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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
wife or husband
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
2500
Chinese Americans in USA
2. Name a public holiday that China has.
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3. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
false
Mao Zedong
Show emotion
Sun Zi ??
4. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
True
just over 8
Parts of Chinese characters
5. What are the four treasures of the study (w
false
cat
Tray of Togetherness
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
6. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Taiwan
China - Signapore
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
1.3 Billion
7. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
red
56 (including Han)
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Black ??
8. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
her own last name
1600
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
9. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Yangzi
the Spring Festival
noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
10. What does renminbi mean?
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11. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Gong Xi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
12. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Pinyin
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
wife or husband
13. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Red and Yellow
Chinese Americans in USA
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Taiwan
14. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Parts of Chinese characters
Hong Kong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
with both hands
15. The largest ethnic group in China is called
False
multiple
Han
about 275 lbs.
16. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Peach (T
greeting you
xu Sh
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
17. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
limp and brief
title
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Shuo W
18. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
red
1.3 Billion
Gong Xi
19. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
1.3 Billion
Hong boa or Lai see
the Shaolin Monks
Gong Xi
20. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
noodles
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the Shaolin Monks
21. How should one receive business cards?
adult content
Nihao! Zenme y
with both hands
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
22. There are often what main courses?
communist
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
multiple
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
23. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Hong Kong
the lantern celebration
Renminbi Yuan
24. A handshake in China often is ...
greeting you
1.3 Billion
limp and brief
adult content
25. Some animals that make their homes in China.
the Shaolin Monks
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Sun Zi ??
26. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Bamboo leaves
56 (including Han)
Show emotion
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
27. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Atheism
Chinese Americans in USA
greeting you
adult content
28. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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29. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
just over 8
Atheism
55
noodles
30. What flower represents courage and hope?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
noodles
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
bring in good luck and prosperity
31. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
Noodle (Mi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
32. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
cat
Mandarin Chinese
Most senior ranking attendee
just over 8
33. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Renminbi Yuan
bring in good luck and prosperity
Fourth
False
34. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
greeting you
Parts of Chinese characters
Show emotion
35. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Most senior ranking attendee
True
Mao Zedong
36. What was the Great Wall originally built?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Parts of Chinese characters
Yangzi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
37. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
with both hands
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
just over 8
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
38. The Republic of China is located on...
Hong boa or Lai see
the Shaolin Monks
Pinyin
Taiwan
39. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Han
with both hands
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
40. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
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
Pinyin
about 275 lbs.
41. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Pinyin
the Spring Festival
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
42. Where is the Great Wall?
Yangzi
NE quadrant
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the Spring Festival
43. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
greeting you
Emperor and Empress
Atheism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
44. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
scare away the evil spirits
Great Wall of China
4
Emperor and Empress
45. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
learned skill
false
Sun Zi ??
46. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Shuo W
Fortune cookies
Taiwan
47. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Black ??
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Peach (T
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
48. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
15
Han
cash
Pinyin
49. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
with both hands
50. List some Chinese foods.
multiple
noodles
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