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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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1. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
scare away the evil spirits
Dessert (Small Heart)
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
Pinyin
2. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Mao Zedong
2
NE quadrant
Fortune cookies
3. China shares a border with
Hong Kong
Mao Zedong
Taiwan
Afghanistan
4. What is the state religion in China?
55
Atheism
multiple
Mandarin Chinese
5. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
Pinyin
Taiwan
Dragon Boat Festival
6. What are the five official religions of China?
Television
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fortune cookies
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
7. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
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
the lantern celebration
8. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
her own last name
people's money
Noodle (Mi
9. What does renminbi mean?
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10. What does 'radical' means?
True
Parts of Chinese characters
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Peach (T
11. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Sun Zi ??
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
12. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
xu Sh
1600
13. Where is the Great Wall?
the Shaolin Monks
NE quadrant
Noodle (Mi
Mao Zedong
14. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
October 1st
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
15. What is the highest mountain in China?
just over 8
Hin Jintao
Mt. Everest
Han
16. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Dessert (Small Heart)
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
false
17. Most people live in the_______of China
East
people's money
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
18. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
55
Great Wall of China
19. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
2
bring in good luck and prosperity
Peach (T
Fourth
20. When is China's National Day?
Sun Zi ??
October 1st
white rice
Inflate your prices
21. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
cash
false
Fourth
with both hands
22. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Red and Yellow
1600
limp and brief
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
23. The top three most population cites in China
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Chinese Americans in USA
Peach (T
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
24. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Gong Xi
Red and Yellow
the lantern celebration
25. Where does the Giant Panda live?
just over 8
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Fortune cookies
26. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Tray of Togetherness
the Spring Festival
2500
Black ??
27. What is the money China called?
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
28. What does Kung Fu mean?
56 (including Han)
learned skill
Afghanistan
communist
29. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Dessert (Small Heart)
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Sun Zi ??
Emperor and Empress
30. The population in Mainland China is
Nihao! Zenme y
1.3 Billion
Afghanistan
Bamboo leaves
31. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Dessert (Small Heart)
Taiwan
Great Wall of China
32. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
about 275 lbs.
Black ??
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
wife or husband
33. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
34. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Face to Face
cat
with both hands
35. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Most senior ranking attendee
Television
Taiwan
Noodle (Mi
36. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
False
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
learned skill
37. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Show emotion
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
38. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
title
Nihao! Zenme y
wife or husband
39. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
the Shaolin Monks
wife or husband
Tea (Cha)
communist
40. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Television
bring in good luck and prosperity
her own last name
China - Signapore
41. What flower represents courage and hope?
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
bring in good luck and prosperity
Han
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
42. What are lion dances believed to do?
Hong boa or Lai see
scare away the evil spirits
Sun Zi ??
1600
43. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
learned skill
15
44. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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45. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Face to Face
Mandarin Chinese
with both hands
46. A handshake in China often is ...
the lantern celebration
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
limp and brief
Dessert (Small Heart)
47. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
multiple
Noodle (Mi
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
48. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
adult content
xu Sh
49. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Inflate your prices
Han
Hong boa or Lai see
50. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Han
communist
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
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