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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. China shares a border with
2
about 275 lbs.
Afghanistan
Fourth
2. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Nihao! Zenme y
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Face to Face
3. Some animals that make their homes in China.
her own last name
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fourth
Face to Face
4. What does renminbi mean?
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5. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
Yangzi
multiple
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
6. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Most senior ranking attendee
Show emotion
Hong boa or Lai see
Tray of Togetherness
7. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Noodle (Mi
Gong Xi
Black ??
8. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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9. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
the Spring Festival
limp and brief
bring in good luck and prosperity
10. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Hong boa or Lai see
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
white rice
11. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Black ??
Hong Kong
12. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Mt. Everest
greeting you
about 275 lbs.
13. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Mt. Everest
Great Wall of China
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Red and Yellow
14. There are often what main courses?
Gong Xi
Mao Zedong
multiple
Hong boa or Lai see
15. When is China's National Day?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Yangzi
October 1st
55
16. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
greeting you
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2500
17. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
China - Signapore
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
Dragon Boat Festival
18. 'Dim Sum' means
Gong Xi
Noodle (Mi
Dessert (Small Heart)
Inflate your prices
19. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Bamboo leaves
cat
the Spring Festival
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
20. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Shuo W
False
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Signature
21. What does 'radical' means?
October 1st
Tea (Cha)
Parts of Chinese characters
Tray of Togetherness
22. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Afghanistan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
23. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
the Shaolin Monks
multiple
noodles
false
24. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
noodles
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Renminbi Yuan
Peach (T
25. What flower represents courage and hope?
with both hands
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
NE quadrant
Parts of Chinese characters
26. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
learned skill
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Sun Zi ??
27. What is the longest river in China?
Red and Yellow
you could wipe away your good fortune
Emperor and Empress
Yangzi
28. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
scare away the evil spirits
2500
you could wipe away your good fortune
cat
29. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Afghanistan
Chinese Americans in USA
communist
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
30. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
East
Hong Kong
Face to Face
title
31. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
xu Sh
55
1600
Emperor and Empress
32. How should one receive business cards?
red
October 1st
Gong Xi
with both hands
33. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
4
Hong boa or Lai see
Great Wall of China
greeting you
34. What is a very popular food?
False
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
white rice
Tea (Cha)
35. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Chinese Americans in USA
Emperor and Empress
36. List some Chinese inventions.
Sun Zi ??
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
37. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Mao Zedong
wife or husband
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
her own last name
38. What are the red envelopes called?
55
Mao Zedong
Han
Hong boa or Lai see
39. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
about 275 lbs.
Show emotion
1600
Shuo W
40. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
white rice
Signature
Renminbi Yuan
41. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Peach (T
Bamboo leaves
cash
42. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Chinese Americans in USA
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
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
43. What is the money China called?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
people's money
Pinyin
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
44. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
title
Sun Zi ??
45. What is the state religion in China?
Afghanistan
Mao Zedong
her own last name
Atheism
46. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
with both hands
Tea (Cha)
Black ??
just over 8
47. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Han
Afghanistan
just over 8
48. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
just over 8
Inflate your prices
Tray of Togetherness
Beijing
49. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Television
Shuo W
Mao Zedong
50. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Great Wall of China
Hong boa or Lai see
Pinyin