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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 fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
56 (including Han)
Black ??
2. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
just over 8
3. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Afghanistan
false
Mt. Everest
Sun Zi ??
4. Where does the Giant Panda live?
learned skill
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Black ??
5. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Fortune cookies
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Han
4
6. Chinese New year is also known as what?
NE quadrant
Hong Kong
the Spring Festival
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
7. China shares a border with
Red and Yellow
Afghanistan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
8. What does renminbi mean?
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9. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
scare away the evil spirits
Face to Face
Gong Xi
10. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Pinyin
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Most senior ranking attendee
Yangzi
11. Some animals that make their homes in China.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Tea (Cha)
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
12. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1600
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2500
13. There are often what main courses?
false
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Yangzi
multiple
14. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
adult content
56 (including Han)
Tray of Togetherness
Sun Zi ??
15. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Parts of Chinese characters
Signature
Noodle (Mi
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
16. How did Kung Fu start?
15
red
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
4
17. When is China's National Day?
communist
false
Bamboo leaves
October 1st
18. What is the longest river in China?
Show emotion
Yangzi
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
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
19. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Mandarin Chinese
noodles
the Spring Festival
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
20. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
her own last name
Most senior ranking attendee
Beijing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
21. How should one receive business cards?
Tea (Cha)
white rice
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
with both hands
22. The author of 'The Art of War' is
red
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Sun Zi ??
wife or husband
23. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
limp and brief
Fourth
1600
Mao Zedong
24. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Parts of Chinese characters
Emperor and Empress
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
55
25. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Han
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
China - Signapore
26. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Dragon Boat Festival
Tea (Cha)
Show emotion
limp and brief
27. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Signature
false
Emperor and Empress
Hin Jintao
28. What is the official language spoken in China?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mandarin Chinese
Chinese Americans in USA
True
29. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Mao Zedong
56 (including Han)
red
Chinese Americans in USA
30. What is China's currency called?
Mt. Everest
NE quadrant
false
Renminbi Yuan
31. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong Kong
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
greeting you
32. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
wife or husband
Han
Signature
adult content
33. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Tray of Togetherness
Han
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
Show emotion
34. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
the lantern celebration
Chinese Americans in USA
communist
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
35. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mt. Everest
Han
36. What are the red envelopes called?
Fortune cookies
2500
Hong boa or Lai see
title
37. What color is considered lucky?
Nihao! Zenme y
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
red
Chinese Americans in USA
38. What does Kung Fu mean?
Most senior ranking attendee
learned skill
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Hong boa or Lai see
39. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Gong Xi
Face to Face
55
40. What is a very popular food?
1.3 Billion
title
white rice
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
41. What are lion dances believed to do?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
scare away the evil spirits
limp and brief
Fourth
42. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Great Wall of China
Face to Face
Red and Yellow
True
43. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
cash
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chinese Americans in USA
the Shaolin Monks
44. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
bring in good luck and prosperity
Signature
Sun Zi ??
45. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
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
4
Fourth
46. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
wife or husband
47. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
wife or husband
2
Shuo W
Parts of Chinese characters
48. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Great Wall of China
Pinyin
4
49. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Red and Yellow
about 275 lbs.
cat
1600
50. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
Chinese Americans in USA
Taiwan
Shuo W