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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. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
East
cash
Mt. Everest
2. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Han
just over 8
3. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
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
Black ??
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
October 1st
4. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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5. What is the national drink for Chinese?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the Spring Festival
Tea (Cha)
noodles
6. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Hin Jintao
Afghanistan
Fourth
7. What are lion dances believed to do?
4
Sun Zi ??
scare away the evil spirits
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
8. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
the Spring Festival
Parts of Chinese characters
Atheism
9. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Han
xu Sh
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
10. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
people's money
False
1600
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
11. China shares a border with
Mandarin Chinese
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Afghanistan
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
12. What is the highest mountain in China?
4
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Mt. Everest
1600
13. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Television
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Nihao! Zenme y
14. List some Chinese inventions.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
1600
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
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
15. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Noodle (Mi
False
about 275 lbs.
2500
16. Name a public holiday that China has.
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17. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
red
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
False
18. What flower represents courage and hope?
Television
Black ??
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
19. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
false
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
20. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
with both hands
Hin Jintao
Mao Zedong
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
21. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
greeting you
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Han
Mao Zedong
22. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Beijing
false
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Hong boa or Lai see
23. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han
Tea (Cha)
24. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
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
Mao Zedong
Tray of Togetherness
Han
25. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
55
26. What does 'radical' means?
red
False
Inflate your prices
Parts of Chinese characters
27. 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
red
Mao Zedong
cat
28. How did Kung Fu start?
2500
Atheism
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
29. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mandarin Chinese
just over 8
Inflate your prices
30. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
the lantern celebration
1.3 Billion
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
31. The top three most population cites in China
Tray of Togetherness
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
the lantern celebration
Emperor and Empress
32. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
Emperor and Empress
people's money
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
33. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Mt. Everest
Black ??
xu Sh
34. ____________ were not invented in China?
Hin Jintao
Fortune cookies
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
35. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
East
Noodle (Mi
Pinyin
36. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Bamboo leaves
Chinese Americans in USA
Hin Jintao
37. How should one receive business cards?
the Spring Festival
October 1st
cash
with both hands
38. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Inflate your prices
just over 8
Han
wife or husband
39. What color is considered lucky?
red
limp and brief
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Face to Face
40. What are the red envelopes called?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
October 1st
Hong boa or Lai see
Noodle (Mi
41. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
greeting you
1.3 Billion
Tea (Cha)
42. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Afghanistan
Hong boa or Lai see
about 275 lbs.
Emperor and Empress
43. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
greeting you
44. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
red
Pinyin
45. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
4
false
noodles
Signature
46. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Afghanistan
Hong boa or Lai see
communist
47. When is China's National Day?
East
October 1st
wife or husband
Black ??
48. What are the four great invention of China?
Tea (Cha)
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Han
49. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
wife or husband
Show emotion
Peach (T
Renminbi Yuan
50. What is the money China called?
Fourth
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
15