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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 does the word yellow imply?
2
Beijing
adult content
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
2. And the traditional form of characters is used in
True
red
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Black ??
3. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
Noodle (Mi
55
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
4. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Bamboo leaves
about 275 lbs.
2500
5. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
2500
Peach (T
multiple
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
6. The population in Mainland China is
learned skill
Pinyin
Show emotion
1.3 Billion
7. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
Black ??
Hong Kong
Dessert (Small Heart)
8. What economy does China have?
NE quadrant
Fourth
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
9. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Taiwan
15
multiple
her own last name
10. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
title
false
Atheism
1.3 Billion
11. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
you could wipe away your good fortune
the lantern celebration
just over 8
12. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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13. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Hong Kong
Black ??
Beijing
scare away the evil spirits
14. Name a public holiday that China has.
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15. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
the Spring Festival
the lantern celebration
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
16. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
cash
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
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
East
17. What are the four great invention of China?
multiple
people's money
communist
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
18. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Bamboo leaves
15
multiple
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
19. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
communist
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
True
20. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Television
Emperor and Empress
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Nihao! Zenme y
21. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Inflate your prices
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Peach (T
Fourth
22. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Renminbi Yuan
4
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
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
23. China shares a border with
Han
Afghanistan
Pinyin
Nihao! Zenme y
24. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Hin Jintao
Renminbi Yuan
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
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25. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
white rice
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
26. What does 'radical' means?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Atheism
Parts of Chinese characters
Dragon Boat Festival
27. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Noodle (Mi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
2500
28. What are the five official religions of China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
October 1st
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
29. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
NE quadrant
noodles
title
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
30. What are lion dances believed to do?
15
white rice
scare away the evil spirits
Afghanistan
31. What is the money China called?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
NE quadrant
wife or husband
32. Where is the Great Wall?
1600
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
Nihao! Zenme y
NE quadrant
33. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
red
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
1.3 Billion
her own last name
34. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
xu Sh
the Shaolin Monks
35. Some animals that make their homes in China.
Mao Zedong
the Shaolin Monks
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
NE quadrant
36. What are dragon dances believed to do?
wife or husband
Fortune cookies
bring in good luck and prosperity
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
37. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
China - Signapore
38. There are often what main courses?
False
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
multiple
39. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Beijing
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
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
40. What are the red envelopes called?
cat
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Mao Zedong
Hong boa or Lai see
41. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Show emotion
adult content
1600
Signature
42. How did Kung Fu start?
1600
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2
43. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
1.3 Billion
Inflate your prices
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Sun Zi ??
44. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Mao Zedong
just over 8
Han
45. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Face to Face
Yangzi
Bamboo leaves
46. The Republic of China is located on...
4
Bamboo leaves
Taiwan
Face to Face
47. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
scare away the evil spirits
Hin Jintao
cat
48. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Face to Face
2500
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
49. List some Chinese inventions.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Red and Yellow
xu Sh
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
50. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Tea (Cha)
56 (including Han)