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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 a very popular food?
white rice
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
scare away the evil spirits
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
2. ____________ were not invented in China?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Fortune cookies
Gong Xi
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
3. There are often what main courses?
Television
Yangzi
multiple
adult content
4. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
cat
2
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
4
5. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
the lantern celebration
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
True
red
6. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
56 (including Han)
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Beijing
7. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
True
title
Dragon Boat Festival
8. Most people live in the_______of China
Emperor and Empress
Signature
East
Great Wall of China
9. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
2
Black ??
Mao Zedong
10. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Yangzi
title
her own last name
Face to Face
11. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
56 (including Han)
Peach (T
the Spring Festival
Nihao! Zenme y
12. A handshake in China often is ...
Show emotion
55
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
limp and brief
13. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Mao Zedong
China - Signapore
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
cash
14. Which of these things did not originally come from China
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
2
Television
East
15. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
the lantern celebration
cash
Mt. Everest
Shuo W
16. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Peach (T
China - Signapore
Sun Zi ??
Hin Jintao
17. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
China - Signapore
55
greeting you
the Shaolin Monks
18. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Peach (T
greeting you
title
Face to Face
19. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Noodle (Mi
Mao Zedong
Hong Kong
20. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Tea (Cha)
noodles
communist
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
21. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Taiwan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
China - Signapore
1600
22. What does the word yellow imply?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
cash
adult content
title
23. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Noodle (Mi
Hong Kong
the Spring Festival
Taiwan - Hong Kong
24. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Taiwan
Shuo W
Mao Zedong
25. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
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
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
her own last name
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
26. Some animals that make their homes in China.
communist
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
scare away the evil spirits
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
27. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
cat
Taiwan
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
15
28. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Black ??
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Most senior ranking attendee
29. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Sun Zi ??
wife or husband
Red and Yellow
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
30. What is the official language spoken in China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the lantern celebration
Mandarin Chinese
bring in good luck and prosperity
31. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
55
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Emperor and Empress
the lantern celebration
32. Where does the Giant Panda live?
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
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
scare away the evil spirits
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
33. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
Mt. Everest
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hong Kong
34. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
4
Chinese Americans in USA
35. What does 'radical' means?
white rice
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Renminbi Yuan
Parts of Chinese characters
36. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
scare away the evil spirits
Han
Show emotion
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
37. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Chinese Americans in USA
about 275 lbs.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Dragon Boat Festival
38. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
East
learned skill
Noodle (Mi
Mao Zedong
39. What are the five official religions of China?
with both hands
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Pinyin
Shuo W
40. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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41. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Taiwan
October 1st
2500
42. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
4
True
Television
the Shaolin Monks
43. When is China's National Day?
the lantern celebration
False
October 1st
people's money
44. What flower represents courage and hope?
Taiwan
about 275 lbs.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Hin Jintao
45. What color is considered lucky?
NE quadrant
Atheism
with both hands
red
46. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
1600
limp and brief
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Gong Xi
47. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
56 (including Han)
Yangzi
15
48. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
limp and brief
True
learned skill
49. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Television
Dragon Boat Festival
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
50. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Shuo W
Mt. Everest
Dessert (Small Heart)