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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 are the red envelopes called?
China - Signapore
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Hong boa or Lai see
1.3 Billion
2. What color is considered lucky?
about 275 lbs.
Face to Face
red
55
3. What is the highest mountain in China?
Parts of Chinese characters
title
Mt. Everest
Noodle (Mi
4. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Atheism
the Shaolin Monks
5. What does renminbi mean?
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6. What does 'radical' means?
Emperor and Empress
Parts of Chinese characters
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
7. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
False
Tray of Togetherness
Emperor and Empress
8. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Black ??
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tea (Cha)
9. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
October 1st
Hin Jintao
1.3 Billion
10. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Sun Zi ??
communist
56 (including Han)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
11. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
bring in good luck and prosperity
55
Renminbi Yuan
cat
12. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Dessert (Small Heart)
True
Hong Kong
13. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Inflate your prices
Television
xu Sh
14. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Tray of Togetherness
people's money
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the Spring Festival
15. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Great Wall of China
Dragon Boat Festival
bring in good luck and prosperity
16. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mao Zedong
Inflate your prices
scare away the evil spirits
17. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
1.3 Billion
Han
the Spring Festival
false
18. What is the official language spoken in China?
56 (including Han)
title
Han
Mandarin Chinese
19. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Gong Xi
China - Signapore
the Spring Festival
20. Where is the Great Wall?
white rice
Dragon Boat Festival
NE quadrant
Atheism
21. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Bamboo leaves
communist
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
22. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
false
Han
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
23. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Signature
the Shaolin Monks
false
24. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
Dessert (Small Heart)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Yangzi
25. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Parts of Chinese characters
15
xu Sh
title
26. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
her own last name
just over 8
27. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Taiwan
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 envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
28. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
cat
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Signature
29. What is a very popular food?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
multiple
white rice
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
30. A handshake in China often is ...
noodles
limp and brief
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
31. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
55
Black ??
title
32. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
cash
Show emotion
xu Sh
Most senior ranking attendee
33. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
red
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Great Wall of China
34. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Taiwan
Fourth
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hin Jintao
35. 'Dim Sum' means
False
wife or husband
Dessert (Small Heart)
limp and brief
36. What are the five official religions of China?
Face to Face
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
her own last name
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
37. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
greeting you
38. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Bamboo leaves
Emperor and Empress
China - Signapore
39. How should one receive business cards?
Hong boa or Lai see
Nihao! Zenme y
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
with both hands
40. What flower represents courage and hope?
red
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Black ??
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
41. What are lion dances believed to do?
white rice
Dragon Boat Festival
scare away the evil spirits
with both hands
42. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
55
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
43. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Face to Face
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
44. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
greeting you
wife or husband
Beijing
45. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
56 (including Han)
you could wipe away your good fortune
just over 8
46. What is the money China called?
Red and Yellow
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
Bamboo leaves
47. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Nihao! Zenme y
Most senior ranking attendee
Face to Face
48. Most people live in the_______of China
red
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Fourth
East
49. Some animals that make their homes in China.
false
Tray of Togetherness
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
50. How many Chinese characters are there
cash
wife or husband
4
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.