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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. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Mao Zedong
limp and brief
her own last name
2. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
True
adult content
with both hands
the Shaolin Monks
3. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Mt. Everest
4. And the traditional form of characters is used in
just over 8
NE quadrant
Taiwan - Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
5. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
bring in good luck and prosperity
Pinyin
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
6. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
limp and brief
Signature
Pinyin
scare away the evil spirits
7. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Mandarin Chinese
Black ??
bring in good luck and prosperity
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
8. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Atheism
NE quadrant
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
just over 8
9. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Fortune cookies
false
56 (including Han)
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
10. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
about 275 lbs.
just over 8
Show emotion
October 1st
11. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Han
cat
1600
12. What flower represents courage and hope?
October 1st
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
adult content
1.3 Billion
13. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Black ??
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
Chinese Americans in USA
14. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Face to Face
xu Sh
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
15. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Face to Face
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Shuo W
16. ____________ were not invented in China?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Inflate your prices
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Fortune cookies
17. China shares a border with
multiple
Afghanistan
Parts of Chinese characters
Renminbi Yuan
18. There are often what main courses?
multiple
Han
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Black ??
19. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
Afghanistan
Black ??
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
20. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
greeting you
just over 8
Dessert (Small Heart)
Great Wall of China
21. A handshake in China often is ...
Red and Yellow
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
limp and brief
22. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
cat
Red and Yellow
Chinese Americans in USA
55
23. What are the four great invention of China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Bamboo leaves
Han
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
24. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fourth
you could wipe away your good fortune
Mandarin Chinese
25. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
noodles
Gong Xi
26. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Atheism
2
False
Yangzi
27. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
about 275 lbs.
xu Sh
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
28. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Fortune cookies
Han
wife or husband
False
29. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
15
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
the lantern celebration
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
30. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
with both hands
Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
communist
31. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong Kong
Inflate your prices
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
32. 'Dim Sum' means
false
noodles
xu Sh
Dessert (Small Heart)
33. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Hong Kong
56 (including Han)
15
you could wipe away your good fortune
34. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Shuo W
2500
the lantern celebration
China - Signapore
35. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
True
Shuo W
her own last name
Black ??
36. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Sun Zi ??
the Shaolin Monks
Most senior ranking attendee
37. What are lion dances believed to do?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
scare away the evil spirits
Peach (T
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
38. What are the four treasures of the study (w
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
greeting you
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
39. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mt. Everest
cat
40. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
cat
Renminbi Yuan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
41. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Mt. Everest
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Taiwan
Nihao! Zenme y
42. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Afghanistan
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
55
you could wipe away your good fortune
43. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
her own last name
55
Peach (T
44. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
limp and brief
you could wipe away your good fortune
True
45. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Show emotion
wife or husband
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Pinyin
46. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Renminbi Yuan
Han
scare away the evil spirits
47. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
True
just over 8
cash
Noodle (Mi
48. Chinese New year is also known as what?
greeting you
China - Signapore
the Spring Festival
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
49. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Mt. Everest
Han
white rice
50. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
cat
false