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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. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Hin Jintao
title
Mt. Everest
the Spring Festival
2. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
True
Mao Zedong
Afghanistan
3. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
55
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
2500
4. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Parts of Chinese characters
15
Bamboo leaves
Emperor and Empress
5. Most people live in the_______of China
East
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
4
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
6. Where does the Giant Panda live?
15
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Dessert (Small Heart)
learned skill
7. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Emperor and Empress
4
xu Sh
noodles
8. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Beijing
cash
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
9. What economy does China have?
October 1st
communist
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
title
10. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Tray of Togetherness
Han
Show emotion
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
11. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
the lantern celebration
Emperor and Empress
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Pinyin
12. What color is considered lucky?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Renminbi Yuan
Fortune cookies
red
13. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Mt. Everest
you could wipe away your good fortune
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
14. What does 'radical' means?
title
Television
Signature
Parts of Chinese characters
15. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
15
Dragon Boat Festival
False
Show emotion
16. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
55
Mao Zedong
56 (including Han)
17. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
the lantern celebration
Afghanistan
title
18. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Gong Xi
Television
19. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
red
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
communist
20. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
greeting you
4
21. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
adult content
Signature
the lantern celebration
22. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
NE quadrant
China - Signapore
October 1st
communist
23. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Fourth
xu Sh
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hin Jintao
24. There are often what main courses?
Signature
multiple
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Gong Xi
25. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
55
1.3 Billion
26. How should one receive business cards?
Shuo W
Nihao! Zenme y
China - Signapore
with both hands
27. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
2500
Han
Chinese Americans in USA
Signature
28. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Gong Xi
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
29. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Parts of Chinese characters
xu Sh
30. A handshake in China often is ...
2
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Tray of Togetherness
limp and brief
31. China shares a border with
noodles
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Afghanistan
32. What are lion dances believed to do?
her own last name
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
scare away the evil spirits
Mandarin Chinese
33. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Taiwan - Hong Kong
55
false
Television
34. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Gong Xi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Most senior ranking attendee
about 275 lbs.
35. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
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
Bamboo leaves
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
36. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
learned skill
Pinyin
56 (including Han)
Taiwan
37. Chinese New year is also known as what?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Black ??
false
the Spring Festival
38. What are the four treasures of the study (w
False
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Show emotion
39. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Shuo W
Great Wall of China
Tea (Cha)
Bamboo leaves
40. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Nihao! Zenme y
adult content
2
41. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Mt. Everest
Television
42. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
43. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
greeting you
the Shaolin Monks
Nihao! Zenme y
Noodle (Mi
44. When is China's National Day?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Mao Zedong
Inflate your prices
October 1st
45. What are dragon dances believed to do?
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
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mao Zedong
bring in good luck and prosperity
46. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Signature
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
47. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Television
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
China - Signapore
wife or husband
48. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
cash
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Black ??
56 (including Han)
49. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
1600
Inflate your prices
Pinyin
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
50. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
October 1st
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Great Wall of China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money