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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. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Gong Xi
55
Face to Face
2. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong boa or Lai see
Pinyin
3. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
xu Sh
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Dragon Boat Festival
Peach (T
4. What was the Great Wall originally built?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Tea (Cha)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
5. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
China - Signapore
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
6. ____________ were not invented in China?
Yangzi
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Fortune cookies
Inflate your prices
7. Most people live in the_______of China
Tray of Togetherness
East
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
1.3 Billion
8. What is a very popular food?
white rice
Black ??
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
9. There are often what main courses?
Pinyin
Fortune cookies
multiple
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
10. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
55
Sun Zi ??
15
Show emotion
11. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
2
4
Sun Zi ??
12. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hin Jintao
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
multiple
13. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
56 (including Han)
her own last name
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
14. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
15. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Pinyin
Signature
55
communist
16. What economy does China have?
cash
xu Sh
communist
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
17. The population in Mainland China is
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
false
1.3 Billion
18. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
people's money
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Noodle (Mi
Renminbi Yuan
19. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
55
cash
Shuo W
20. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Nihao! Zenme y
the Shaolin Monks
with both hands
21. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
True
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
the Shaolin Monks
false
22. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
title
Dessert (Small Heart)
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
23. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Gong Xi
True
Nihao! Zenme y
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
24. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
1600
Hong Kong
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Inflate your prices
25. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
October 1st
Shuo W
26. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Hin Jintao
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Tea (Cha)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
27. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
2500
Great Wall of China
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Shuo W
28. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Television
Signature
the Spring Festival
Mao Zedong
29. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Atheism
Bamboo leaves
wife or husband
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
30. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
55
cash
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Noodle (Mi
31. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Hong boa or Lai see
Great Wall of China
15
32. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red
33. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
cat
limp and brief
Bamboo leaves
Television
34. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the Spring Festival
Show emotion
limp and brief
35. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
with both hands
Dessert (Small Heart)
about 275 lbs.
Mt. Everest
36. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hong boa or Lai see
NE quadrant
37. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
the Shaolin Monks
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Inflate your prices
Emperor and Empress
38. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Face to Face
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
with both hands
communist
39. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Signature
white rice
Tea (Cha)
just over 8
40. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Most senior ranking attendee
Dragon Boat Festival
Hong boa or Lai see
41. What does renminbi mean?
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42. When is China's National Day?
NE quadrant
October 1st
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Renminbi Yuan
43. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Chinese Americans in USA
False
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
44. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
learned skill
you could wipe away your good fortune
Great Wall of China
45. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
46. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Mt. Everest
xu Sh
Black ??
47. What is the official language spoken in China?
Tray of Togetherness
Gong Xi
Mandarin Chinese
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
48. Where is the Great Wall?
East
Sun Zi ??
NE quadrant
with both hands
49. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Television
cash
bring in good luck and prosperity
50. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fortune cookies
Sun Zi ??
Signature