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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. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
2. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
you could wipe away your good fortune
56 (including Han)
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
3. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Renminbi Yuan
4
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
4. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
multiple
Hin Jintao
False
5. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Inflate your prices
Fourth
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
6. There are often what main courses?
multiple
adult content
red
greeting you
7. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Signature
just over 8
Mt. Everest
8. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
greeting you
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Peach (T
9. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
white rice
just over 8
1.3 Billion
October 1st
10. What are lion dances believed to do?
NE quadrant
scare away the evil spirits
title
Atheism
11. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hin Jintao
Bamboo leaves
white rice
12. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
learned skill
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
13. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
14. Where does the Giant Panda live?
just over 8
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
October 1st
xu Sh
15. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Show emotion
noodles
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
16. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
wife or husband
Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
false
17. What does renminbi mean?
18. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Americans in USA
Noodle (Mi
19. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
greeting you
2
Gong Xi
Hong boa or Lai see
20. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Dragon Boat Festival
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
21. The Republic of China is located on...
cat
Fourth
Peach (T
Taiwan
22. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Tea (Cha)
noodles
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
23. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Fortune cookies
Taiwan - Hong Kong
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
24. What economy does China have?
2
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
communist
Fourth
25. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pinyin
Taiwan
false
26. What is the money China called?
Show emotion
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
limp and brief
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
27. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
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
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
NE quadrant
28. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Taiwan - Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Hong boa or Lai see
29. Where is the Great Wall?
True
NE quadrant
about 275 lbs.
1.3 Billion
30. The largest ethnic group in China is called
the Spring Festival
Han
Taiwan
Yangzi
31. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
red
Dragon Boat Festival
Han
32. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
people's money
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the Shaolin Monks
33. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Tray of Togetherness
cat
title
Hong boa or Lai see
34. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Beijing
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
35. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Tray of Togetherness
Inflate your prices
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
36. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
True
red
Hong Kong
scare away the evil spirits
37. How did Kung Fu start?
you could wipe away your good fortune
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Shuo W
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
38. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
communist
Emperor and Empress
Noodle (Mi
39. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
True
multiple
Hin Jintao
40. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Han
Gong Xi
Television
China - Signapore
41. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
NE quadrant
Fourth
limp and brief
42. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
55
Hong Kong
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
43. When is China's National Day?
Mao Zedong
October 1st
55
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
44. What color is considered lucky?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Inflate your prices
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
red
45. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Fortune cookies
cash
1.3 Billion
Pinyin
46. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
Gong Xi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
just over 8
47. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Han
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
2
48. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
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
xu Sh
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
49. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Show emotion
adult content
50. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Tea (Cha)
the Shaolin Monks
Beijing