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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. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Gong Xi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Han
Afghanistan
2. What is a very popular food?
white rice
her own last name
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
3. The Republic of China is located on...
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Fortune cookies
Taiwan
4. Name a public holiday that China has.
5. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Fortune cookies
cat
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
6. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
7. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
1.3 Billion
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong Kong
8. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
56 (including Han)
people's money
the Spring Festival
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
9. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fortune cookies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
cat
10. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
multiple
white rice
Noodle (Mi
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
11. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Bamboo leaves
Tea (Cha)
you could wipe away your good fortune
12. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
13. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
False
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
xu Sh
14. When is China's National Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Nihao! Zenme y
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
October 1st
15. ____________ were not invented in China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Fortune cookies
white rice
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
16. Most people live in the_______of China
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
East
Tea (Cha)
red
17. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Black ??
East
Dragon Boat Festival
Nihao! Zenme y
18. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
noodles
about 275 lbs.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
True
19. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Beijing
title
Han
20. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Hong boa or Lai see
communist
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
you could wipe away your good fortune
21. What does renminbi mean?
22. A handshake in China often is ...
Fourth
Signature
limp and brief
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
23. What economy does China have?
Tea (Cha)
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
communist
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
24. What does Kung Fu mean?
Pinyin
Black ??
learned skill
the lantern celebration
25. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Yangzi
Gong Xi
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
False
26. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
communist
Hin Jintao
27. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
adult content
bring in good luck and prosperity
title
Han
28. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
communist
4
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Show emotion
29. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the lantern celebration
limp and brief
Hin Jintao
30. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
Black ??
Shuo W
title
31. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
false
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
32. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
noodles
Parts of Chinese characters
Black ??
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
33. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
October 1st
wife or husband
Han
34. What is China's currency called?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Renminbi Yuan
Yangzi
NE quadrant
35. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
learned skill
Great Wall of China
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
36. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
xu Sh
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
37. Where is the Great Wall?
Hong Kong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Noodle (Mi
NE quadrant
38. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Television
Emperor and Empress
Red and Yellow
noodles
39. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Most senior ranking attendee
Show emotion
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
40. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
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
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Beijing
greeting you
41. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
false
4
wife or husband
42. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Noodle (Mi
Shuo W
Red and Yellow
Inflate your prices
43. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
15
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fourth
44. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
4
Taiwan - Hong Kong
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
45. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Han
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
46. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
55
Dragon Boat Festival
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
47. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
2
False
48. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Mt. Everest
Taiwan - Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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
49. What are dragon dances believed to do?
title
Han
xu Sh
bring in good luck and prosperity
50. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mao Zedong
Dessert (Small Heart)
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing