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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. List some Chinese inventions.
Noodle (Mi
noodles
wife or husband
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2. China shares a border with
Pinyin
Afghanistan
Shuo W
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
3. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
red
Bamboo leaves
Fortune cookies
scare away the evil spirits
4. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
NE quadrant
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Bamboo leaves
5. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Atheism
just over 8
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
6. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Tea (Cha)
Noodle (Mi
communist
Mt. Everest
7. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
greeting you
Emperor and Empress
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
8. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Gong Xi
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Yangzi
9. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2
Mt. Everest
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2500
10. The author of 'The Art of War' is
wife or husband
Sun Zi ??
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
white rice
11. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
1600
xu Sh
2
1.3 Billion
12. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Mt. Everest
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Hong Kong
True
13. ____________ were not invented in China?
the Spring Festival
2
Fortune cookies
Inflate your prices
14. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Hong boa or Lai see
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Black ??
Great Wall of China
15. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Beijing
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
noodles
Dragon Boat Festival
16. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Gong Xi
17. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Show emotion
cash
Black ??
Yangzi
18. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
the lantern celebration
the Spring Festival
Shuo W
19. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
wife or husband
about 275 lbs.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hin Jintao
20. What does Kung Fu mean?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
learned skill
noodles
Great Wall of China
21. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Television
Bamboo leaves
4
22. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
2500
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Show emotion
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.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
xu Sh
October 1st
24. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Pinyin
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
about 275 lbs.
25. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Yangzi
wife or husband
2
26. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Yangzi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Taiwan - Hong Kong
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
27. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
True
Most senior ranking attendee
the Spring Festival
Emperor and Empress
28. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Afghanistan
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
noodles
with both hands
29. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
multiple
with both hands
Dessert (Small Heart)
30. What does renminbi mean?
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31. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Face to Face
Mandarin Chinese
32. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Red and Yellow
Beijing
false
33. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
her own last name
just over 8
55
Bamboo leaves
34. What is a very popular food?
Han
2
white rice
Hong Kong
35. Chinese New year is also known as what?
15
Fortune cookies
the Spring Festival
Gong Xi
36. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Fourth
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
people's money
37. What economy does China have?
55
communist
multiple
Yangzi
38. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Han
false
cat
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
39. What are the five official religions of China?
1.3 Billion
the lantern celebration
with both hands
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
40. What does the word yellow imply?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
greeting you
cat
adult content
41. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Atheism
Gong Xi
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Red and Yellow
42. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Hong Kong
Emperor and Empress
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
43. How did Kung Fu start?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the Spring Festival
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
44. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
the Shaolin Monks
the lantern celebration
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
title
45. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Yangzi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
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
15
46. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
adult content
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
2
47. List some Chinese foods.
Most senior ranking attendee
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Fortune cookies
title
48. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mao Zedong
56 (including Han)
Han
49. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
title
cat
Atheism
50. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
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