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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. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Mao Zedong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
56 (including Han)
2. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Chinese Americans in USA
Mandarin Chinese
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
3. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
learned skill
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mao Zedong
4. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Mao Zedong
5. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Face to Face
Tray of Togetherness
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
6. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
with both hands
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Han
7. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
the Spring Festival
Tea (Cha)
East
8. What is the official language spoken in China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mandarin Chinese
Red and Yellow
2
9. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Nihao! Zenme y
10. What is the national drink for Chinese?
adult content
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Dragon Boat Festival
Tea (Cha)
11. The population in Mainland China is
Tea (Cha)
1.3 Billion
Dragon Boat Festival
just over 8
12. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
limp and brief
China - Signapore
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Most senior ranking attendee
13. What are the five official religions of China?
Black ??
Tea (Cha)
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
False
14. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Face to Face
greeting you
Emperor and Empress
Television
15. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Black ??
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
56 (including Han)
16. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
limp and brief
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
1.3 Billion
17. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
Gong Xi
2
xu Sh
18. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Beijing
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
19. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Bamboo leaves
noodles
adult content
20. How should one receive business cards?
noodles
cat
Han
with both hands
21. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Yangzi
Dragon Boat Festival
Black ??
the Shaolin Monks
22. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
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
Han
Mao Zedong
23. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
cat
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
learned skill
24. What does 'radical' means?
learned skill
Parts of Chinese characters
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mt. Everest
25. ____________ were not invented in China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
True
East
Fortune cookies
26. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Tray of Togetherness
Renminbi Yuan
Beijing
27. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
56 (including Han)
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fortune cookies
28. The top three most population cites in China
limp and brief
cash
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the lantern celebration
29. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
30. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
1600
Fourth
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
31. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Most senior ranking attendee
Face to Face
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
her own last name
32. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
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
Great Wall of China
Mao Zedong
xu Sh
33. What are lion dances believed to do?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
scare away the evil spirits
Most senior ranking attendee
red
34. What is the state religion in China?
China - Signapore
Atheism
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Yangzi
35. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mandarin Chinese
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
36. When is China's National Day?
the Shaolin Monks
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
1.3 Billion
October 1st
37. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
people's money
Nihao! Zenme y
the Shaolin Monks
2
38. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
you could wipe away your good fortune
Yangzi
Mt. Everest
39. List some Chinese inventions.
Emperor and Empress
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Shuo W
Yangzi
40. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Bamboo leaves
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mandarin Chinese
41. Name a public holiday that China has.
42. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Hin Jintao
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
4
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
43. What does renminbi mean?
44. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
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
limp and brief
45. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
1600
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the lantern celebration
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
46. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
adult content
Inflate your prices
Bamboo leaves
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
47. China shares a border with
Pinyin
1.3 Billion
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Afghanistan
48. What does the word yellow imply?
Most senior ranking attendee
Fourth
adult content
East
49. What are the four great invention of China?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
50. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Bamboo leaves
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Gong Xi
1.3 Billion