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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. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Gong Xi
Face to Face
Han
2. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
scare away the evil spirits
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Afghanistan
3. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Television
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
Dragon Boat Festival
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
4. 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
Pinyin
Sun Zi ??
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
5. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Pinyin
noodles
title
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
6. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
about 275 lbs.
Taiwan
Fourth
4
7. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
NE quadrant
Shuo W
1600
Peach (T
8. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Peach (T
China - Signapore
adult content
9. What is the official language spoken in China?
Han
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mandarin Chinese
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
10. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
cash
56 (including Han)
11. What does the word yellow imply?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
cash
Dragon Boat Festival
adult content
12. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Sun Zi ??
her own last name
Emperor and Empress
the Spring Festival
13. What is a very popular food?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Show emotion
white rice
4
14. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
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
Tray of Togetherness
adult content
False
15. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Taiwan
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
Great Wall of China
16. 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
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Peach (T
Parts of Chinese characters
17. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Afghanistan
xu Sh
Atheism
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
18. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Television
Signature
False
Emperor and Empress
19. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
limp and brief
Black ??
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Signature
20. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Nihao! Zenme y
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
21. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
55
limp and brief
15
56 (including Han)
22. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
NE quadrant
communist
Sun Zi ??
23. ____________ were not invented in China?
Noodle (Mi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
2500
Fortune cookies
24. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Signature
the Shaolin Monks
Black ??
25. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
about 275 lbs.
Black ??
Han
26. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
bring in good luck and prosperity
greeting you
Mandarin Chinese
East
27. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Great Wall of China
Dragon Boat Festival
Emperor and Empress
28. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
1.3 Billion
bring in good luck and prosperity
noodles
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
29. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Black ??
noodles
the lantern celebration
Parts of Chinese characters
30. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Parts of Chinese characters
just over 8
Fourth
multiple
31. What flower represents courage and hope?
cat
Peach (T
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
xu Sh
32. China shares a border with
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Afghanistan
1600
Signature
33. What are the five official religions of China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
34. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
people's money
Shuo W
the lantern celebration
35. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Yangzi
multiple
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
36. What are dragon dances believed to do?
East
red
white rice
bring in good luck and prosperity
37. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Mao Zedong
Dragon Boat Festival
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the Spring Festival
38. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
learned skill
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Hin Jintao
39. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Peach (T
her own last name
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
40. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
just over 8
Tray of Togetherness
bring in good luck and prosperity
2
41. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Renminbi Yuan
wife or husband
Hong Kong
Gong Xi
42. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Inflate your prices
43. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Pinyin
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Nihao! Zenme y
44. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Chinese Americans in USA
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
her own last name
Television
45. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Signature
Mao Zedong
46. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Pinyin
title
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
47. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Tea (Cha)
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Yangzi
48. What color is considered lucky?
red
white rice
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Yangzi
49. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Emperor and Empress
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Beijing
50. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Shuo W
NE quadrant
limp and brief