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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. How many Chinese characters are there
October 1st
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
2. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Taiwan - Hong Kong
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
limp and brief
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
3. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
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
China - Signapore
Bamboo leaves
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
4. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Peach (T
1.3 Billion
scare away the evil spirits
5. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Dessert (Small Heart)
people's money
Taiwan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
6. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
Bamboo leaves
Signature
you could wipe away your good fortune
7. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
her own last name
Hong Kong
East
Most senior ranking attendee
8. What are the four great invention of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
9. 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
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
red
wife or husband
10. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
communist
the Shaolin Monks
false
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
11. What does renminbi mean?
12. There are often what main courses?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Mao Zedong
Dragon Boat Festival
multiple
13. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
wife or husband
14. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Tray of Togetherness
greeting you
NE quadrant
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
15. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Black ??
bring in good luck and prosperity
Show emotion
false
16. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Mao Zedong
you could wipe away your good fortune
Pinyin
17. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
4
about 275 lbs.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
18. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
19. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
communist
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Red and Yellow
Black ??
20. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Red and Yellow
15
Peach (T
Shuo W
21. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
56 (including Han)
learned skill
Tray of Togetherness
cat
22. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Dessert (Small Heart)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
her own last name
23. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
the lantern celebration
adult content
learned skill
56 (including Han)
24. List some Chinese foods.
wife or husband
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Tray of Togetherness
25. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
2
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
26. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
learned skill
Tea (Cha)
27. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Inflate your prices
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
28. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
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
Han
with both hands
29. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Gong Xi
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
greeting you
30. How should one receive business cards?
Han
Great Wall of China
learned skill
with both hands
31. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Inflate your prices
scare away the evil spirits
Dragon Boat Festival
greeting you
32. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Fourth
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
56 (including Han)
33. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Atheism
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
34. And the traditional form of characters is used in
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Dessert (Small Heart)
her own last name
35. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Face to Face
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
36. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Black ??
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Sun Zi ??
Red and Yellow
37. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
multiple
NE quadrant
Parts of Chinese characters
38. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Chinese Americans in USA
cash
just over 8
39. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
Mao Zedong
false
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
40. What does Kung Fu mean?
Noodle (Mi
learned skill
Mt. Everest
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
41. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Pinyin
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
cat
with both hands
42. ____________ were not invented in China?
cat
Fortune cookies
Tray of Togetherness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
43. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
xu Sh
NE quadrant
Television
44. What is the highest mountain in China?
Hin Jintao
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mt. Everest
True
45. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Beijing
True
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
46. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Fourth
Emperor and Empress
4
47. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
her own last name
greeting you
China - Signapore
48. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Signature
Chinese Americans in USA
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
49. What economy does China have?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
Beijing
communist
50. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
white rice
Peach (T
Parts of Chinese characters