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. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
cat
Show emotion
Parts of Chinese characters
2500
2. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
the Spring Festival
Inflate your prices
bring in good luck and prosperity
3. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
cat
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
title
the lantern celebration
4. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
True
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Dragon Boat Festival
5. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Afghanistan
55
wife or husband
cat
6. Where does the Giant Panda live?
the Spring Festival
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Beijing
Face to Face
7. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
limp and brief
just over 8
8. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
the lantern celebration
9. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Hong Kong
the lantern celebration
Mao Zedong
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
10. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Great Wall of China
Beijing
Red and Yellow
11. When is China's National Day?
2
Bamboo leaves
the lantern celebration
October 1st
12. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
cat
Pinyin
Chinese Americans in USA
Han
13. What is China's currency called?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Renminbi Yuan
cash
Afghanistan
14. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Black ??
Emperor and Empress
False
the Shaolin Monks
15. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the lantern celebration
1.3 Billion
Dragon Boat Festival
16. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Beijing
Nihao! Zenme y
October 1st
China - Signapore
17. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
October 1st
Inflate your prices
Beijing
just over 8
18. What are the four treasures of the study (w
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
cat
adult content
19. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Gong Xi
Black ??
Hin Jintao
20. What economy does China have?
Bamboo leaves
xu Sh
Mao Zedong
communist
21. There are often what main courses?
Red and Yellow
the Shaolin Monks
Taiwan - Hong Kong
multiple
22. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Inflate your prices
Mao Zedong
Pinyin
the Spring Festival
23. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
1.3 Billion
communist
October 1st
24. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
the lantern celebration
Most senior ranking attendee
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
25. China shares a border with
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Afghanistan
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Fourth
26. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
China - Signapore
Sun Zi ??
27. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
learned skill
Atheism
white rice
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
28. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
29. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
title
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tray of Togetherness
30. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Noodle (Mi
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Signature
31. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Show emotion
Taiwan
32. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
multiple
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
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
Emperor and Empress
33. What are dragon dances believed to do?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Dessert (Small Heart)
1600
bring in good luck and prosperity
34. Most people live in the_______of China
Emperor and Empress
East
Dragon Boat Festival
white rice
35. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Beijing
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Peach (T
36. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
1600
Tea (Cha)
37. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
with both hands
4
Taiwan
Dragon Boat Festival
38. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
the lantern celebration
Red and Yellow
false
Hin Jintao
39. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Signature
1600
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
55
40. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Shuo W
Hong boa or Lai see
41. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Hong boa or Lai see
about 275 lbs.
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2
42. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
43. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Renminbi Yuan
you could wipe away your good fortune
Nihao! Zenme y
cat
44. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Mao Zedong
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Fourth
red
45. How did Kung Fu start?
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Hin Jintao
46. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
title
cash
47. The author of 'The Art of War' is
True
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Sun Zi ??
the lantern celebration
48. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Beijing
Dessert (Small Heart)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
49. What are the red envelopes called?
Mt. Everest
just over 8
Hong boa or Lai see
people's money
50. Which of these things did not originally come from China
white rice
Noodle (Mi
Television
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.