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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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 the three common Chinese greetings?
limp and brief
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
NE quadrant
2. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
multiple
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Emperor and Empress
3. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Hin Jintao
Most senior ranking attendee
2500
4. What is a very popular food?
Pinyin
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
East
white rice
5. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Nihao! Zenme y
Hong boa or Lai see
True
learned skill
6. The author of 'The Art of War' is
2500
Sun Zi ??
Chinese Americans in USA
Shuo W
7. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
adult content
4
Gong Xi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
8. There are often what main courses?
Afghanistan
the lantern celebration
True
multiple
9. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
the lantern celebration
Hin Jintao
Peach (T
10. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
wife or husband
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Shuo W
Chinese Americans in USA
11. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Atheism
Noodle (Mi
2
Dragon Boat Festival
12. What is the longest river in China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
East
Yangzi
Red and Yellow
13. How did Kung Fu start?
Afghanistan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
56 (including Han)
14. List some Chinese foods.
Show emotion
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
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. What does 'radical' means?
East
Mao Zedong
Parts of Chinese characters
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
16. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Black ??
the lantern celebration
Noodle (Mi
2500
17. How should one receive business cards?
limp and brief
Beijing
with both hands
wife or husband
18. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
False
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
the Spring Festival
19. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
xu Sh
learned skill
Han
20. How many Chinese characters are there
Peach (T
1.3 Billion
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
21. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Han
Show emotion
Taiwan
the Shaolin Monks
22. The Republic of China is located on...
False
Taiwan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Chinese Americans in USA
23. Name a public holiday that China has.
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24. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
you could wipe away your good fortune
the lantern celebration
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
China - Signapore
25. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Sun Zi ??
Yangzi
xu Sh
her own last name
26. What does the word yellow imply?
False
adult content
Bamboo leaves
Taiwan
27. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
October 1st
false
28. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Beijing
xu Sh
56 (including Han)
1600
29. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
cat
Signature
bring in good luck and prosperity
Noodle (Mi
30. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
multiple
Mandarin Chinese
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
October 1st
31. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
cash
Tea (Cha)
the Shaolin Monks
China - Signapore
32. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
wife or husband
Hong Kong
Emperor and Empress
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
33. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
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
Most senior ranking attendee
Chinese Americans in USA
34. What is the state religion in China?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Atheism
bring in good luck and prosperity
Chinese Americans in USA
35. What does renminbi mean?
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36. What is the money China called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Taiwan - Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
NE quadrant
37. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Signature
red
Great Wall of China
Gong Xi
38. What is the official language spoken in China?
Fourth
Inflate your prices
Mandarin Chinese
cash
39. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Tea (Cha)
False
the lantern celebration
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
40. When is China's National Day?
China - Signapore
Chinese Americans in USA
October 1st
greeting you
41. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the Shaolin Monks
Dessert (Small Heart)
cash
42. What does Kung Fu mean?
October 1st
learned skill
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Hong boa or Lai see
43. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
wife or husband
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
NE quadrant
Bamboo leaves
44. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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45. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Tray of Togetherness
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
wife or husband
46. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
Taiwan
55
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
47. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
greeting you
East
15
48. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Peach (T
2
Most senior ranking attendee
49. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
True
Taiwan - Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
50. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Beijing
red
Renminbi Yuan