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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Where is the Great Wall?
just over 8
Atheism
NE quadrant
cat
2. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Tea (Cha)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Fourth
cash
3. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Parts of Chinese characters
bring in good luck and prosperity
15
4. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
55
56 (including Han)
Emperor and Empress
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
5. What is the highest mountain in China?
1600
wife or husband
Mt. Everest
the Shaolin Monks
6. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Beijing
Yangzi
Black ??
7. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
false
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
8. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
you could wipe away your good fortune
Fourth
Dragon Boat Festival
9. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Fortune cookies
2
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Great Wall of China
10. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Noodle (Mi
white rice
false
Han
11. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
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
her own last name
Beijing
Atheism
12. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
True
1.3 Billion
13. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Pinyin
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Beijing
56 (including Han)
14. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
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
red
4
15. What economy does China have?
Gong Xi
Black ??
communist
Renminbi Yuan
16. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
scare away the evil spirits
55
China - Signapore
noodles
17. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
false
Mandarin Chinese
noodles
18. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
True
the Shaolin Monks
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
19. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Mao Zedong
Pinyin
greeting you
Face to Face
20. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
with both hands
the Spring Festival
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Bamboo leaves
21. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Tray of Togetherness
you could wipe away your good fortune
Face to Face
22. China shares a border with
4
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Afghanistan
Signature
23. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
bring in good luck and prosperity
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
4
24. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
xu Sh
multiple
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
25. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
with both hands
the Shaolin Monks
Chinese Americans in USA
greeting you
26. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
adult content
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
55
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
27. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Emperor and Empress
Sun Zi ??
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
you could wipe away your good fortune
28. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
people's money
4
2
29. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Atheism
Television
Red and Yellow
Noodle (Mi
30. What are the five official religions of China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Hin Jintao
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
cat
31. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
NE quadrant
Show emotion
Afghanistan
56 (including Han)
32. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Sun Zi ??
Shuo W
33. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Mt. Everest
the Shaolin Monks
Tea (Cha)
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
34. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
wife or husband
adult content
you could wipe away your good fortune
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
35. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Face to Face
Television
36. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
white rice
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hong Kong
Tea (Cha)
37. What is a very popular food?
white rice
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
October 1st
Beijing
38. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Dragon Boat Festival
Tea (Cha)
Mao Zedong
39. There are often what main courses?
Television
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
East
multiple
40. What does 'radical' means?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Inflate your prices
Parts of Chinese characters
1.3 Billion
41. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
scare away the evil spirits
the lantern celebration
1600
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
42. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Emperor and Empress
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Beijing
43. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
white rice
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
the Shaolin Monks
2500
44. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Bamboo leaves
Show emotion
Gong Xi
45. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Yangzi
Han
people's money
her own last name
46. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Atheism
Most senior ranking attendee
Inflate your prices
scare away the evil spirits
47. What is the longest river in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
Hin Jintao
Mt. Everest
Yangzi
48. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Face to Face
2500
55
49. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Noodle (Mi
Han
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
50. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Hong boa or Lai see
Renminbi Yuan