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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. The Republic of China is located on...
4
2
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Taiwan
2. The population in Mainland China is
Show emotion
Chinese Americans in USA
1.3 Billion
Peach (T
3. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Taiwan
scare away the evil spirits
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
4. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the Spring Festival
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
5. List some Chinese foods.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
China - Signapore
6. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Dragon Boat Festival
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1600
7. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Fortune cookies
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
8. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Mao Zedong
red
Hong Kong
False
9. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Bamboo leaves
with both hands
Dragon Boat Festival
10. What are the four great invention of China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mao Zedong
Afghanistan
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
11. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Great Wall of China
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
Fourth
12. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
Dragon Boat Festival
multiple
Emperor and Empress
13. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
communist
the Spring Festival
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
55
14. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
learned skill
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
15. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
her own last name
the Shaolin Monks
xu Sh
red
16. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
xu Sh
True
Dragon Boat Festival
17. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
people's money
Tray of Togetherness
Dessert (Small Heart)
18. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Tea (Cha)
True
Shuo W
Mt. Everest
19. How should one receive business cards?
greeting you
with both hands
wife or husband
Nihao! Zenme y
20. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Signature
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Television
21. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
Parts of Chinese characters
22. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Han
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Tea (Cha)
Most senior ranking attendee
23. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Tray of Togetherness
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
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
24. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
adult content
you could wipe away your good fortune
Peach (T
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
25. What are the four treasures of the study (w
adult content
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
2500
communist
26. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
the Spring Festival
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Pinyin
27. What the three common Chinese greetings?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
cash
October 1st
Nihao! Zenme y
28. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
title
Fourth
2
29. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
you could wipe away your good fortune
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
scare away the evil spirits
Noodle (Mi
30. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
noodles
Show emotion
the Shaolin Monks
31. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
2500
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
China - Signapore
32. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Han
greeting you
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
33. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Black ??
just over 8
2500
34. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Television
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
35. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Han
Dragon Boat Festival
China - Signapore
Atheism
36. And the traditional form of characters is used in
false
with both hands
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
37. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Han
Mt. Everest
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Peach (T
38. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
limp and brief
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mandarin Chinese
39. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Great Wall of China
Beijing
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Show emotion
40. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Face to Face
Mao Zedong
2
41. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Chinese Americans in USA
Beijing
2
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
42. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
greeting you
her own last name
Signature
43. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mt. Everest
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:
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
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
wife or husband
45. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
multiple
Chinese Americans in USA
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
46. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Black ??
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Sun Zi ??
Fortune cookies
47. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
2
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
xu Sh
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
48. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
55
about 275 lbs.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
49. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
False
Noodle (Mi
56 (including Han)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
50. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Afghanistan
cat
Black ??
Most senior ranking attendee