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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. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
East
Face to Face
Nihao! Zenme y
2. Which of these things did not originally come from China
title
bring in good luck and prosperity
Television
55
3. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Signature
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
communist
4. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
China - Signapore
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Peach (T
5. What does renminbi mean?
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6. What is a very popular food?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Face to Face
just over 8
white rice
7. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
the lantern celebration
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
1600
cash
8. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Sun Zi ??
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
9. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Television
56 (including Han)
Shuo W
10. What is the state religion in China?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hin Jintao
Atheism
11. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
wife or husband
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
multiple
12. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
title
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
15
13. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Hong boa or Lai see
14. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Mao Zedong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Inflate your prices
Black ??
15. What is the money China called?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mao Zedong
16. Chinese New year is also known as what?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
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
the Spring Festival
Yangzi
17. What are the red envelopes called?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong boa or Lai see
wife or husband
1.3 Billion
18. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
the lantern celebration
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Show emotion
cat
19. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
East
Emperor and Empress
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
her own last name
20. What are the four great invention of China?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Yangzi
False
21. Some animals that make their homes in China.
cash
2500
Tea (Cha)
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
22. A handshake in China often is ...
false
China - Signapore
limp and brief
just over 8
23. What color is considered lucky?
red
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Hin Jintao
4
24. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Show emotion
Great Wall of China
learned skill
25. What are dragon dances believed to do?
cash
white rice
bring in good luck and prosperity
multiple
26. And the traditional form of characters is used in
limp and brief
Inflate your prices
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Dessert (Small Heart)
27. What economy does China have?
scare away the evil spirits
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Fortune cookies
communist
28. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
cash
Red and Yellow
red
29. What is the longest river in China?
Hong Kong
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Yangzi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
30. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
2500
31. How should one receive business cards?
Black ??
with both hands
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Signature
32. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Afghanistan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Peach (T
1600
33. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Nihao! Zenme y
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Bamboo leaves
False
34. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2
cat
55
35. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
just over 8
55
false
36. List some Chinese foods.
15
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Red and Yellow
37. What is the national drink for Chinese?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Tea (Cha)
1600
limp and brief
38. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
China - Signapore
Noodle (Mi
adult content
39. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
adult content
Television
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
40. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
with both hands
China - Signapore
greeting you
Renminbi Yuan
41. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Peach (T
noodles
xu Sh
42. The population in Mainland China is
Hong boa or Lai see
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1.3 Billion
43. What is China's currency called?
the Spring Festival
her own last name
Renminbi Yuan
Pinyin
44. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Most senior ranking attendee
communist
45. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
the lantern celebration
4
Show emotion
46. ____________ were not invented in China?
Hong Kong
Fortune cookies
Parts of Chinese characters
Dragon Boat Festival
47. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Parts of Chinese characters
48. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
communist
49. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
15
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
noodles
50. What was the Great Wall originally built?
October 1st
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Black ??