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Chinese Culture
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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. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
False
Han
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
Emperor and Empress
2. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
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
Show emotion
3. Where is the Great Wall?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
multiple
Great Wall of China
NE quadrant
4. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
about 275 lbs.
Taiwan
5. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Tea (Cha)
4
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
6. List some Chinese inventions.
title
the Shaolin Monks
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
7. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
the Shaolin Monks
Shuo W
8. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
56 (including Han)
limp and brief
Bamboo leaves
Chinese Americans in USA
9. What are the four great invention of China?
her own last name
Yangzi
Parts of Chinese characters
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
10. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
greeting you
Tea (Cha)
True
11. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
1600
about 275 lbs.
12. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
NE quadrant
East
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
13. The population in Mainland China is
Nihao! Zenme y
1.3 Billion
Fortune cookies
Mt. Everest
14. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Red and Yellow
Hin Jintao
red
Hong Kong
15. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
56 (including Han)
the lantern celebration
Dragon Boat Festival
Television
16. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
2
white rice
Gong Xi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
17. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Noodle (Mi
cash
Dragon Boat Festival
title
18. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Afghanistan
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mt. Everest
19. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Great Wall of China
Mao Zedong
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
20. What is the official language spoken in China?
Inflate your prices
Mandarin Chinese
Atheism
1600
21. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Hong Kong
22. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
China - Signapore
Afghanistan
East
23. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Hong Kong
Tray of Togetherness
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tea (Cha)
24. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Fourth
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Red and Yellow
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
25. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Chinese Americans in USA
Parts of Chinese characters
26. What is China's currency called?
Mandarin Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Renminbi Yuan
False
27. What are the five official religions of China?
about 275 lbs.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Nihao! Zenme y
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
28. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
the Spring Festival
greeting you
Signature
Parts of Chinese characters
29. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
East
Renminbi Yuan
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Black ??
30. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
false
Noodle (Mi
Taiwan - Hong Kong
her own last name
31. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the Shaolin Monks
Inflate your prices
her own last name
32. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mao Zedong
Fortune cookies
limp and brief
33. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
China - Signapore
wife or husband
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Great Wall of China
34. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
55
Show emotion
white rice
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
35. There are often what main courses?
Great Wall of China
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
multiple
the lantern celebration
36. What does renminbi mean?
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37. What is the state religion in China?
xu Sh
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Atheism
scare away the evil spirits
38. What is a very popular food?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
white rice
Signature
red
39. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Inflate your prices
Han
title
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
40. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
15
Fourth
about 275 lbs.
Mt. Everest
41. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
about 275 lbs.
Tray of Togetherness
1600
Nihao! Zenme y
42. What does the word yellow imply?
communist
Mandarin Chinese
adult content
the Shaolin Monks
43. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
44. List some Chinese foods.
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
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Dessert (Small Heart)
45. What flower represents courage and hope?
Red and Yellow
56 (including Han)
multiple
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
46. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
47. 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
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Tea (Cha)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
48. Most people live in the_______of China
Mao Zedong
October 1st
Bamboo leaves
East
49. What does Kung Fu mean?
Mao Zedong
with both hands
learned skill
Fourth
50. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the Shaolin Monks
Gong Xi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.