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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
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. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
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
15
xu Sh
2. What are dragon dances believed to do?
limp and brief
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
bring in good luck and prosperity
3. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
cat
Pinyin
Tea (Cha)
4. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
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
2
5. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Black ??
1600
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
6. And the traditional form of characters is used in
limp and brief
Atheism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Taiwan - Hong Kong
7. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Great Wall of China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
cat
Emperor and Empress
8. Name a public holiday that China has.
9. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Great Wall of China
the lantern celebration
Yangzi
10. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
Afghanistan
Atheism
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
11. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Peach (T
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
12. What is a very popular food?
white rice
Mao Zedong
the lantern celebration
Hong boa or Lai see
13. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Fortune cookies
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
China - Signapore
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
14. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
noodles
Gong Xi
scare away the evil spirits
Mao Zedong
15. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
you could wipe away your good fortune
Parts of Chinese characters
Taiwan - Hong Kong
16. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Beijing
55
just over 8
17. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Mao Zedong
cat
2
Noodle (Mi
18. The top three most population cites in China
Sun Zi ??
Atheism
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Hong boa or Lai see
19. What does renminbi mean?
20. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
October 1st
Hong Kong
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
56 (including Han)
21. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Afghanistan
Face to Face
Atheism
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
22. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
East
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Emperor and Empress
23. 'Dim Sum' means
Red and Yellow
Noodle (Mi
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
24. What is the national drink for Chinese?
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
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Tea (Cha)
cat
25. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Mandarin Chinese
Fourth
red
Bamboo leaves
26. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
2
Renminbi Yuan
Chinese Americans in USA
1600
27. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
people's money
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Noodle (Mi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
28. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Taiwan
the lantern celebration
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
29. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
communist
30. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Hong Kong
wife or husband
Beijing
31. How should one receive business cards?
Renminbi Yuan
Mt. Everest
Hong Kong
with both hands
32. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Shuo W
Taiwan
Hong Kong
greeting you
33. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
red
Taiwan
people's money
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
34. What are the red envelopes called?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Hong boa or Lai see
Emperor and Empress
Mao Zedong
35. 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.
Afghanistan
56 (including Han)
55
36. What is the highest mountain in China?
you could wipe away your good fortune
scare away the evil spirits
Mt. Everest
Beijing
37. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
just over 8
multiple
Hong Kong
noodles
38. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
2
Sun Zi ??
just over 8
Mao Zedong
39. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Emperor and Empress
2500
Fourth
Mandarin Chinese
40. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
greeting you
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Renminbi Yuan
cat
41. The largest ethnic group in China is called
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
cash
Han
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
42. The population in Mainland China is
2500
Yangzi
1.3 Billion
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
43. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
44. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
October 1st
Parts of Chinese characters
Show emotion
Dragon Boat Festival
45. What flower represents courage and hope?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
46. Where is the Great Wall?
people's money
Han
Tray of Togetherness
NE quadrant
47. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Sun Zi ??
Shuo W
Signature
Tray of Togetherness
48. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
people's money
Inflate your prices
56 (including Han)
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
49. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Taiwan
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
title
False
50. What color is considered lucky?
red
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Nihao! Zenme y
her own last name