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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. The Republic of China is located on...






2. The population in Mainland China is






3. Where does the Giant Panda live?






4. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






5. List some Chinese foods.






6. What is the money China called?






7. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)






8. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?






9. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?






10. What are the four great invention of China?






11. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?






12. What is the national drink for Chinese?






13. How many minority nationalities are there in China?






14. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?






15. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?






16. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






17. Where is the Great Wall?






18. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called






19. How should one receive business cards?






20. What are the six working languages of the United Nations






21. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






22. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?






23. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






24. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?






25. What are the four treasures of the study (w






26. The largest ethnic group in China is called






27. What the three common Chinese greetings?






28. What are the red envelopes called?






29. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?






30. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






31. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






32. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?






33. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?






34. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?






35. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called






36. And the traditional form of characters is used in






37. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






38. Chinese New year is also known as what?






39. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






40. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






41. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?






42. What are lion dances believed to do?






43. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?






44. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






45. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






46. What is the 12 zodiac sign?






47. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






48. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






49. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






50. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?