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Chinese Culture
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Study First
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. When is China's National Day?
True
October 1st
4
1600
2. China shares a border with
Chinese Americans in USA
wife or husband
Afghanistan
multiple
3. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Tray of Togetherness
Face to Face
scare away the evil spirits
the lantern celebration
4. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mao Zedong
Tea (Cha)
Tray of Togetherness
5. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
1.3 Billion
False
Chinese Americans in USA
6. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Renminbi Yuan
1600
noodles
7. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
4
Face to Face
Taiwan - Hong Kong
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
8. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Hong Kong
Bamboo leaves
Pinyin
9. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Great Wall of China
title
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mao Zedong
10. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Face to Face
55
Renminbi Yuan
false
11. What is the money China called?
Shuo W
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Signature
Tea (Cha)
12. ____________ were not invented in China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
NE quadrant
Fortune cookies
Black ??
13. What does 'radical' means?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Parts of Chinese characters
with both hands
Inflate your prices
14. What is the state religion in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
East
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Atheism
15. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
the Spring Festival
Chinese Americans in USA
limp and brief
16. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
greeting you
Chinese Americans in USA
Face to Face
17. What is the national drink for Chinese?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Tea (Cha)
NE quadrant
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
18. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
xu Sh
1600
Parts of Chinese characters
Taiwan
19. What color is considered lucky?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red
Mao Zedong
20. Chinese New year is also known as what?
Peach (T
the Spring Festival
with both hands
people's money
21. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Atheism
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hong boa or Lai see
22. How did Kung Fu start?
Nihao! Zenme y
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
white rice
Emperor and Empress
23. 'Dim Sum' means
the Spring Festival
Pinyin
Dessert (Small Heart)
limp and brief
24. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
with both hands
Television
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
25. How should one receive business cards?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
with both hands
1600
Inflate your prices
26. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Gong Xi
Emperor and Empress
the lantern celebration
you could wipe away your good fortune
27. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Pinyin
Hin Jintao
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Nihao! Zenme y
28. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Fortune cookies
about 275 lbs.
Noodle (Mi
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
29. What is a very popular food?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
about 275 lbs.
2
white rice
30. What does renminbi mean?
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31. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
15
just over 8
Signature
32. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Hong Kong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Sun Zi ??
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
33. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Hong Kong
34. What flower represents courage and hope?
Shuo W
1.3 Billion
white rice
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
35. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
36. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Peach (T
37. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Shuo W
Han
October 1st
38. Name a public holiday that China has.
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39. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
with both hands
False
Noodle (Mi
scare away the evil spirits
40. What are lion dances believed to do?
Han
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
scare away the evil spirits
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
41. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Mao Zedong
Hong Kong
Hin Jintao
42. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
communist
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mao Zedong
43. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
with both hands
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
noodles
44. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Great Wall of China
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
cash
cat
45. The top three most population cites in China
Mao Zedong
Pinyin
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
46. What is China's currency called?
Fourth
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Renminbi Yuan
Han
47. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Sun Zi ??
Taiwan - Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Mt. Everest
48. What economy does China have?
Great Wall of China
Television
communist
False
49. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
1.3 Billion
the Shaolin Monks
50. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Most senior ranking attendee
Mao Zedong
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Dessert (Small Heart)