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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. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Afghanistan
Fortune cookies
Show emotion
the lantern celebration
2. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
China - Signapore
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Beijing
title
3. Name a public holiday that China has.
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4. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
56 (including Han)
you could wipe away your good fortune
greeting you
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
5. What is the money China called?
her own last name
Fortune cookies
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
xu Sh
6. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Chinese Americans in USA
Mandarin Chinese
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
15
7. Some animals that make their homes in China.
56 (including Han)
cat
false
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
8. 'Dim Sum' means
Red and Yellow
2
Dessert (Small Heart)
Great Wall of China
9. The author of 'The Art of War' is
her own last name
Fortune cookies
Sun Zi ??
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
10. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Fourth
the lantern celebration
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
1600
11. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Show emotion
12. The top three most population cites in China
Dragon Boat Festival
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Dessert (Small Heart)
scare away the evil spirits
13. What does 'radical' means?
you could wipe away your good fortune
2500
Parts of Chinese characters
people's money
14. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
cash
you could wipe away your good fortune
15. Chinese New year is also known as what?
about 275 lbs.
the Spring Festival
Inflate your prices
Han
16. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
cash
false
Great Wall of China
Pinyin
17. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Hong Kong
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Dragon Boat Festival
18. How many Chinese characters are there
her own last name
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Beijing
19. A handshake in China often is ...
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Show emotion
Beijing
limp and brief
20. The largest ethnic group in China is called
False
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
China - Signapore
Han
21. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Mandarin Chinese
Signature
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Black ??
22. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
red
Peach (T
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
23. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
limp and brief
Atheism
with both hands
24. What is the state religion in China?
15
adult content
Atheism
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
25. What are dragon dances believed to do?
4
bring in good luck and prosperity
2500
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
26. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Mandarin Chinese
True
Dragon Boat Festival
27. Where is the Great Wall?
people's money
NE quadrant
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Han
28. How did Kung Fu start?
Shuo W
China - Signapore
NE quadrant
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
29. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Signature
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
white rice
Han
30. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Shuo W
communist
31. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
NE quadrant
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
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
32. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
Han
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
33. What are the red envelopes called?
East
Hong boa or Lai see
Fourth
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
34. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Beijing
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Inflate your prices
Atheism
35. When is China's National Day?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
NE quadrant
October 1st
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
36. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Peach (T
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
cash
Renminbi Yuan
37. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Hong boa or Lai see
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
56 (including Han)
4
38. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
cat
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
false
39. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
noodles
Hong Kong
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
communist
40. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
people's money
56 (including Han)
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Han
41. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Sun Zi ??
4
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
42. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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43. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
greeting you
Tray of Togetherness
her own last name
1.3 Billion
44. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Inflate your prices
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
45. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
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
Inflate your prices
Mao Zedong
46. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Renminbi Yuan
Mao Zedong
Emperor and Empress
NE quadrant
47. What was the Great Wall originally built?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Beijing
the Spring Festival
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
48. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Tea (Cha)
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
NE quadrant
49. List some Chinese foods.
Fortune cookies
Mao Zedong
2500
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
50. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
True
Noodle (Mi
Parts of Chinese characters