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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






2. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






3. What does 'radical' means?






4. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






5. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called






6. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






7. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?






8. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China






9. When is China's National Day?






10. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?






11. What was the Great Wall originally built?






12. How many ethnic groups are there in China?






13. What is the state religion in China?






14. The population in Mainland China is






15. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?

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16. A handshake in China often is ...






17. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






18. What the three common Chinese greetings?






19. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?






20. What is the money China called?






21. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?






22. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).






23. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949






24. Chinese New year is also known as what?






25. List some Chinese foods.






26. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)






27. List some Chinese inventions.






28. Name a public holiday that China has.

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29. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






30. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?






31. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






32. Which of these things did not originally come from China






33. What does Kung Fu mean?






34. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang






35. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called






36. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?






37. What is the highest mountain in China?






38. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.






39. What is the national drink for Chinese?






40. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?






41. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






42. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






43. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?






44. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.






45. What are the five official religions of China?






46. What colors are on the Chinese flag?






47. How did Kung Fu start?






48. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?






49. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






50. ____________ were not invented in China?