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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. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
white rice
Emperor and Empress
Pinyin
2. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Beijing
Tray of Togetherness
Fortune cookies
1.3 Billion
3. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
false
her own last name
4. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
about 275 lbs.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Atheism
Signature
5. What was the Great Wall originally built?
4
false
Mao Zedong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
6. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
you could wipe away your good fortune
xu Sh
Atheism
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
7. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
4
communist
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
8. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
1.3 Billion
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
9. What does renminbi mean?
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10. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Noodle (Mi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Han
Tea (Cha)
11. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
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
bring in good luck and prosperity
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
12. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
the Spring Festival
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Show emotion
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
13. What is a very popular food?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Show emotion
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
white rice
14. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
1600
Great Wall of China
15. What are the four great invention of China?
Atheism
xu Sh
Tray of Togetherness
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
16. What color is considered lucky?
Renminbi Yuan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
red
17. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Chinese Americans in USA
True
the lantern celebration
18. How did Kung Fu start?
red
learned skill
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
19. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
cat
Hin Jintao
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
xu Sh
20. There are often what main courses?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
cat
multiple
Atheism
21. A handshake in China often is ...
Great Wall of China
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
limp and brief
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
22. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Fourth
October 1st
Bamboo leaves
23. What is the highest mountain in China?
Red and Yellow
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
1.3 Billion
Mt. Everest
24. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Afghanistan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
red
25. The largest ethnic group in China is called
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Han
False
the Shaolin Monks
26. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Face to Face
Mao Zedong
noodles
xu Sh
27. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Peach (T
Gong Xi
Tea (Cha)
28. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
the lantern celebration
Chinese Americans in USA
Hong Kong
East
29. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
False
Fortune cookies
Chinese Americans in USA
30. What is the money China called?
Mao Zedong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
31. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Fortune cookies
32. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Great Wall of China
Inflate your prices
Beijing
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
33. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
Nihao! Zenme y
Fourth
the Shaolin Monks
34. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
scare away the evil spirits
Tray of Togetherness
China - Signapore
35. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Tray of Togetherness
Shuo W
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Emperor and Empress
36. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Bamboo leaves
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
cash
37. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
bring in good luck and prosperity
Face to Face
Atheism
38. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
True
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Tea (Cha)
the Shaolin Monks
39. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Atheism
false
Afghanistan
Mandarin Chinese
40. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
2
Emperor and Empress
Fortune cookies
True
41. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
4
just over 8
Mt. Everest
42. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
55
4
2
43. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
people's money
title
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
44. 'Dim Sum' means
15
scare away the evil spirits
NE quadrant
Dessert (Small Heart)
45. What is China's currency called?
Black ??
cat
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Renminbi Yuan
46. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Tray of Togetherness
white rice
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
False
47. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Black ??
Dragon Boat Festival
2500
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
48. What economy does China have?
Tray of Togetherness
communist
adult content
Face to Face
49. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Hong boa or Lai see
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Signature
Mt. Everest
50. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
False
cash
communist
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