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Chinese Culture

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1. The largest ethnic group in China is called
learned skill
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Hong boa or Lai see
Han

2. What is a very popular food?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
white rice
Mao Zedong
Han

3. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Hin Jintao
Han
2500
Peach (T

4. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Tea (Cha)
limp and brief

5. 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
Afghanistan
Bamboo leaves

6. What flower represents courage and hope?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Hong boa or Lai see
Bamboo leaves

7. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
the Shaolin Monks
2
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone

8. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
with both hands
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Fourth
Gong Xi

9. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
4
Face to Face
xu Sh
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

10. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
xu Sh
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
the Shaolin Monks
2

11. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
about 275 lbs.
the Spring Festival
cat
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

12. What is the highest mountain in China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mt. Everest
Face to Face
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans

13. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Television
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
the plum blossom - they bloom year round

14. What economy does China have?
Noodle (Mi
Black ??
communist
noodles

15. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Mandarin Chinese
Mao Zedong
Television
title

16. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
cat
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
multiple

17. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Renminbi Yuan
Han
noodles
Beijing

18. What color is considered lucky?
red
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
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

19. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Mandarin Chinese
Chinese Americans in USA
just over 8

20. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
the plum blossom - they bloom year round

21. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
communist
noodles
Chinese Americans in USA
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles

22. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?

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23. Where is the Great Wall?
her own last name
NE quadrant
just over 8
communist

24. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
15
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Renminbi Yuan
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth

25. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
cash
False
her own last name

26. China shares a border with
bring in good luck and prosperity
1.3 Billion
Afghanistan
Mao Zedong

27. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
with both hands
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Show emotion
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish

28. What does Kung Fu mean?
with both hands
Bamboo leaves
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
learned skill

29. Name a public holiday that China has.

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30. What is the longest river in China?
2500
Yangzi
Signature
multiple

31. There are often what main courses?
multiple
4
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 Spring Festival

32. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
cat
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
cash
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles

33. Some animals that make their homes in China.
55
Taiwan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
wife or husband

34. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Fortune cookies
people's money
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Tea (Cha)

35. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bring in good luck and prosperity
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Great Wall of China

36. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Han
Red and Yellow
56 (including Han)
the Shaolin Monks

37. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Black ??
xu Sh
2500

38. What are lion dances believed to do?
4
adult content
xu Sh
scare away the evil spirits

39. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Dessert (Small Heart)
false
Afghanistan

40. 'Dim Sum' means
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong Kong
Dessert (Small Heart)
15

41. What is China's currency called?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Renminbi Yuan
Sun Zi ??
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow

42. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Chinese Americans in USA
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

43. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Yangzi
China - Signapore
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

44. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
you could wipe away your good fortune
True
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Great Wall of China

45. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
56 (including Han)
cash
Pinyin
True

46. How many Chinese characters are there
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
1.3 Billion
false

47. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Peach (T
with both hands

48. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Hong Kong
wife or husband
Hin Jintao
Han

49. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
the Shaolin Monks
cat
white rice

50. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Hin Jintao
Sun Zi ??
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Nihao! Zenme y