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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. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
NE quadrant
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Chinese Americans in USA
2. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
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
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
55
3. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Yangzi
Inflate your prices
you could wipe away your good fortune
2500
4. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
you could wipe away your good fortune
Emperor and Empress
Chinese Americans in USA
5. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
2500
with both hands
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Peach (T
6. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Beijing
Black ??
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
7. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Tea (Cha)
Taiwan - Hong Kong
1600
8. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
bring in good luck and prosperity
55
9. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
scare away the evil spirits
Face to Face
10. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Han
adult content
Mt. Everest
11. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Hin Jintao
people's money
Fourth
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
12. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Pinyin
Mao Zedong
Renminbi Yuan
China - Signapore
13. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Black ??
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
55
Sun Zi ??
14. What are dragon dances believed to do?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Tray of Togetherness
cat
bring in good luck and prosperity
15. What does the word yellow imply?
red
2500
Parts of Chinese characters
adult content
16. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
October 1st
Inflate your prices
Television
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
17. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
wife or husband
Dragon Boat Festival
Gong Xi
18. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
xu Sh
56 (including Han)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
1.3 Billion
19. What economy does China have?
Han
Mt. Everest
communist
red
20. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Mt. Everest
wife or husband
multiple
Fourth
21. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
cat
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Chinese Americans in USA
Most senior ranking attendee
22. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
True
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Hong boa or Lai see
Yangzi
23. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Afghanistan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
False
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
24. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
25. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
2
her own last name
you could wipe away your good fortune
noodles
26. What is a very popular food?
Sun Zi ??
white rice
Pinyin
Chinese Americans in USA
27. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
2
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hin Jintao
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
28. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
xu Sh
2
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
29. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Gong Xi
bring in good luck and prosperity
Inflate your prices
Show emotion
30. What flower represents courage and hope?
2500
Han
Taiwan
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
31. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Shuo W
Peach (T
2500
Tray of Togetherness
32. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Afghanistan
Pinyin
Black ??
Noodle (Mi
33. How did Kung Fu start?
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
Mt. Everest
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
her own last name
34. What does renminbi mean?
35. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Parts of Chinese characters
limp and brief
her own last name
Hin Jintao
36. What are the four treasures of the study (w
her own last name
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
cat
2500
37. List some Chinese inventions.
Emperor and Empress
limp and brief
Hong boa or Lai see
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
38. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Atheism
False
39. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Chinese Americans in USA
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
white rice
Most senior ranking attendee
40. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Taiwan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Pinyin
xu Sh
41. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
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
her own last name
42. What color is considered lucky?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red
Renminbi Yuan
Mandarin Chinese
43. Where is the Great Wall?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
NE quadrant
bring in good luck and prosperity
adult content
44. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Fortune cookies
NE quadrant
Nihao! Zenme y
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
45. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
the Shaolin Monks
Television
with both hands
46. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Afghanistan
Signature
47. Some animals that make their homes in China.
limp and brief
Noodle (Mi
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tea (Cha)
48. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Show emotion
Renminbi Yuan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
49. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Hong boa or Lai see
Face to Face
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
people's money
50. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
people's money
2
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu