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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 festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
China - Signapore
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
2. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Han
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Pinyin
scare away the evil spirits
3. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Inflate your prices
communist
cat
4. The population in Mainland China is
2500
1.3 Billion
China - Signapore
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
5. What does the word yellow imply?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
adult content
6. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
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
about 275 lbs.
just over 8
Mao Zedong
7. The largest ethnic group in China is called
scare away the evil spirits
with both hands
Hin Jintao
Han
8. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
noodles
Shuo W
NE quadrant
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
9. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
about 275 lbs.
Emperor and Empress
false
10. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
bring in good luck and prosperity
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
people's money
Inflate your prices
11. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Emperor and Empress
2500
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
limp and brief
12. What are lion dances believed to do?
Hin Jintao
scare away the evil spirits
Inflate your prices
2
13. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
1.3 Billion
Han
just over 8
14. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
false
Dessert (Small Heart)
learned skill
15. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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16. What is a very popular food?
Black ??
white rice
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2500
17. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
cash
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Dragon Boat Festival
18. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
cat
Most senior ranking attendee
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Taiwan
19. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
NE quadrant
Signature
Mao Zedong
adult content
20. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
people's money
Mt. Everest
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Beijing
21. What are dragon dances believed to do?
just over 8
Black ??
bring in good luck and prosperity
limp and brief
22. What is the longest river in China?
just over 8
56 (including Han)
Yangzi
False
23. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
East
Bamboo leaves
noodles
24. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Television
Fourth
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Show emotion
25. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
her own last name
Renminbi Yuan
Dessert (Small Heart)
26. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Peach (T
Mt. Everest
Tea (Cha)
Inflate your prices
27. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
with both hands
2
Noodle (Mi
True
28. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
greeting you
cat
True
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
29. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Beijing
Peach (T
her own last name
30. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
2500
Chinese Americans in USA
Tea (Cha)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
31. There are often what main courses?
multiple
Gong Xi
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
cat
32. What economy does China have?
Mao Zedong
communist
cash
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
33. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
scare away the evil spirits
limp and brief
34. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Inflate your prices
15
about 275 lbs.
Pinyin
35. China shares a border with
greeting you
Afghanistan
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
56 (including Han)
36. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Emperor and Empress
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
15
false
37. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Beijing
Black ??
cat
38. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
NE quadrant
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Hong Kong
Great Wall of China
39. What was the Great Wall originally built?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
title
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the lantern celebration
40. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
wife or husband
communist
the Shaolin Monks
41. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Afghanistan
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Face to Face
Most senior ranking attendee
42. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Inflate your prices
Han
Afghanistan
43. The author of 'The Art of War' is
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
NE quadrant
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Sun Zi ??
44. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
4
the lantern celebration
Yangzi
45. How many Chinese characters are there
Signature
the Shaolin Monks
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
46. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
Noodle (Mi
Mandarin Chinese
you could wipe away your good fortune
47. How should one receive business cards?
wife or husband
with both hands
people's money
cat
48. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
about 275 lbs.
Hin Jintao
Gong Xi
Atheism
49. And the traditional form of characters is used in
NE quadrant
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
50. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Mt. Everest
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
limp and brief
Han