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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. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
Dragon Boat Festival
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
China - Signapore
Hong boa or Lai see
2. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
with both hands
Bamboo leaves
Most senior ranking attendee
Han
3. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Parts of Chinese characters
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
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Face to Face
4. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Show emotion
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Most senior ranking attendee
5. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Yangzi
Mao Zedong
6. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
limp and brief
Han
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
7. What are dragon dances believed to do?
just over 8
bring in good luck and prosperity
Hong boa or Lai see
Chinese Americans in USA
8. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
red
Television
Parts of Chinese characters
9. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Hin Jintao
Yangzi
you could wipe away your good fortune
Black ??
10. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
cat
Noodle (Mi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
11. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
1.3 Billion
Inflate your prices
True
Face to Face
12. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
noodles
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
13. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Mao Zedong
limp and brief
Beijing
cat
14. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Pinyin
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mt. Everest
15. What does Kung Fu mean?
Television
learned skill
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
cash
16. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
people's money
East
greeting you
wife or husband
17. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
learned skill
cash
Fortune cookies
18. How should one receive business cards?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mao Zedong
cat
with both hands
19. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
the Shaolin Monks
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Atheism
20. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Signature
4
Face to Face
noodles
21. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
multiple
her own last name
Signature
greeting you
22. Name a public holiday that China has.
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23. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
1.3 Billion
her own last name
2
24. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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25. What are the five official religions of China?
greeting you
Fourth
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
China - Signapore
26. What was the Great Wall originally built?
4
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Signature
scare away the evil spirits
27. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Sun Zi ??
bring in good luck and prosperity
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Gong Xi
28. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
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
Black ??
Renminbi Yuan
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
29. What color is considered lucky?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Mt. Everest
bring in good luck and prosperity
red
30. List some Chinese inventions.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
15
Red and Yellow
31. The population in Mainland China is
Tray of Togetherness
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
1.3 Billion
October 1st
32. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
xu Sh
Emperor and Empress
True
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
33. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Tea (Cha)
Gong Xi
Most senior ranking attendee
Pinyin
34. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
bring in good luck and prosperity
15
35. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Pinyin
2
Tray of Togetherness
36. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Gong Xi
xu Sh
Noodle (Mi
37. What is the official language spoken in China?
bring in good luck and prosperity
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Mandarin Chinese
Nihao! Zenme y
38. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Mt. Everest
just over 8
39. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
56 (including Han)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Shuo W
Yangzi
40. What flower represents courage and hope?
True
Emperor and Empress
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
false
41. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
Hin Jintao
Afghanistan
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
42. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
55
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
43. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Face to Face
Sun Zi ??
Hin Jintao
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
44. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Tea (Cha)
False
15
45. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
the Spring Festival
about 275 lbs.
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
46. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Television
Afghanistan
the lantern celebration
Sun Zi ??
47. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
noodles
Dragon Boat Festival
with both hands
48. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
15
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
49. What does renminbi mean?
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50. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Han
Fourth
Noodle (Mi
Fortune cookies