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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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 colors are on the Chinese flag?
Beijing
Shuo W
Dragon Boat Festival
Red and Yellow
2. What flower represents courage and hope?
Red and Yellow
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
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
3. What are the red envelopes called?
15
Hong boa or Lai see
Bamboo leaves
Nihao! Zenme y
4. What is the money China called?
Mandarin Chinese
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the Shaolin Monks
5. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Mao Zedong
False
Yangzi
NE quadrant
6. A handshake in China often is ...
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2
limp and brief
Hin Jintao
7. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
15
about 275 lbs.
the Shaolin Monks
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
8. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
NE quadrant
Hin Jintao
Peach (T
the lantern celebration
9. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
4
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
communist
10. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tray of Togetherness
cat
you could wipe away your good fortune
11. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
October 1st
noodles
scare away the evil spirits
Mao Zedong
12. ____________ were not invented in China?
just over 8
Fortune cookies
about 275 lbs.
Mao Zedong
13. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
NE quadrant
cat
Face to Face
14. How should one receive business cards?
Han
True
title
with both hands
15. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Shuo W
Face to Face
Television
Gong Xi
16. What does 'radical' means?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Face to Face
with both hands
Parts of Chinese characters
17. What does Kung Fu mean?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
18. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Parts of Chinese characters
Black ??
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Hong Kong
19. There are often what main courses?
scare away the evil spirits
white rice
multiple
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
20. What economy does China have?
people's money
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Sun Zi ??
communist
21. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Emperor and Empress
Gong Xi
Tea (Cha)
Tray of Togetherness
22. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
just over 8
the Spring Festival
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Beijing
23. What does the word yellow imply?
4
adult content
her own last name
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
24. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Shuo W
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
communist
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
25. What is China's currency called?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
adult content
Renminbi Yuan
26. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
15
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
27. How did Kung Fu start?
2
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
people's money
Hong boa or Lai see
28. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
2
Hong boa or Lai see
with both hands
her own last name
29. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Most senior ranking attendee
Hong Kong
Signature
NE quadrant
30. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Bamboo leaves
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Taiwan - Hong Kong
31. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
you could wipe away your good fortune
cat
False
32. What is the national drink for Chinese?
title
wife or husband
Tea (Cha)
Han
33. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Signature
Pinyin
Noodle (Mi
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
34. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong boa or Lai see
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hong Kong
35. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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36. What are lion dances believed to do?
Shuo W
scare away the evil spirits
East
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
37. What is the longest river in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Yangzi
Tray of Togetherness
1.3 Billion
38. What does renminbi mean?
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39. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Chinese Americans in USA
noodles
56 (including Han)
40. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
multiple
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Most senior ranking attendee
NE quadrant
41. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Dessert (Small Heart)
about 275 lbs.
Yangzi
42. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Beijing
you could wipe away your good fortune
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Signature
43. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
multiple
1600
Beijing
44. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Signature
Bamboo leaves
45. Some animals that make their homes in China.
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
Dragon Boat Festival
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
15
46. What is the official language spoken in China?
the lantern celebration
Mandarin Chinese
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
47. What color is considered lucky?
Fourth
2
Hin Jintao
red
48. China shares a border with
greeting you
Han
True
Afghanistan
49. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
4
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
1.3 Billion
the Spring Festival
50. How many Chinese characters are there
scare away the evil spirits
East
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.