SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Chinese Culture
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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. The top three most population cites in China
just over 8
Mao Zedong
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
2. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
Taiwan
2500
Beijing
3. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
cash
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
about 275 lbs.
Taiwan
4. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
the lantern celebration
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Pinyin
Inflate your prices
5. How should one receive business cards?
Red and Yellow
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
with both hands
xu Sh
6. What are the four great invention of China?
learned skill
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Renminbi Yuan
7. What is the state religion in China?
her own last name
1600
Atheism
you could wipe away your good fortune
8. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Emperor and Empress
Pinyin
9. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Signature
red
Chinese Americans in USA
about 275 lbs.
10. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Mandarin Chinese
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
11. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
China - Signapore
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong boa or Lai see
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
12. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the lantern celebration
China - Signapore
Dragon Boat Festival
13. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Nihao! Zenme y
55
Mandarin Chinese
14. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Nihao! Zenme y
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
15. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
cat
October 1st
Inflate your prices
16. How did Kung Fu start?
Hong Kong
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Inflate your prices
Fourth
17. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Mao Zedong
Inflate your prices
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Tray of Togetherness
18. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
Great Wall of China
Fourth
the Shaolin Monks
19. Where is the Great Wall?
with both hands
NE quadrant
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
20. What color is considered lucky?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red
Han
21. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Afghanistan
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
Nihao! Zenme y
22. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
15
China - Signapore
Han
the Spring Festival
23. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
2500
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
Hong boa or Lai see
24. Name a public holiday that China has.
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
25. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
greeting you
East
Face to Face
26. What is the highest mountain in China?
Hin Jintao
China - Signapore
Mt. Everest
Tray of Togetherness
27. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
56 (including Han)
Han
2500
28. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
cash
Most senior ranking attendee
Atheism
29. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
55
adult content
15
noodles
30. What is a very popular food?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Afghanistan
NE quadrant
white rice
31. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Hin Jintao
Hong Kong
October 1st
32. Most people live in the_______of China
adult content
Face to Face
Renminbi Yuan
East
33. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Atheism
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
Taiwan - Hong Kong
34. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Shuo W
Hong Kong
the lantern celebration
35. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Yangzi
4
people's money
36. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Nihao! Zenme y
Hong boa or Lai see
Afghanistan
Show emotion
37. When is China's National Day?
red
cash
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
October 1st
38. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
Pinyin
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
39. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Han
Most senior ranking attendee
the Shaolin Monks
you could wipe away your good fortune
40. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
East
Afghanistan
xu Sh
55
41. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
scare away the evil spirits
her own last name
Black ??
NE quadrant
42. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
multiple
1600
56 (including Han)
43. A handshake in China often is ...
Mt. Everest
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
limp and brief
just over 8
44. What does renminbi mean?
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
45. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Dragon Boat Festival
46. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
red
adult content
Beijing
Mao Zedong
47. What is the longest river in China?
Great Wall of China
1600
Dragon Boat Festival
Yangzi
48. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
cat
15
49. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Hong boa or Lai see
50. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
greeting you
title
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Noodle (Mi