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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 capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
you could wipe away your good fortune
Beijing
Pinyin
2. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
xu Sh
Han
3. What is China's currency called?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Parts of Chinese characters
Renminbi Yuan
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
4. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
just over 8
multiple
15
5. What does renminbi mean?
6. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Sun Zi ??
Dragon Boat Festival
2500
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
7. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Yangzi
false
learned skill
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
8. When is China's National Day?
Yangzi
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
October 1st
2
9. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
55
Fortune cookies
Fourth
Red and Yellow
10. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
15
Dessert (Small Heart)
Face to Face
56 (including Han)
11. What is the official language spoken in China?
China - Signapore
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
with both hands
Mandarin Chinese
12. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
56 (including Han)
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
her own last name
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
13. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Inflate your prices
14. Name a public holiday that China has.
15. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Tea (Cha)
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
16. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
4
55
just over 8
17. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
people's money
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
18. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
NE quadrant
communist
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Emperor and Empress
19. How did Kung Fu start?
Signature
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
NE quadrant
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
20. What is a very popular food?
learned skill
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Tray of Togetherness
white rice
21. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Fourth
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Gong Xi
NE quadrant
22. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
Face to Face
Tea (Cha)
Beijing
23. What flower represents courage and hope?
people's money
Red and Yellow
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
24. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
2
Parts of Chinese characters
Signature
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
25. There are often what main courses?
multiple
NE quadrant
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2
26. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
with both hands
October 1st
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
27. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Mt. Everest
Renminbi Yuan
Television
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
28. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
NE quadrant
Bamboo leaves
Television
Hong Kong
29. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Sun Zi ??
Hin Jintao
30. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
the lantern celebration
cash
with both hands
31. Some animals that make their homes in China.
her own last name
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Pinyin
32. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
red
Mandarin Chinese
Pinyin
33. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Television
Hin Jintao
multiple
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
34. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
multiple
her own last name
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
56 (including Han)
35. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
learned skill
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Beijing
Parts of Chinese characters
36. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Fourth
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Black ??
you could wipe away your good fortune
37. The top three most population cites in China
2
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Tea (Cha)
38. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mandarin Chinese
Nihao! Zenme y
39. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
False
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
learned skill
40. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Signature
Pinyin
Dessert (Small Heart)
41. What is the longest river in China?
Great Wall of China
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Yangzi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
42. The largest ethnic group in China is called
56 (including Han)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
East
Han
43. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan
greeting you
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
44. What does 'radical' means?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Parts of Chinese characters
October 1st
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
45. What does Kung Fu mean?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Peach (T
learned skill
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
46. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Most senior ranking attendee
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
47. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Tea (Cha)
cash
Fourth
False
48. What is the money China called?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
the lantern celebration
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
49. What does the word yellow imply?
people's money
Han
adult content
Fortune cookies
50. What was the Great Wall originally built?
adult content
Noodle (Mi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Television