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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. List some Chinese inventions.
56 (including Han)
just over 8
Renminbi Yuan
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
October 1st
2
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
3. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
Great Wall of China
with both hands
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
4. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
with both hands
noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
5. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Show emotion
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
6. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Red and Yellow
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Emperor and Empress
Television
7. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
True
her own last name
8. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
multiple
bring in good luck and prosperity
Mao Zedong
9. What is the official language spoken in China?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
1.3 Billion
Mandarin Chinese
1600
10. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
2
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
11. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
55
greeting you
12. What economy does China have?
Beijing
Mandarin Chinese
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
communist
13. What are the four great invention of China?
Fourth
you could wipe away your good fortune
Renminbi Yuan
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
14. What does the word yellow imply?
with both hands
wife or husband
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
adult content
15. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
True
Hong Kong
learned skill
16. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
the Spring Festival
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
Gong Xi
17. What is a very popular food?
white rice
Sun Zi ??
Renminbi Yuan
her own last name
18. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Hong boa or Lai see
Television
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
19. What does Kung Fu mean?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
learned skill
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Sun Zi ??
20. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
people's money
Emperor and Empress
about 275 lbs.
21. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
Nihao! Zenme y
communist
limp and brief
22. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
cat
Face to Face
Afghanistan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
23. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
noodles
Show emotion
24. 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
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
True
Dessert (Small Heart)
25. What does renminbi mean?
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26. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Great Wall of China
2
false
Renminbi Yuan
27. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Bamboo leaves
white rice
Atheism
56 (including Han)
28. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Emperor and Empress
Peach (T
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
29. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
30. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Fourth
Bamboo leaves
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
wife or husband
31. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
Gong Xi
4
the Shaolin Monks
32. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Afghanistan
33. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
learned skill
false
East
34. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
about 275 lbs.
Show emotion
Taiwan - Hong Kong
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
35. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Black ??
Atheism
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
36. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Show emotion
Tea (Cha)
Signature
Dragon Boat Festival
37. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Tea (Cha)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
38. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Black ??
cash
2
just over 8
39. The population in Mainland China is
Atheism
1.3 Billion
Nihao! Zenme y
2500
40. What is the longest river in China?
white rice
Nihao! Zenme y
Yangzi
4
41. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
white rice
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
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
42. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Beijing
Yangzi
NE quadrant
China - Signapore
43. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
communist
Tray of Togetherness
4
44. How should one receive business cards?
2
Hong boa or Lai see
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
with both hands
45. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
October 1st
4
multiple
you could wipe away your good fortune
46. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Bamboo leaves
55
cash
limp and brief
47. What are the four treasures of the study (w
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
adult content
4
48. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
False
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Dessert (Small Heart)
xu Sh
49. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
people's money
Sun Zi ??
50. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Afghanistan