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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. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
xu Sh
red
cat
2. What the three common Chinese greetings?
learned skill
Nihao! Zenme y
Mt. Everest
adult content
3. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Han
Shuo W
2
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
4. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Noodle (Mi
Taiwan
55
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
5. There are often what main courses?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Mao Zedong
multiple
6. What are lion dances believed to do?
15
scare away the evil spirits
Hong Kong
Television
7. What flower represents courage and hope?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Taiwan
8. What was the Great Wall originally built?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
false
Mt. Everest
9. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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10. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Television
Taiwan
cat
15
11. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
1600
learned skill
bring in good luck and prosperity
Pinyin
12. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
bring in good luck and prosperity
Emperor and Empress
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
cat
13. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Han
title
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
14. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
false
Mandarin Chinese
15. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Renminbi Yuan
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Taiwan
Signature
16. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
just over 8
with both hands
17. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Emperor and Empress
False
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Inflate your prices
18. What color is considered lucky?
Fourth
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
communist
red
19. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
1600
Gong Xi
Yangzi
just over 8
20. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
cash
Great Wall of China
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Afghanistan
21. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
red
about 275 lbs.
55
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
22. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
cat
you could wipe away your good fortune
Mt. Everest
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
23. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
greeting you
2
Show emotion
Tea (Cha)
24. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
with both hands
Hong boa or Lai see
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Fourth
25. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Atheism
Shuo W
Taiwan - Hong Kong
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
26. What are the red envelopes called?
her own last name
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Hong boa or Lai see
the Spring Festival
27. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
communist
Red and Yellow
title
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
28. How many Chinese characters are there
NE quadrant
title
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
learned skill
29. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
Mao Zedong
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
title
30. Most people live in the_______of China
the Spring Festival
greeting you
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
East
31. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
people's money
Gong Xi
32. How should one receive business cards?
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
Pinyin
with both hands
xu Sh
33. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Han
adult content
15
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
34. The top three most population cites in China
True
people's money
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
35. How did Kung Fu start?
noodles
Han
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
36. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Peach (T
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
2
37. Name a public holiday that China has.
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38. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Tray of Togetherness
Hin Jintao
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
39. Where is the Great Wall?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
NE quadrant
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
40. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Television
Gong Xi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
41. What are dragon dances believed to do?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
bring in good luck and prosperity
people's money
adult content
42. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
xu Sh
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mt. Everest
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
43. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
you could wipe away your good fortune
True
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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
44. What economy does China have?
October 1st
15
people's money
communist
45. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
1600
Most senior ranking attendee
2500
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
46. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
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
Gong Xi
false
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
47. Which of these things did not originally come from China
xu Sh
Television
October 1st
Red and Yellow
48. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Television
xu Sh
49. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Inflate your prices
Han
you could wipe away your good fortune
Dragon Boat Festival
50. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Bamboo leaves
1600
Parts of Chinese characters
Mandarin Chinese