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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 economy does China have?
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
Hong Kong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
communist
2. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Gong Xi
Mao Zedong
3. The Republic of China is located on...
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Taiwan
xu Sh
Dessert (Small Heart)
4. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Fourth
Bamboo leaves
with both hands
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
5. What does 'radical' means?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Inflate your prices
Parts of Chinese characters
limp and brief
6. There are often what main courses?
multiple
Tray of Togetherness
her own last name
Mandarin Chinese
7. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Mandarin Chinese
her own last name
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
multiple
8. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Mt. Everest
Signature
noodles
1600
9. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
the Spring Festival
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
East
10. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
greeting you
Television
just over 8
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
11. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Renminbi Yuan
with both hands
title
false
12. What does renminbi mean?
13. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Mao Zedong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the lantern celebration
Mao Zedong
14. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
her own last name
55
the Shaolin Monks
the lantern celebration
15. China shares a border with
Great Wall of China
Afghanistan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
xu Sh
16. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
with both hands
Taiwan
1600
adult content
17. Some animals that make their homes in China.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Inflate your prices
people's money
18. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Peach (T
Afghanistan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
19. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
False
Yangzi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
20. Name a public holiday that China has.
21. ____________ were not invented in China?
Show emotion
people's money
Fortune cookies
NE quadrant
22. What are the red envelopes called?
Inflate your prices
Hong boa or Lai see
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Face to Face
23. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Taiwan
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Noodle (Mi
2500
24. What is the longest river in China?
2500
2
Yangzi
Television
25. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
NE quadrant
Mao Zedong
26. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Afghanistan
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Emperor and Empress
greeting you
27. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
greeting you
Nihao! Zenme y
Noodle (Mi
28. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
1600
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
29. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
people's money
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
about 275 lbs.
adult content
30. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
her own last name
31. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
people's money
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
False
noodles
32. What does the word yellow imply?
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
Hin Jintao
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
adult content
33. What flower represents courage and hope?
56 (including Han)
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Pinyin
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
34. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
1.3 Billion
Tea (Cha)
Han
35. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
scare away the evil spirits
55
36. List some Chinese foods.
Mao Zedong
Peach (T
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
37. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Most senior ranking attendee
Hin Jintao
Noodle (Mi
38. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Tray of Togetherness
Signature
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
39. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
2500
Parts of Chinese characters
Atheism
40. When is China's National Day?
October 1st
adult content
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
multiple
41. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
15
scare away the evil spirits
adult content
Shuo W
42. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
2
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
43. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Peach (T
cat
East
44. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
1.3 Billion
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
false
45. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Nihao! Zenme y
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Han
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
46. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
cash
Mao Zedong
you could wipe away your good fortune
title
47. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Inflate your prices
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Pinyin
False
48. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
False
Tea (Cha)
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
49. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
Shuo W
title
Han
50. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
2500
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
adult content
to get rid of the bad luck and the old