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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. What flower represents courage and hope?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
communist
2. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
false
Signature
3. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Taiwan
Hong Kong
just over 8
the lantern celebration
4. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mao Zedong
Afghanistan
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
5. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
False
Hin Jintao
6. What does the word yellow imply?
Peach (T
Emperor and Empress
adult content
Mt. Everest
7. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Taiwan
8. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
noodles
Han
9. The author of 'The Art of War' is
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
multiple
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Sun Zi ??
10. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Black ??
Han
you could wipe away your good fortune
11. What economy does China have?
Chinese Americans in USA
Face to Face
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
communist
12. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
False
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
cat
13. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Hong boa or Lai see
limp and brief
False
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
14. The largest ethnic group in China is called
1600
Han
greeting you
1.3 Billion
15. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Show emotion
Bamboo leaves
Han
16. Name a public holiday that China has.
17. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
scare away the evil spirits
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Red and Yellow
18. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Mao Zedong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Hong boa or Lai see
19. Where is the Great Wall?
15
noodles
NE quadrant
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
20. What are the five official religions of China?
Peach (T
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Inflate your prices
multiple
21. 'Dim Sum' means
Peach (T
Tray of Togetherness
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Dessert (Small Heart)
22. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
adult content
people's money
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Most senior ranking attendee
23. What is the official language spoken in China?
1.3 Billion
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.
Mandarin Chinese
24. When is China's National Day?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
October 1st
Inflate your prices
2
25. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
the Spring Festival
Show emotion
Fortune cookies
Yangzi
26. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
27. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Tray of Togetherness
you could wipe away your good fortune
title
28. What does Kung Fu mean?
Mao Zedong
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Yangzi
learned skill
29. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
about 275 lbs.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - 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
30. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
white rice
red
Gong Xi
bring in good luck and prosperity
31. What are the red envelopes called?
Great Wall of China
Hong boa or Lai see
Most senior ranking attendee
55
32. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Face to Face
Han
the lantern celebration
33. What are lion dances believed to do?
Nihao! Zenme y
Peach (T
false
scare away the evil spirits
34. What is China's currency called?
red
greeting you
white rice
Renminbi Yuan
35. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
Red and Yellow
Mao Zedong
white rice
36. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
the Shaolin Monks
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Mao Zedong
about 275 lbs.
37. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Fourth
the Shaolin Monks
Yangzi
38. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Atheism
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Parts of Chinese characters
Afghanistan
39. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Television
you could wipe away your good fortune
15
40. ____________ were not invented in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Fortune cookies
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Television
41. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Yangzi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
about 275 lbs.
the lantern celebration
42. List some Chinese inventions.
Most senior ranking attendee
red
Atheism
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
43. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Tea (Cha)
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Peach (T
her own last name
44. What is the state religion in China?
the Spring Festival
Atheism
Renminbi Yuan
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
45. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Mandarin Chinese
about 275 lbs.
October 1st
46. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Han
title
Sun Zi ??
47. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Renminbi Yuan
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
48. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
false
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fortune cookies
Taiwan - Hong Kong
49. There are often what main courses?
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
55
2500
multiple
50. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Bamboo leaves
Pinyin
Noodle (Mi
Tea (Cha)