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Chinese Culture
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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. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
learned skill
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
the Shaolin Monks
scare away the evil spirits
2. The top three most population cites in China
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Tea (Cha)
3. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Television
her own last name
Inflate your prices
scare away the evil spirits
4. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Signature
just over 8
Peach (T
5. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Red and Yellow
Afghanistan
Mao Zedong
55
6. 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
Great Wall of China
people's money
7. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
East
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
the Spring Festival
Show emotion
8. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
people's money
4
the lantern celebration
China - Signapore
9. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
xu Sh
Hin Jintao
Red and Yellow
her own last name
10. What are the red envelopes called?
China - Signapore
Hong boa or Lai see
cat
Dragon Boat Festival
11. What does renminbi mean?
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12. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
about 275 lbs.
adult content
Shuo W
13. What does Kung Fu mean?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mao Zedong
learned skill
Face to Face
14. China shares a border with
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
Hong boa or Lai see
wife or husband
Afghanistan
15. The population in Mainland China is
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
1.3 Billion
16. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
the Spring Festival
Noodle (Mi
Han
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
17. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
15
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
18. How should one receive business cards?
Mao Zedong
with both hands
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
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
19. A handshake in China often is ...
True
limp and brief
false
Chinese Americans in USA
20. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Tray of Togetherness
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Gong Xi
21. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Beijing
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
1600
multiple
22. What is a very popular food?
her own last name
people's money
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
white rice
23. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Red and Yellow
24. List some Chinese foods.
Dragon Boat Festival
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
25. There are often what main courses?
NE quadrant
Sun Zi ??
multiple
Great Wall of China
26. What color is considered lucky?
red
Afghanistan
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Chinese Americans in USA
27. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Hong Kong
Hin Jintao
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
56 (including Han)
28. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Television
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Atheism
Red and Yellow
29. What are dragon dances believed to do?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
Yangzi
30. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
red
Face to Face
31. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Beijing
Mao Zedong
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
32. What is the state religion in China?
56 (including Han)
Han
Atheism
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
33. How many Chinese characters are there
Red and Yellow
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
just over 8
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
34. What does the word yellow imply?
Inflate your prices
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
adult content
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
35. What the three common Chinese greetings?
adult content
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Black ??
Nihao! Zenme y
36. The author of 'The Art of War' is
2500
Sun Zi ??
Fortune cookies
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
37. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
title
Afghanistan
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
38. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
limp and brief
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Face to Face
Mao Zedong
39. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Dragon Boat Festival
about 275 lbs.
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
40. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Han
True
noodles
about 275 lbs.
41. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
2500
Mandarin Chinese
Black ??
her own last name
42. ____________ were not invented in China?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fortune cookies
Bamboo leaves
her own last name
43. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Taiwan - Hong Kong
4
Afghanistan
xu Sh
44. And the traditional form of characters is used in
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Taiwan - Hong Kong
2500
45. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
Gong Xi
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the lantern celebration
46. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
noodles
Peach (T
NE quadrant
47. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
56 (including Han)
Chinese Americans in USA
Hong boa or Lai see
48. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Han
the Shaolin Monks
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
49. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Hong boa or Lai see
Hin Jintao
2500
you could wipe away your good fortune
50. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
East
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Afghanistan