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Chinese Culture
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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 the three common Chinese greetings?
Beijing
Noodle (Mi
Hong boa or Lai see
Nihao! Zenme y
2. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
1600
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
True
3. What are the five official religions of China?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Afghanistan
adult content
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
4. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
1.3 Billion
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Peach (T
5. The Republic of China is located on...
Fortune cookies
Pinyin
Beijing
Taiwan
6. What are the red envelopes called?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hong boa or Lai see
bring in good luck and prosperity
Face to Face
7. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Inflate your prices
Face to Face
NE quadrant
True
8. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
adult content
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Tray of Togetherness
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
9. List some Chinese inventions.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Face to Face
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Tray of Togetherness
10. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
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
Yangzi
greeting you
11. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Tray of Togetherness
you could wipe away your good fortune
1600
Atheism
12. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
NE quadrant
55
China - Signapore
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
13. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Parts of Chinese characters
Mao Zedong
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
14. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
noodles
Red and Yellow
adult content
Most senior ranking attendee
15. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
16. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
October 1st
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
17. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
NE quadrant
noodles
False
18. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
the Shaolin Monks
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
19. What is the money China called?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han
20. How many Chinese characters are there
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
red
21. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
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
2500
Chinese Americans in USA
Noodle (Mi
22. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Mao Zedong
October 1st
Tray of Togetherness
23. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Parts of Chinese characters
Renminbi Yuan
the Spring Festival
Red and Yellow
24. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Emperor and Empress
25. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
xu Sh
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
adult content
26. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
limp and brief
True
Noodle (Mi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
27. Where is the Great Wall?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
NE quadrant
multiple
Great Wall of China
28. List some Chinese foods.
bring in good luck and prosperity
Gong Xi
Renminbi Yuan
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
29. There are often what main courses?
55
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
multiple
30. Most people live in the_______of China
2500
Atheism
October 1st
East
31. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Bamboo leaves
1600
Face to Face
32. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
greeting you
False
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
33. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
2500
Dessert (Small Heart)
Tea (Cha)
34. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Nihao! Zenme y
Great Wall of China
October 1st
35. What was the Great Wall originally built?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
36. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
NE quadrant
you could wipe away your good fortune
Peach (T
just over 8
37. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Gong Xi
Inflate your prices
people's money
38. The population in Mainland China is
the lantern celebration
4
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
1.3 Billion
39. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
bring in good luck and prosperity
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
40. What flower represents courage and hope?
Tray of Togetherness
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
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
41. What does 'radical' means?
xu Sh
False
communist
Parts of Chinese characters
42. When is China's National Day?
Dessert (Small Heart)
October 1st
Fourth
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
43. What is the state religion in China?
Hong Kong
Atheism
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the lantern celebration
44. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Dessert (Small Heart)
Show emotion
Han
45. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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46. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
True
Gong Xi
Fourth
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
47. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
wife or husband
Chinese Americans in USA
False
48. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Tray of Togetherness
Hong boa or Lai see
her own last name
red
49. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
15
Show emotion
red
Chinese Americans in USA
50. The top three most population cites in China
October 1st
Tray of Togetherness
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing