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Chinese Culture

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1. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Black ??
Fourth
about 275 lbs.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies

2. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Chinese Americans in USA
white rice

3. What the three common Chinese greetings?
1.3 Billion
the lantern celebration
just over 8
Nihao! Zenme y

4. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
scare away the evil spirits
China - Signapore
the Spring Festival

5. What does 'radical' means?
Dessert (Small Heart)
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Parts of Chinese characters
Han

6. Most people live in the_______of China
Red and Yellow
Mao Zedong
East
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

7. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Dessert (Small Heart)
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
False
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

8. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Tea (Cha)
October 1st
4

9. What color is considered lucky?
red
xu Sh
Nihao! Zenme y
limp and brief

10. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
Face to Face
True

11. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Television

12. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
True
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Atheism
15

13. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Black ??
Gong Xi
adult content
Mao Zedong

14. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
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
xu Sh

15. There are often what main courses?
55
the Spring Festival
you could wipe away your good fortune
multiple

16. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
bring in good luck and prosperity
56 (including Han)
1.3 Billion

17. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
4
Renminbi Yuan
cash
to get rid of the bad luck and the old

18. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Sun Zi ??
Show emotion
title

19. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
Television
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Sun Zi ??

20. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Peach (T
people's money
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Noodle (Mi

21. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Renminbi Yuan
False
Han
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.

22. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
4
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Inflate your prices

23. How many Chinese characters are there
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
noodles
Signature
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

24. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Great Wall of China
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Black ??

25. The population in Mainland China is
Signature
Hong Kong
the Spring Festival
1.3 Billion

26. How did Kung Fu start?
Face to Face
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Signature
Beijing

27. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
Television
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
red

28. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Peach (T
noodles
limp and brief

29. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Beijing
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
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Shuo W

30. The Republic of China is located on...
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Taiwan
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
red

31. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
False
white rice
xu Sh
the Spring Festival

32. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
greeting you
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the Spring Festival
Emperor and Empress

33. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
white rice
Beijing
Red and Yellow
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.

34. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
East
greeting you

35. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Han
adult content
Taiwan - Hong Kong
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles

36. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
the Shaolin Monks
Shuo W
Emperor and Empress

37. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil

38. When is China's National Day?
Afghanistan
Mao Zedong
cash
October 1st

39. What are lion dances believed to do?
limp and brief
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
learned skill
scare away the evil spirits

40. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
scare away the evil spirits
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing

41. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
Hong boa or Lai see
True
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing

42. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Afghanistan
Han
True
Face to Face

43. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Gong Xi
Bamboo leaves
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money

44. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
the Spring Festival
Bamboo leaves
Noodle (Mi
noodles

45. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Taiwan - Hong Kong
limp and brief
Gong Xi
October 1st

46. What economy does China have?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
True
communist
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu

47. What does the word yellow imply?
1.3 Billion
Signature
Television
adult content

48. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
white rice
Peach (T

49. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
2
Tray of Togetherness
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
the Spring Festival

50. The largest ethnic group in China is called
white rice
False
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Han