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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. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Face to Face
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
false
2. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Sun Zi ??
56 (including Han)
Hong boa or Lai see
3. What is the highest mountain in China?
Shuo W
Mt. Everest
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Nihao! Zenme y
4. Some animals that make their homes in China.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
15
Han
5. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
wife or husband
Tea (Cha)
6. What does renminbi mean?
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7. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Mandarin Chinese
Noodle (Mi
Pinyin
2
8. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
Mao Zedong
Renminbi Yuan
learned skill
9. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Mao Zedong
Red and Yellow
Black ??
10. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
NE quadrant
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
communist
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
11. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Signature
Taiwan
Chinese Americans in USA
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
12. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Signature
Mt. Everest
13. What the three common Chinese greetings?
white rice
Chinese Americans in USA
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Nihao! Zenme y
14. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Fortune cookies
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
True
Hong Kong
15. A handshake in China often is ...
Renminbi Yuan
wife or husband
15
limp and brief
16. What is the longest river in China?
limp and brief
her own last name
Parts of Chinese characters
Yangzi
17. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Atheism
1.3 Billion
Tea (Cha)
Most senior ranking attendee
18. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Black ??
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
4
Mao Zedong
19. The population in Mainland China is
Fourth
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Emperor and Empress
1.3 Billion
20. What was the Great Wall originally built?
the Shaolin Monks
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Sun Zi ??
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
21. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
the lantern celebration
her own last name
Beijing
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
22. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
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
Face to Face
title
23. List some Chinese foods.
Parts of Chinese characters
Tea (Cha)
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Nihao! Zenme y
24. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Nihao! Zenme y
her own last name
Parts of Chinese characters
25. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
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
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Dessert (Small Heart)
Peach (T
26. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
the Shaolin Monks
Hong Kong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
27. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Dragon Boat Festival
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Gong Xi
28. What does the word yellow imply?
the Shaolin Monks
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
just over 8
adult content
29. What are the four treasures of the study (w
1.3 Billion
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Mao Zedong
scare away the evil spirits
30. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
NE quadrant
31. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
noodles
title
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
just over 8
32. The Republic of China is located on...
1.3 Billion
Taiwan
learned skill
people's money
33. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Dessert (Small Heart)
East
Han
title
34. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
xu Sh
communist
the Shaolin Monks
Television
35. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Yangzi
Noodle (Mi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
adult content
36. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
scare away the evil spirits
Hong boa or Lai see
just over 8
37. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
about 275 lbs.
Hin Jintao
True
Black ??
38. What is the money China called?
55
Fourth
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
39. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
Nihao! Zenme y
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
xu Sh
4
40. 'Dim Sum' means
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Inflate your prices
Mandarin Chinese
Dessert (Small Heart)
41. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
communist
Han
Mao Zedong
Sun Zi ??
42. There are often what main courses?
1.3 Billion
Hong Kong
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
multiple
43. ____________ were not invented in China?
Mao Zedong
Fortune cookies
Parts of Chinese characters
Chinese Americans in USA
44. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
white rice
Fortune cookies
Tray of Togetherness
scare away the evil spirits
45. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Han
the Spring Festival
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
46. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
4
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Sun Zi ??
47. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
2
Renminbi Yuan
Dragon Boat Festival
cash
48. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Sun Zi ??
greeting you
China - Signapore
Mao Zedong
49. Name a public holiday that China has.
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50. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Yangzi
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Tray of Togetherness
Taiwan