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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. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
multiple
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Signature
2. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
title
scare away the evil spirits
Bamboo leaves
Tea (Cha)
3. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
greeting you
cash
Fourth
4. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
her own last name
false
Bamboo leaves
5. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
adult content
Noodle (Mi
6. 'Dim Sum' means
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
Dessert (Small Heart)
just over 8
7. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
True
adult content
Afghanistan
8. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
East
15
people's money
xu Sh
9. The largest ethnic group in China is called
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Han
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the Shaolin Monks
10. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
white rice
56 (including Han)
title
East
11. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
red
Han
Sun Zi ??
12. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
greeting you
Tray of Togetherness
scare away the evil spirits
13. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Hong boa or Lai see
Red and Yellow
October 1st
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
14. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Mao Zedong
the Shaolin Monks
with both hands
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
15. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2500
false
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
16. A handshake in China often is ...
Mandarin Chinese
xu Sh
limp and brief
Signature
17. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Dragon Boat Festival
the Shaolin Monks
Mandarin Chinese
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
18. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
China - Signapore
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
19. What does renminbi mean?
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20. What is the state religion in China?
white rice
with both hands
Atheism
Sun Zi ??
21. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
communist
Tray of Togetherness
22. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
people's money
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
white rice
23. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Pinyin
the Spring Festival
55
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
24. List some Chinese inventions.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
adult content
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
25. What is a very popular food?
Beijing
adult content
white rice
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
26. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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27. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Dessert (Small Heart)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mandarin Chinese
Nihao! Zenme y
28. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
with both hands
Signature
Mt. Everest
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
29. Most people live in the_______of China
cash
Signature
East
white rice
30. What does the word yellow imply?
greeting you
with both hands
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
adult content
31. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
scare away the evil spirits
Atheism
red
32. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
China - Signapore
55
Mao Zedong
33. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Peach (T
Inflate your prices
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
the Shaolin Monks
34. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Dragon Boat Festival
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Gong Xi
35. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
title
Tray of Togetherness
Mt. Everest
36. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the Shaolin Monks
learned skill
37. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Signature
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
4
Dessert (Small Heart)
38. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Tray of Togetherness
False
Emperor and Empress
Dessert (Small Heart)
39. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Signature
Parts of Chinese characters
xu Sh
40. China shares a border with
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Afghanistan
you could wipe away your good fortune
Chinese Americans in USA
41. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
True
Sun Zi ??
you could wipe away your good fortune
42. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
limp and brief
Tray of Togetherness
cash
Mt. Everest
43. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Mao Zedong
Chinese Americans in USA
1600
the lantern celebration
44. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Tray of Togetherness
Face to Face
Noodle (Mi
Fourth
45. What are lion dances believed to do?
false
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
False
scare away the evil spirits
46. What is the highest mountain in China?
Taiwan
False
Mt. Everest
Dragon Boat Festival
47. How should one receive business cards?
Face to Face
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
with both hands
48. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Television
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
4
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
49. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mt. Everest
Chinese Americans in USA
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
50. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Bamboo leaves
Hong boa or Lai see
false
Pinyin