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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 does Kung Fu mean?
Dessert (Small Heart)
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Beijing
2. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
56 (including Han)
Taiwan
3. What are the five official religions of China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
1600
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
East
4. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Mao Zedong
True
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
adult content
5. The top three most population cites in China
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
greeting you
2
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
6. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
Face to Face
Red and Yellow
October 1st
7. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Yangzi
xu Sh
Gong Xi
56 (including Han)
8. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Taiwan - Hong Kong
9. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Emperor and Empress
False
Peach (T
just over 8
10. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
the lantern celebration
Fourth
Show emotion
cash
11. What the three common Chinese greetings?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Nihao! Zenme y
Atheism
Fourth
12. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
cash
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
learned skill
13. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
people's money
Signature
Shuo W
Face to Face
14. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
Mao Zedong
Taiwan
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
15. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Signature
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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 Spring Festival
16. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
greeting you
2
Sun Zi ??
about 275 lbs.
17. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
wife or husband
False
Dessert (Small Heart)
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
18. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fortune cookies
limp and brief
19. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Mandarin Chinese
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
True
Tray of Togetherness
20. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
wife or husband
Beijing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
21. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Mt. Everest
2500
with both hands
Peach (T
22. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
2
Taiwan
Han
23. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Beijing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Yangzi
24. What is the money China called?
scare away the evil spirits
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
25. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
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
Face to Face
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
26. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
October 1st
1.3 Billion
Taiwan - Hong Kong
false
27. Name a public holiday that China has.
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28. What does 'radical' means?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
East
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Parts of Chinese characters
29. China shares a border with
people's money
adult content
Afghanistan
Chinese Americans in USA
30. How did Kung Fu start?
Atheism
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Yangzi
31. What is a very popular food?
cash
you could wipe away your good fortune
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
white rice
32. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Dragon Boat Festival
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
33. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Mandarin Chinese
scare away the evil spirits
noodles
34. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
people's money
Gong Xi
Taiwan
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
35. Which of these things did not originally come from China
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
you could wipe away your good fortune
Television
Beijing
36. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Han
Mao Zedong
Red and Yellow
Gong Xi
37. A handshake in China often is ...
Tea (Cha)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
limp and brief
38. What economy does China have?
her own last name
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dessert (Small Heart)
communist
39. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Most senior ranking attendee
Mandarin Chinese
40. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
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
41. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Taiwan
her own last name
Great Wall of China
scare away the evil spirits
42. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Taiwan
Beijing
Inflate your prices
43. What is the state religion in China?
wife or husband
Parts of Chinese characters
Atheism
Hong Kong
44. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Tray of Togetherness
Television
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
45. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
55
the lantern celebration
Nihao! Zenme y
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
46. 'Dim Sum' means
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mao Zedong
Dessert (Small Heart)
1600
47. What is the official language spoken in China?
2
Peach (T
Mandarin Chinese
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
48. What are the red envelopes called?
2500
Hong boa or Lai see
Mao Zedong
limp and brief
49. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Hong boa or Lai see
Han
Beijing
50. How many Chinese characters are there
adult content
Red and Yellow
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism