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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. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
wife or husband
Renminbi Yuan
15
True
2. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Fortune cookies
the lantern celebration
3. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Dessert (Small Heart)
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
56 (including Han)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
4. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Show emotion
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
Afghanistan
her own last name
5. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Afghanistan
Atheism
55
Yangzi
6. What economy does China have?
Parts of Chinese characters
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
just over 8
communist
7. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Fourth
Afghanistan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
the Spring Festival
8. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Hin Jintao
Inflate your prices
4
Tea (Cha)
9. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Inflate your prices
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
2
Taiwan - Hong Kong
10. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Parts of Chinese characters
Shuo W
bring in good luck and prosperity
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
11. 'Dim Sum' means
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Red and Yellow
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Dessert (Small Heart)
12. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Most senior ranking attendee
Emperor and Empress
56 (including Han)
Han
13. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Mao Zedong
55
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
14. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Gong Xi
Mandarin Chinese
15. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
NE quadrant
Show emotion
Television
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
16. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
communist
the Spring Festival
wife or husband
Peach (T
17. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the Shaolin Monks
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Nihao! Zenme y
the lantern celebration
18. What is China's currency called?
Inflate your prices
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Renminbi Yuan
cat
19. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Noodle (Mi
Dessert (Small Heart)
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
False
20. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Han
about 275 lbs.
Noodle (Mi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
21. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Sun Zi ??
noodles
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Signature
22. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Signature
wife or husband
bring in good luck and prosperity
October 1st
23. A handshake in China often is ...
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
True
limp and brief
her own last name
24. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Inflate your prices
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
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
1600
25. What are the four great invention of China?
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
Nihao! Zenme y
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
26. What is the money China called?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
October 1st
Mt. Everest
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
27. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fourth
scare away the evil spirits
Dragon Boat Festival
28. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
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
Great Wall of China
29. The top three most population cites in China
Parts of Chinese characters
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
multiple
30. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
2500
Tea (Cha)
Beijing
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
31. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
the Shaolin Monks
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
people's money
32. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Black ??
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Renminbi Yuan
33. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
4
wife or husband
Pinyin
Great Wall of China
34. What are the red envelopes called?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Hong boa or Lai see
with both hands
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
35. What does Kung Fu mean?
Beijing
Bamboo leaves
learned skill
Emperor and Empress
36. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
1.3 Billion
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
37. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Mt. Everest
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
38. What is the longest river in China?
False
Peach (T
Yangzi
1600
39. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
Most senior ranking attendee
40. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
55
Television
cash
Beijing
41. Where is the Great Wall?
Shuo W
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
NE quadrant
Hong boa or Lai see
42. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
people's money
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Fortune cookies
43. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
False
adult content
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
44. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
4
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
about 275 lbs.
Han
45. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Mt. Everest
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mandarin Chinese
46. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
Han
the lantern celebration
47. What is a very popular food?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
white rice
cat
True
48. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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49. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fortune cookies
Mao Zedong
50. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
55