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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. What does Kung Fu mean?
Hin Jintao
Tray of Togetherness
learned skill
56 (including Han)
2. How did Kung Fu start?
the lantern celebration
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Bamboo leaves
Yangzi
3. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Han
Hin Jintao
Beijing
Most senior ranking attendee
4. List some Chinese inventions.
bring in good luck and prosperity
scare away the evil spirits
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
5. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Face to Face
cash
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
6. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Black ??
Fortune cookies
Atheism
Chinese Americans in USA
7. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Atheism
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
1.3 Billion
8. The Republic of China is located on...
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Taiwan
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fortune cookies
9. A handshake in China often is ...
Peach (T
limp and brief
Television
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
10. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
her own last name
Hong Kong
1.3 Billion
11. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
title
Bamboo leaves
Dessert (Small Heart)
56 (including Han)
12. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Yangzi
Most senior ranking attendee
13. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
the lantern celebration
xu Sh
14. What is the official language spoken in China?
Face to Face
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mandarin Chinese
scare away the evil spirits
15. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Hong boa or Lai see
wife or husband
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
cat
16. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Chinese Americans in USA
4
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
title
17. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong Kong
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
18. What are the four great invention of China?
cat
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Renminbi Yuan
15
19. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
about 275 lbs.
her own last name
2500
20. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
East
Most senior ranking attendee
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
False
21. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Emperor and Empress
with both hands
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
22. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
communist
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
True
China - Signapore
23. What does renminbi mean?
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24. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
white rice
1.3 Billion
Dessert (Small Heart)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
25. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
xu Sh
1.3 Billion
26. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
false
Most senior ranking attendee
Bamboo leaves
27. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Television
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
28. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
2500
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
29. And the traditional form of characters is used in
the Shaolin Monks
Taiwan - Hong Kong
NE quadrant
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
30. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
56 (including Han)
Parts of Chinese characters
China - Signapore
the lantern celebration
31. What economy does China have?
15
Parts of Chinese characters
China - Signapore
communist
32. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
just over 8
Parts of Chinese characters
false
33. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
xu Sh
2
multiple
Hin Jintao
34. When is China's National Day?
adult content
limp and brief
October 1st
1600
35. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Hong boa or Lai see
Dessert (Small Heart)
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
36. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Yangzi
Gong Xi
wife or husband
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
37. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
2
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Show emotion
38. ____________ were not invented in China?
Parts of Chinese characters
Mandarin Chinese
56 (including Han)
Fortune cookies
39. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
scare away the evil spirits
Dragon Boat Festival
the Shaolin Monks
Chinese Americans in USA
40. Some animals that make their homes in China.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
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
41. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
the lantern celebration
limp and brief
Mao Zedong
42. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
4
false
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
43. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Black ??
Han
Fourth
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
44. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
October 1st
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
55
45. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Most senior ranking attendee
Renminbi Yuan
False
46. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
wife or husband
about 275 lbs.
Dessert (Small Heart)
47. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Mt. Everest
Fortune cookies
Signature
48. Most people live in the_______of China
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
15
East
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
49. Which of these things did not originally come from China
red
cash
Television
Taiwan - Hong Kong
50. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong boa or Lai see