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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 is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Show emotion
Tray of Togetherness
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
2. A handshake in China often is ...
Television
Shuo W
limp and brief
cat
3. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Black ??
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
cat
4. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
xu Sh
Inflate your prices
with both hands
Mao Zedong
5. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Beijing
Dragon Boat Festival
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Nihao! Zenme y
6. What are the red envelopes called?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han
Hong boa or Lai see
title
7. What economy does China have?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mt. Everest
communist
people's money
8. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
the lantern celebration
56 (including Han)
Parts of Chinese characters
9. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
4
55
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
10. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Chinese Americans in USA
Mt. Everest
China - Signapore
bring in good luck and prosperity
11. What is the official language spoken in China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mandarin Chinese
greeting you
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
12. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Shuo W
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
13. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Hong boa or Lai see
4
you could wipe away your good fortune
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
14. Name a public holiday that China has.
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15. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Bamboo leaves
Great Wall of China
Most senior ranking attendee
Dessert (Small Heart)
16. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
Great Wall of China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Bamboo leaves
17. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
red
4
Chinese Americans in USA
18. The population in Mainland China is
just over 8
1.3 Billion
Signature
Noodle (Mi
19. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Han
Sun Zi ??
Peach (T
you could wipe away your good fortune
20. The Republic of China is located on...
Hong boa or Lai see
Mao Zedong
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Taiwan
21. What are the five official religions of China?
Dragon Boat Festival
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
22. 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
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
you could wipe away your good fortune
23. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Most senior ranking attendee
people's money
15
adult content
24. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Sun Zi ??
Red and Yellow
Dessert (Small Heart)
Han
25. There are often what main courses?
Hin Jintao
bring in good luck and prosperity
multiple
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
26. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Beijing
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
Television
27. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
about 275 lbs.
Great Wall of China
28. What is a very popular food?
white rice
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
limp and brief
29. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
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
with both hands
adult content
30. What flower represents courage and hope?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
2500
East
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
31. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
bring in good luck and prosperity
55
1.3 Billion
32. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Noodle (Mi
learned skill
Taiwan
33. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
NE quadrant
Fourth
34. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
with both hands
2500
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
35. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
limp and brief
36. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Show emotion
Han
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
NE quadrant
37. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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38. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
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
4
learned skill
39. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Pinyin
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Fourth
40. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
41. What is the highest mountain in China?
NE quadrant
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mao Zedong
Mt. Everest
42. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Han
Gong Xi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
43. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
cash
Fortune cookies
wife or husband
44. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
limp and brief
you could wipe away your good fortune
1600
Emperor and Empress
45. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
greeting you
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
1600
Black ??
46. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Renminbi Yuan
white rice
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
1600
47. How did Kung Fu start?
Beijing
Parts of Chinese characters
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Nihao! Zenme y
48. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
October 1st
Face to Face
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Signature
49. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
her own last name
Red and Yellow
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
50. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Chinese Americans in USA
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
adult content
wife or husband