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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 is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
October 1st
15
Mao Zedong
2. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
True
Great Wall of China
Pinyin
3. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
just over 8
the lantern celebration
4. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
greeting you
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Red and Yellow
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
5. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Yangzi
6. There are often what main courses?
Face to Face
Yangzi
multiple
Hong boa or Lai see
7. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Han
2500
Fortune cookies
8. Some animals that make their homes in China.
her own last name
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Most senior ranking attendee
Pinyin
9. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Bamboo leaves
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
False
10. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Han
1600
xu Sh
her own last name
11. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
greeting you
Beijing
Pinyin
Han
12. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
greeting you
the lantern celebration
her own last name
13. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Television
the lantern celebration
55
Inflate your prices
14. Most people live in the_______of China
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
4
greeting you
East
15. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Dragon Boat Festival
Most senior ranking attendee
cat
NE quadrant
16. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Mao Zedong
55
false
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
17. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Most senior ranking attendee
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
learned skill
18. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
cat
East
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
19. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Peach (T
false
Beijing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
20. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
you could wipe away your good fortune
white rice
multiple
21. What flower represents courage and hope?
2
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mao Zedong
22. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Gong Xi
Most senior ranking attendee
white rice
23. Name a public holiday that China has.
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24. What are lion dances believed to do?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
scare away the evil spirits
adult content
false
25. What economy does China have?
communist
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Fortune cookies
26. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
noodles
4
learned skill
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
27. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
1.3 Billion
1600
cash
True
28. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Show emotion
Dessert (Small Heart)
Television
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
29. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
4
Tea (Cha)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
30. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
4
Inflate your prices
China - Signapore
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
31. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Face to Face
wife or husband
Inflate your prices
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
32. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
noodles
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hin Jintao
56 (including Han)
33. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
True
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Beijing
Han
34. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
greeting you
with both hands
35. What is a very popular food?
Noodle (Mi
white rice
Chinese Americans in USA
Parts of Chinese characters
36. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
you could wipe away your good fortune
noodles
37. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Tray of Togetherness
Nihao! Zenme y
38. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
the Shaolin Monks
Mao Zedong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
39. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
Mt. Everest
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Han
40. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
NE quadrant
adult content
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
41. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Gong Xi
cash
Dessert (Small Heart)
about 275 lbs.
42. ____________ were not invented in China?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Yangzi
multiple
Fortune cookies
43. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Tray of Togetherness
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
44. What does Kung Fu mean?
scare away the evil spirits
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
xu Sh
learned skill
45. What is the highest mountain in China?
Dessert (Small Heart)
noodles
communist
Mt. Everest
46. How many Chinese characters are there
Black ??
Parts of Chinese characters
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
47. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Most senior ranking attendee
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Fourth
48. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Inflate your prices
cash
adult content
49. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Emperor and Empress
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
xu Sh
50. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
True
Face to Face
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth