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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. What does renminbi mean?
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2. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
xu Sh
people's money
True
55
3. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
NE quadrant
4. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
1600
Han
Show emotion
56 (including Han)
5. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Nihao! Zenme y
1.3 Billion
Parts of Chinese characters
Han
6. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Face to Face
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1.3 Billion
just over 8
7. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Yangzi
bring in good luck and prosperity
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hong Kong
8. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
the Shaolin Monks
False
xu Sh
Afghanistan
9. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Red and Yellow
False
the Spring Festival
10. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
her own last name
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
learned skill
False
11. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
multiple
Signature
12. Where is the Great Wall?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
title
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
NE quadrant
13. What does the word yellow imply?
about 275 lbs.
adult content
15
Gong Xi
14. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Renminbi Yuan
Gong Xi
56 (including Han)
Shuo W
15. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Tea (Cha)
her own last name
1.3 Billion
Mt. Everest
16. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
4
55
Chinese Americans in USA
Noodle (Mi
17. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
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
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Pinyin
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
18. The Republic of China is located on...
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Taiwan
Peach (T
Han
19. What are the four great invention of China?
Pinyin
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
China - Signapore
20. And the traditional form of characters is used in
her own last name
Bamboo leaves
Dessert (Small Heart)
Taiwan - Hong Kong
21. What was the Great Wall originally built?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Emperor and Empress
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
22. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
about 275 lbs.
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Red and Yellow
Taiwan
23. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
the Spring Festival
Fourth
Most senior ranking attendee
24. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Pinyin
wife or husband
Shuo W
Nihao! Zenme y
25. What are the four treasures of the study (w
1600
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
26. List some Chinese foods.
False
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
East
cat
27. Most people live in the_______of China
scare away the evil spirits
Han
East
Peach (T
28. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Bamboo leaves
the Shaolin Monks
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
29. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
learned skill
Great Wall of China
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
30. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Pinyin
Nihao! Zenme y
October 1st
31. How many Chinese characters are there
Parts of Chinese characters
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Atheism
people's money
32. Name a public holiday that China has.
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33. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
False
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
34. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Atheism
Renminbi Yuan
Pinyin
35. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
55
Renminbi Yuan
Show emotion
36. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Television
adult content
2
Show emotion
37. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
with both hands
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
you could wipe away your good fortune
Dessert (Small Heart)
38. ____________ were not invented in China?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Inflate your prices
the Spring Festival
Fortune cookies
39. How did Kung Fu start?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong Kong
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
True
40. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Face to Face
Yangzi
Mt. Everest
41. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
just over 8
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
4
Hong boa or Lai see
42. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Hong Kong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Inflate your prices
43. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
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
Bamboo leaves
Hin Jintao
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
44. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
white rice
Black ??
multiple
Emperor and Empress
45. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Beijing
2500
just over 8
Face to Face
46. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
4
Great Wall of China
you could wipe away your good fortune
47. When is China's National Day?
Noodle (Mi
October 1st
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
48. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
false
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
49. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Sun Zi ??
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Show emotion
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
50. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Most senior ranking attendee
Hin Jintao
Signature
Beijing