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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 does 'radical' means?
Atheism
Parts of Chinese characters
Pinyin
Hong Kong
2. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
True
Bamboo leaves
the Shaolin Monks
3. How many Chinese characters are there
Chinese Americans in USA
Red and Yellow
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
4. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
greeting you
Dragon Boat Festival
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Gong Xi
5. Some animals that make their homes in China.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
white rice
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
6. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Television
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
white rice
7. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2
False
8. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
4
Nihao! Zenme y
her own last name
9. What is a very popular food?
1.3 Billion
white rice
2500
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
10. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
2500
the Spring Festival
Great Wall of China
11. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Han
NE quadrant
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
12. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
55
title
13. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
October 1st
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
2
Mt. Everest
14. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
1.3 Billion
wife or husband
Face to Face
15. 'Dim Sum' means
October 1st
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Dessert (Small Heart)
the lantern celebration
16. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Hong boa or Lai see
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
2
17. What does renminbi mean?
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18. A handshake in China often is ...
just over 8
white rice
limp and brief
4
19. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
white rice
Emperor and Empress
wife or husband
20. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
with both hands
Hong boa or Lai see
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
21. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
multiple
xu Sh
22. 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
East
learned skill
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
23. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
about 275 lbs.
East
Dragon Boat Festival
24. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
1600
the lantern celebration
Chinese Americans in USA
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
25. China shares a border with
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
Mao Zedong
Black ??
Afghanistan
26. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
adult content
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
people's money
False
27. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Signature
Fourth
Nihao! Zenme y
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
28. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
Hin Jintao
56 (including Han)
Tray of Togetherness
29. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
55
4
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
Black ??
30. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
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
NE quadrant
Signature
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
31. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
Tea (Cha)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
October 1st
32. List some Chinese foods.
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
October 1st
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Taiwan
33. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
1600
title
Red and Yellow
34. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Taiwan
Great Wall of China
35. What are the four great invention of China?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
white rice
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Inflate your prices
36. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
55
communist
Han
the Shaolin Monks
37. What color is considered lucky?
Parts of Chinese characters
Most senior ranking attendee
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
red
38. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Mandarin Chinese
communist
Hin Jintao
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
39. What are the red envelopes called?
limp and brief
Hong boa or Lai see
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Most senior ranking attendee
40. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
East
Taiwan
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
41. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
multiple
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
false
you could wipe away your good fortune
42. What are lion dances believed to do?
Most senior ranking attendee
scare away the evil spirits
learned skill
Beijing
43. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Show emotion
Mao Zedong
44. How should one receive business cards?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Tray of Togetherness
Sun Zi ??
with both hands
45. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
China - Signapore
Taiwan
Shuo W
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
46. How did Kung Fu start?
Fourth
Sun Zi ??
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Mandarin Chinese
47. List some Chinese inventions.
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
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
48. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Noodle (Mi
Fourth
4
Hin Jintao
49. What flower represents courage and hope?
Great Wall of China
with both hands
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
East
50. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
China - Signapore
Face to Face
56 (including Han)