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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. China shares a border with
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
her own last name
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Afghanistan
2. How many Chinese characters are there
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Shuo W
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
3. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Taiwan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
4. A handshake in China often is ...
Hin Jintao
people's money
about 275 lbs.
limp and brief
5. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Pinyin
56 (including Han)
greeting you
Shuo W
6. There are often what main courses?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
scare away the evil spirits
multiple
white rice
7. What does renminbi mean?
8. The top three most population cites in China
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
just over 8
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
9. What are the red envelopes called?
wife or husband
Hong boa or Lai see
Sun Zi ??
noodles
10. When is China's National Day?
15
56 (including Han)
October 1st
Renminbi Yuan
11. And the traditional form of characters is used in
the Spring Festival
Mao Zedong
Shuo W
Taiwan - Hong Kong
12. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
True
4
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
13. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Hong boa or Lai see
the Shaolin Monks
Taiwan
cash
14. List some Chinese inventions.
Mao Zedong
NE quadrant
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Taiwan
15. What are the four treasures of the study (w
scare away the evil spirits
adult content
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mao Zedong
16. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
NE quadrant
1600
China - Signapore
17. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
wife or husband
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
18. Most people live in the_______of China
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
East
56 (including Han)
Mandarin Chinese
19. How should one receive business cards?
the lantern celebration
with both hands
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
4
20. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tea (Cha)
learned skill
the Spring Festival
21. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
false
title
Sun Zi ??
22. What is the national drink for Chinese?
4
True
Beijing
Tea (Cha)
23. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
NE quadrant
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
False
24. Name a public holiday that China has.
25. What are dragon dances believed to do?
wife or husband
xu Sh
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
bring in good luck and prosperity
26. What is China's currency called?
Hong boa or Lai see
October 1st
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Renminbi Yuan
27. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Great Wall of China
wife or husband
Bamboo leaves
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
28. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Sun Zi ??
title
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fourth
29. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Shuo W
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hin Jintao
Parts of Chinese characters
30. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Dessert (Small Heart)
True
Han
31. Which of these things did not originally come from China
the lantern celebration
cat
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Television
32. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Noodle (Mi
East
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
October 1st
33. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Fortune cookies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
with both hands
cash
34. What color is considered lucky?
red
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
false
xu Sh
35. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
about 275 lbs.
with both hands
greeting you
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
36. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
scare away the evil spirits
37. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Han
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Black ??
her own last name
38. What the three common Chinese greetings?
cat
2500
15
Nihao! Zenme y
39. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Red and Yellow
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Emperor and Empress
40. What is the official language spoken in China?
Emperor and Empress
Beijing
Mandarin Chinese
NE quadrant
41. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Afghanistan
Black ??
white rice
42. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
Fourth
43. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
2500
Tea (Cha)
Mao Zedong
44. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
True
Noodle (Mi
Afghanistan
scare away the evil spirits
45. What economy does China have?
just over 8
Mt. Everest
56 (including Han)
communist
46. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
the lantern celebration
Shuo W
noodles
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
47. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Renminbi Yuan
cash
Show emotion
48. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
4
2500
Peach (T
Bamboo leaves
49. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
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
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Inflate your prices
50. 'Dim Sum' means
Red and Yellow
bring in good luck and prosperity
Dessert (Small Heart)
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