face to Face
6. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Peach (T
False
Most senior ranking attendee
15
7. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
the lantern celebration
NE quadrant
4
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
8. What economy does China have?
False
communist
1600
2
9. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
False
Bamboo leaves
Mt. Everest
10. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
1600
Dragon Boat Festival
multiple
11. What was the Great Wall originally built?
limp and brief
Han
October 1st
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
12. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Black ??
False
Inflate your prices
13. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Signature
1600
Pinyin
14. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mandarin Chinese
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
15. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
2
Atheism
greeting you
16. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
red
title
white rice
Face to Face
17. What flower represents courage and hope?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Bamboo leaves
Shuo W
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
18. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Shaolin Monks
white rice
Most senior ranking attendee
the Spring Festival
19. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
her own last name
bring in good luck and prosperity
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Beijing
20. What is the highest mountain in China?
xu Sh
people's money
Great Wall of China
Mt. Everest
21. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Bamboo leaves
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Shuo W
22. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
23. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
cash
Hong Kong
True
24. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
bring in good luck and prosperity
4
about 275 lbs.
just over 8
25. What are the four great invention of China?
the lantern celebration
China - Signapore
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
15
26. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
scare away the evil spirits
Bamboo leaves
1600
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
27. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Han
Afghanistan
just over 8
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
28. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
adult content
2500
Show emotion
29. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Hong Kong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tea (Cha)
1600
30. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Hin Jintao
Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
Tray of Togetherness
31. A handshake in China often is ...
Han
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
limp and brief
Face to Face
32. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Sun Zi ??
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Han
with both hands
33. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
about 275 lbs.
Shuo W
false
34. What color is considered lucky?
red
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
limp and brief
35. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Han
Fourth
Tray of Togetherness
Peach (T
36. How many Chinese characters are there
Fourth
cat
red
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
37. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Gong Xi
scare away the evil spirits
Bamboo leaves
38. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
title
Emperor and Empress
about 275 lbs.
Face to Face
39. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
NE quadrant
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Mandarin Chinese
40. What are dragon dances believed to do?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
limp and brief
white rice
bring in good luck and prosperity
41. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
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
Yangzi
Hin Jintao
42. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Parts of Chinese characters
Gong Xi
Black ??
43. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
False
44. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
xu Sh
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
45. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Taiwan
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Yangzi
46. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Dragon Boat Festival
Han
47. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
the Spring Festival
Mao Zedong
2
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
48. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Tea (Cha)
NE quadrant
Gong Xi
Noodle (Mi
49. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
2500
Shuo W
October 1st
50. What are the red envelopes called?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Sun Zi ??
noodles
Hong boa or Lai see