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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. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
communist
Yangzi
the Shaolin Monks
2. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
limp and brief
Beijing
just over 8
3. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Dragon Boat Festival
title
Noodle (Mi
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
4. What is the official language spoken in China?
Gong Xi
Signature
about 275 lbs.
Mandarin Chinese
5. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Han
4
Red and Yellow
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
6. What are lion dances believed to do?
Red and Yellow
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
scare away the evil spirits
you could wipe away your good fortune
7. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Beijing
Nihao! Zenme y
wife or husband
8. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Bamboo leaves
Beijing
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
noodles
9. Where does the Giant Panda live?
xu Sh
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
red
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
10. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
Atheism
title
Afghanistan
11. The author of 'The Art of War' is
NE quadrant
multiple
1.3 Billion
Sun Zi ??
12. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
October 1st
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
greeting you
Han
13. What does renminbi mean?
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14. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
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
Most senior ranking attendee
15. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
learned skill
scare away the evil spirits
True
Hong boa or Lai see
16. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Parts of Chinese characters
Television
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mao Zedong
17. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
with both hands
Face to Face
cat
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
18. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Nihao! Zenme y
Bamboo leaves
bring in good luck and prosperity
Noodle (Mi
19. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
2500
Most senior ranking attendee
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tray of Togetherness
20. List some Chinese foods.
Inflate your prices
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Chinese Americans in USA
1.3 Billion
21. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Tray of Togetherness
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
the Shaolin Monks
22. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
multiple
False
scare away the evil spirits
Mao Zedong
23. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Taiwan
greeting you
Signature
24. What are the red envelopes called?
NE quadrant
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hong boa or Lai see
about 275 lbs.
25. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
false
Han
26. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
just over 8
Dessert (Small Heart)
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
27. What does the word yellow imply?
55
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
adult content
Han
28. What is China's currency called?
the lantern celebration
greeting you
cash
Renminbi Yuan
29. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Pinyin
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
limp and brief
30. What is a very popular food?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Chinese Americans in USA
white rice
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
31. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
communist
title
you could wipe away your good fortune
32. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Dragon Boat Festival
Shuo W
about 275 lbs.
China - Signapore
33. What are the four treasures of the study (w
just over 8
Most senior ranking attendee
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
2
34. Name a public holiday that China has.
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35. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Dessert (Small Heart)
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Chinese Americans in USA
36. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
55
adult content
Shuo W
Chinese Americans in USA
37. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
True
white rice
Taiwan
38. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Tray of Togetherness
Dragon Boat Festival
China - Signapore
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
39. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
greeting you
Renminbi Yuan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
40. Most people live in the_______of China
East
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
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Renminbi Yuan
41. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
the Shaolin Monks
Most senior ranking attendee
1600
title
42. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Great Wall of China
Pinyin
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
43. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Renminbi Yuan
Beijing
44. What flower represents courage and hope?
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
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Gong Xi
56 (including Han)
45. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
communist
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Mandarin Chinese
46. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Yangzi
Peach (T
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
47. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
False
Yangzi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
October 1st
48. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Signature
October 1st
15
49. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Taiwan
Fourth
Emperor and Empress
Mao Zedong
50. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Afghanistan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Black ??
xu Sh