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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. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
learned skill
Most senior ranking attendee
2500
2. List some Chinese foods.
Tray of Togetherness
Signature
cash
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
3. What is the money China called?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mandarin Chinese
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
4. Most people live in the_______of China
East
Show emotion
Han
Dessert (Small Heart)
5. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
false
October 1st
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
6. How should one receive business cards?
2
Most senior ranking attendee
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
with both hands
7. Name a public holiday that China has.
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8. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
about 275 lbs.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Black ??
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
9. What is the official language spoken in China?
cat
Mandarin Chinese
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
10. What does renminbi mean?
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11. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Tea (Cha)
the Spring Festival
xu Sh
4
12. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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13. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Show emotion
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mao Zedong
14. Chinese New year is also known as what?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Signature
the Spring Festival
Face to Face
15. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Tray of Togetherness
15
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
16. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Hong Kong
wife or husband
Taiwan - Hong Kong
17. What does Kung Fu mean?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
adult content
learned skill
18. 'Dim Sum' means
2500
Hong boa or Lai see
Dessert (Small Heart)
Red and Yellow
19. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
1.3 Billion
True
noodles
scare away the evil spirits
20. When is China's National Day?
October 1st
Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
21. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
1600
China - Signapore
the Shaolin Monks
22. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
with both hands
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mao Zedong
23. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
learned skill
Parts of Chinese characters
xu Sh
24. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
learned skill
noodles
China - Signapore
25. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
cat
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
26. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Sun Zi ??
NE quadrant
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
27. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Gong Xi
NE quadrant
wife or husband
Taiwan
28. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
4
Signature
Peach (T
29. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Chinese Americans in USA
Inflate your prices
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Red and Yellow
30. What is a very popular food?
bring in good luck and prosperity
cash
Signature
white rice
31. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
2
Mandarin Chinese
Peach (T
32. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
about 275 lbs.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
East
just over 8
33. A handshake in China often is ...
NE quadrant
Beijing
limp and brief
Han
34. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
title
white rice
Inflate your prices
Shuo W
35. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
greeting you
Taiwan - Hong Kong
multiple
36. How many Chinese characters are there
Taiwan
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
2500
37. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Afghanistan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Dragon Boat Festival
38. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Beijing
False
Han
4
39. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
2500
Noodle (Mi
Dragon Boat Festival
communist
40. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
scare away the evil spirits
Emperor and Empress
Dragon Boat Festival
41. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Pinyin
42. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Inflate your prices
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Mandarin Chinese
Peach (T
43. What is China's currency called?
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
Hong Kong
Renminbi Yuan
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
44. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Fourth
Shuo W
China - Signapore
people's money
45. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
title
people's money
October 1st
noodles
46. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
bring in good luck and prosperity
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
47. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
15
false
Black ??
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
48. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Black ??
Chinese Americans in USA
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
49. List some Chinese inventions.
2
Gong Xi
Mandarin Chinese
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
50. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
limp and brief
Inflate your prices
Renminbi Yuan