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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 you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
cash
Fourth
bring in good luck and prosperity
2. ____________ were not invented in China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Fortune cookies
Gong Xi
Shuo W
3. What does renminbi mean?
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4. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Mt. Everest
Fortune cookies
multiple
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
5. What does 'radical' means?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Taiwan
you could wipe away your good fortune
Parts of Chinese characters
6. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
Tea (Cha)
Hong Kong
7. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Emperor and Empress
you could wipe away your good fortune
learned skill
8. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Tea (Cha)
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
9. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Mao Zedong
people's money
the Shaolin Monks
bring in good luck and prosperity
10. How many Chinese characters are there
limp and brief
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
11. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
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
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
12. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Bamboo leaves
you could wipe away your good fortune
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
13. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Peach (T
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Tea (Cha)
14. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Emperor and Empress
55
15. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
people's money
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Tea (Cha)
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
16. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
cat
1.3 Billion
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the lantern celebration
17. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Show emotion
Chinese Americans in USA
about 275 lbs.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
18. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
the Spring Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Nihao! Zenme y
Hong boa or Lai see
19. How did Kung Fu start?
adult content
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
learned skill
1600
20. What color is considered lucky?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
red
wife or husband
21. When is China's National Day?
October 1st
55
Fourth
title
22. What the three common Chinese greetings?
the Shaolin Monks
cash
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Nihao! Zenme y
23. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
15
limp and brief
about 275 lbs.
Noodle (Mi
24. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Han
learned skill
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
25. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
55
26. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Taiwan
4
Show emotion
27. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
bring in good luck and prosperity
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
28. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
2500
Hin Jintao
Black ??
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
29. What are the five official religions of China?
multiple
October 1st
wife or husband
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
30. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
NE quadrant
about 275 lbs.
Shuo W
31. The Republic of China is located on...
Most senior ranking attendee
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hong Kong
Taiwan
32. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
about 275 lbs.
Bamboo leaves
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
1.3 Billion
33. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Renminbi Yuan
55
the Spring Festival
Taiwan - Hong Kong
34. What is China's currency called?
1600
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Show emotion
Renminbi Yuan
35. What flower represents courage and hope?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
1.3 Billion
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Yangzi
36. Chinese New year is also known as what?
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
Red and Yellow
55
37. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
cat
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
False
just over 8
38. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Signature
limp and brief
Fourth
39. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
2500
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
40. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Tea (Cha)
Signature
China - Signapore
41. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
wife or husband
the Shaolin Monks
Hin Jintao
42. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
bring in good luck and prosperity
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Most senior ranking attendee
2
43. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
4
1600
Signature
Fourth
44. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mao Zedong
Sun Zi ??
about 275 lbs.
45. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
limp and brief
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Chinese Americans in USA
46. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
with both hands
title
Taiwan - Hong Kong
greeting you
47. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Renminbi Yuan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
adult content
48. The largest ethnic group in China is called
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
adult content
with both hands
Han
49. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
you could wipe away your good fortune
Pinyin
Gong Xi
50. There are often what main courses?
cat
Black ??
multiple
limp and brief