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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. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Renminbi Yuan
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Tea (Cha)
xu Sh
2. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
the Spring Festival
Mao Zedong
Atheism
Red and Yellow
3. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
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
Mao Zedong
wife or husband
4. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Nihao! Zenme y
East
5. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Nihao! Zenme y
just over 8
Face to Face
6. And the traditional form of characters is used in
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fourth
Taiwan - Hong Kong
7. When is China's National Day?
with both hands
October 1st
Dessert (Small Heart)
Afghanistan
8. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Fourth
Tray of Togetherness
9. What are the five official religions of China?
Yangzi
Hong boa or Lai see
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
10. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
4
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
False
Dragon Boat Festival
11. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
adult content
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Show emotion
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
12. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the lantern celebration
false
Television
13. The Republic of China is located on...
adult content
Shuo W
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Taiwan
14. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Afghanistan
Beijing
Pinyin
15
15. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Peach (T
Most senior ranking attendee
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Emperor and Empress
16. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
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
cash
Chinese Americans in USA
Noodle (Mi
17. 'Dim Sum' means
15
Dessert (Small Heart)
Hin Jintao
Television
18. What was the Great Wall originally built?
wife or husband
red
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
19. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the lantern celebration
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
20. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
NE quadrant
55
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
adult content
21. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
1.3 Billion
Fortune cookies
22. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
about 275 lbs.
Gong Xi
Noodle (Mi
23. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
2500
Han
56 (including Han)
24. The population in Mainland China is
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Signature
Yangzi
1.3 Billion
25. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
about 275 lbs.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
True
scare away the evil spirits
26. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Television
Bamboo leaves
wife or husband
Chinese Americans in USA
27. China shares a border with
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Dragon Boat Festival
Afghanistan
56 (including Han)
28. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
title
communist
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. How many Chinese characters are there
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Dragon Boat Festival
wife or husband
30. What the three common Chinese greetings?
October 1st
Red and Yellow
Nihao! Zenme y
1.3 Billion
31. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
NE quadrant
China - Signapore
Han
cat
32. What is a very popular food?
white rice
adult content
Pinyin
learned skill
33. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Peach (T
34. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Red and Yellow
35. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mao Zedong
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
adult content
36. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
you could wipe away your good fortune
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
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
37. What is the highest mountain in China?
56 (including Han)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
xu Sh
Mt. Everest
38. What does renminbi mean?
39. List some Chinese foods.
wife or husband
East
1600
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
40. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Shuo W
just over 8
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
wife or husband
41. What is the longest river in China?
Show emotion
Yangzi
Afghanistan
56 (including Han)
42. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
56 (including Han)
4
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Tea (Cha)
43. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Mandarin Chinese
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red
Taiwan
44. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
56 (including Han)
false
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
4
45. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
55
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
Tray of Togetherness
Fourth
46. There are often what main courses?
Mao Zedong
Fourth
multiple
Tray of Togetherness
47. What does 'radical' means?
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
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Hin Jintao
Parts of Chinese characters
48. A handshake in China often is ...
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Peach (T
Beijing
limp and brief
49. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
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
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Television
2500
50. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
1.3 Billion
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
greeting you
Tray of Togetherness