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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. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
limp and brief
15
multiple
2. What was the Great Wall originally built?
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
Han
Mao Zedong
3. List some Chinese foods.
about 275 lbs.
white rice
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
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. When is China's National Day?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
noodles
October 1st
5. What are the red envelopes called?
limp and brief
false
Hong boa or Lai see
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
6. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Hin Jintao
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Face to Face
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
7. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Han
Hong Kong
title
8. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
55
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
9. What is the longest river in China?
Emperor and Empress
Yangzi
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
56 (including Han)
10. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Hong boa or Lai see
her own last name
the lantern celebration
11. What is the money China called?
title
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Gong Xi
12. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
white rice
Dragon Boat Festival
Black ??
scare away the evil spirits
13. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Taiwan
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Tray of Togetherness
Han
14. What does the word yellow imply?
adult content
Mao Zedong
Noodle (Mi
NE quadrant
15. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
Chinese Americans in USA
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
16. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
adult content
Nihao! Zenme y
about 275 lbs.
1600
17. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Red and Yellow
Afghanistan
Emperor and Empress
adult content
18. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
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
title
just over 8
Bamboo leaves
19. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
greeting you
4
20. What are the five official religions of China?
False
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
multiple
21. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
NE quadrant
Noodle (Mi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
22. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Shuo W
4
Mao Zedong
scare away the evil spirits
23. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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24. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
False
Mao Zedong
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
25. What flower represents courage and hope?
Face to Face
Sun Zi ??
the Spring Festival
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
26. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Han
Bamboo leaves
55
False
27. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Mt. Everest
the Spring Festival
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Hin Jintao
28. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
the Shaolin Monks
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Most senior ranking attendee
Dragon Boat Festival
29. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Peach (T
Chinese Americans in USA
Fortune cookies
Most senior ranking attendee
30. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
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
Television
Inflate your prices
31. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Red and Yellow
xu Sh
Yangzi
32. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Most senior ranking attendee
Mandarin Chinese
East
33. What is a very popular food?
the Spring Festival
limp and brief
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
white rice
34. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
2
Mao Zedong
Most senior ranking attendee
False
35. What is the state religion in China?
title
wife or husband
Atheism
her own last name
36. The top three most population cites in China
Peach (T
noodles
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
37. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Bamboo leaves
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
38. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Red and Yellow
white rice
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
39. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
bring in good luck and prosperity
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
40. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Chinese Americans in USA
Taiwan - Hong Kong
2
Mao Zedong
41. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
noodles
Fortune cookies
scare away the evil spirits
42. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Most senior ranking attendee
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Hong Kong
scare away the evil spirits
43. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Tea (Cha)
Television
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Dragon Boat Festival
44. How did Kung Fu start?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
greeting you
45. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
October 1st
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Yangzi
communist
46. List some Chinese inventions.
Nihao! Zenme y
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
1600
1.3 Billion
47. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
just over 8
xu Sh
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
48. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Pinyin
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Fourth
49. What does 'radical' means?
1.3 Billion
Pinyin
Parts of Chinese characters
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
50. Most people live in the_______of China
Face to Face
East
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
the Spring Festival