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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. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
red
2. What does Kung Fu mean?
red
learned skill
56 (including Han)
Show emotion
3. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Tray of Togetherness
Most senior ranking attendee
white rice
Mao Zedong
4. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
greeting you
2
2500
5. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
15
True
Signature
2
6. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
scare away the evil spirits
Hong boa or Lai see
Dragon Boat Festival
bring in good luck and prosperity
7. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
about 275 lbs.
just over 8
Mao Zedong
8. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Hong Kong
Mandarin Chinese
Dessert (Small Heart)
xu Sh
9. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Shuo W
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
10. There are often what main courses?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the Spring Festival
multiple
limp and brief
11. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
East
1600
multiple
12. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Afghanistan
Yangzi
13. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
communist
learned skill
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
14. How did Kung Fu start?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
noodles
Pinyin
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
15. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Renminbi Yuan
Nihao! Zenme y
Mao Zedong
Fourth
16. Where does the Giant Panda live?
bring in good luck and prosperity
title
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Tea (Cha)
17. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Yangzi
Bamboo leaves
Black ??
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
18. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
wife or husband
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Yangzi
Tea (Cha)
19. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Noodle (Mi
Tray of Togetherness
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
20. What are the four great invention of China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
15
China - Signapore
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
21. ____________ were not invented in China?
cash
Fortune cookies
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
22. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
October 1st
Signature
scare away the evil spirits
23. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Red and Yellow
Nihao! Zenme y
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
24. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Emperor and Empress
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
wife or husband
25. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
2500
greeting you
Face to Face
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
26. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
2500
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
bring in good luck and prosperity
27. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Han
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
greeting you
Dragon Boat Festival
28. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Black ??
Fourth
2
Fortune cookies
29. What economy does China have?
communist
limp and brief
with both hands
cash
30. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
xu Sh
Emperor and Empress
Yangzi
31. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
title
just over 8
limp and brief
32. What does renminbi mean?
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33. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Hong Kong
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the lantern celebration
Tea (Cha)
34. List some Chinese inventions.
2
1600
False
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
35. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Inflate your prices
36. What is the official language spoken in China?
Shuo W
Mandarin Chinese
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
people's money
37. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Dessert (Small Heart)
55
Television
Chinese Americans in USA
38. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Great Wall of China
False
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
October 1st
39. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Renminbi Yuan
xu Sh
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Television
40. What flower represents courage and hope?
Hong boa or Lai see
Shuo W
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
41. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Han
about 275 lbs.
Afghanistan
42. 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
about 275 lbs.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
you could wipe away your good fortune
43. How should one receive business cards?
limp and brief
with both hands
Peach (T
Tea (Cha)
44. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Gong Xi
false
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
cat
45. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Television
Hin Jintao
1.3 Billion
46. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Parts of Chinese characters
wife or husband
Bamboo leaves
Atheism
47. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Mao Zedong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Black ??
56 (including Han)
48. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Show emotion
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mandarin Chinese
Renminbi Yuan
49. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Emperor and Empress
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
cat
50. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
False
Most senior ranking attendee
scare away the evil spirits
Great Wall of China