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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 pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Mao Zedong
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
2
multiple
2. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the lantern celebration
Sun Zi ??
title
3. Where does the Giant Panda live?
East
October 1st
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
4. There are often what main courses?
cash
Hong boa or Lai see
Face to Face
multiple
5. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Dragon Boat Festival
Hong Kong
Nihao! Zenme y
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
6. What does 'radical' means?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Shuo W
Parts of Chinese characters
7. What color is considered lucky?
white rice
red
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
noodles
8. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
cat
limp and brief
Afghanistan
2500
9. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
communist
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
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10. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
communist
Taiwan - Hong Kong
11. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Taiwan
Television
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Black ??
12. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Emperor and Empress
cash
Dragon Boat Festival
title
13. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
just over 8
Sun Zi ??
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
her own last name
14. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Taiwan
56 (including Han)
you could wipe away your good fortune
Afghanistan
15. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
false
Face to Face
Hong Kong
16. How should one receive business cards?
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
Dessert (Small Heart)
with both hands
just over 8
17. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
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
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
18. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
1.3 Billion
NE quadrant
Shuo W
cat
19. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
scare away the evil spirits
limp and brief
NE quadrant
20. What are dragon dances believed to do?
the Shaolin Monks
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
bring in good luck and prosperity
title
21. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
Face to Face
bring in good luck and prosperity
2500
22. What was the Great Wall originally built?
her own last name
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Television
false
23. What is China's currency called?
limp and brief
Most senior ranking attendee
Renminbi Yuan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
24. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Parts of Chinese characters
Han
Mt. Everest
Afghanistan
25. What is a very popular food?
Yangzi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
white rice
26. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Black ??
4
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Han
27. What are the red envelopes called?
Hin Jintao
Inflate your prices
Tray of Togetherness
Hong boa or Lai see
28. What are the five official religions of China?
Taiwan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
October 1st
Han
29. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Fourth
Peach (T
just over 8
4
30. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Yangzi
Tea (Cha)
Peach (T
East
31. What is the money China called?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tray of Togetherness
noodles
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
32. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
noodles
October 1st
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hin Jintao
33. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
October 1st
Bamboo leaves
Mt. Everest
34. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Television
55
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
35. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
scare away the evil spirits
Dessert (Small Heart)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
with both hands
36. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
4
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
East
37. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
about 275 lbs.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
noodles
38. Most people live in the_______of China
Mt. Everest
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
East
Afghanistan
39. How did Kung Fu start?
Atheism
Afghanistan
1.3 Billion
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
40. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
people's money
Parts of Chinese characters
41. What does Kung Fu mean?
Atheism
Tea (Cha)
learned skill
the lantern celebration
42. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Nihao! Zenme y
red
cash
noodles
43. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Beijing
1600
Mandarin Chinese
wife or husband
44. The top three most population cites in China
Beijing
Noodle (Mi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
45. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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46. What flower represents courage and hope?
Show emotion
Gong Xi
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Han
47. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Nihao! Zenme y
False
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Television
48. Name a public holiday that China has.
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49. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Fourth
the lantern celebration
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mao Zedong
50. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Fortune cookies
Inflate your prices
East
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