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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. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
white rice
Shuo W
East
2. Which of these things did not originally come from China
white rice
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Television
3. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
Signature
Chinese Americans in USA
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
4. What is China's currency called?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Renminbi Yuan
the Shaolin Monks
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
5. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Parts of Chinese characters
Most senior ranking attendee
China - Signapore
Noodle (Mi
6. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
noodles
Fourth
white rice
Atheism
7. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
people's money
False
2500
8. List some Chinese inventions.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
limp and brief
9. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Bamboo leaves
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fourth
Shuo W
10. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Han
the lantern celebration
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
56 (including Han)
11. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Tray of Togetherness
Red and Yellow
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
12. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
China - Signapore
2
Pinyin
13. What are the five official religions of China?
1.3 Billion
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
October 1st
14. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
greeting you
True
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
2500
15. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
55
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Gong Xi
Bamboo leaves
16. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Show emotion
white rice
xu Sh
4
17. What does renminbi mean?
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18. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
4
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
limp and brief
56 (including Han)
19. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
1600
55
20. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
multiple
56 (including Han)
Hong boa or Lai see
21. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
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2
title
22. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Han
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Noodle (Mi
Dragon Boat Festival
23. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
56 (including Han)
Nihao! Zenme y
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
limp and brief
24. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
the Shaolin Monks
2
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
xu Sh
25. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hong boa or Lai see
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
26. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
adult content
Signature
Shuo W
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
27. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
1600
multiple
the Shaolin Monks
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
28. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Renminbi Yuan
Mao Zedong
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Dessert (Small Heart)
29. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Dragon Boat Festival
Tea (Cha)
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
30. What economy does China have?
learned skill
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
communist
Atheism
31. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Hong boa or Lai see
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
the lantern celebration
32. Name a public holiday that China has.
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33. And the traditional form of characters is used in
the Shaolin Monks
1600
Bamboo leaves
Taiwan - Hong Kong
34. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
2500
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Pinyin
35. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
limp and brief
Sun Zi ??
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
36. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
37. What does 'radical' means?
limp and brief
15
false
Parts of Chinese characters
38. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
noodles
about 275 lbs.
Inflate your prices
39. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Fourth
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
40. What the three common Chinese greetings?
4
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Nihao! Zenme y
Dessert (Small Heart)
41. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Mao Zedong
NE quadrant
Tea (Cha)
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
42. What are lion dances believed to do?
noodles
Taiwan
scare away the evil spirits
15
43. What is the highest mountain in China?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Mandarin Chinese
Mt. Everest
Tea (Cha)
44. What are the four great invention of China?
1600
you could wipe away your good fortune
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
45. What was the Great Wall originally built?
True
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Gong Xi
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
46. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Great Wall of China
false
2500
Tray of Togetherness
47. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Chinese Americans in USA
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
15
48. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Red and Yellow
56 (including Han)
Black ??
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
49. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Hin Jintao
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
2
50. Where does the Giant Panda live?
bring in good luck and prosperity
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Peach (T
Fortune cookies