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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 is the highest mountain in China?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Mt. Everest
noodles
Black ??
2. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Signature
NE quadrant
Nihao! Zenme y
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
3. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Red and Yellow
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Beijing
false
4. What flower represents courage and hope?
people's money
Gong Xi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
5. What economy does China have?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
bring in good luck and prosperity
15
communist
6. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
xu Sh
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Hin Jintao
cash
7. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1600
NE quadrant
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
8. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
her own last name
Bamboo leaves
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Face to Face
9. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
True
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mandarin Chinese
the Spring Festival
10. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
Beijing
Mao Zedong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
11. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Sun Zi ??
12. What are the five official religions of China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
cash
noodles
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
13. The largest ethnic group in China is called
her own last name
title
Han
scare away the evil spirits
14. There are often what main courses?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
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
multiple
East
15. How should one receive business cards?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
with both hands
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
bring in good luck and prosperity
16. How many Chinese characters are there
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
with both hands
false
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
17. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Noodle (Mi
Great Wall of China
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
18. What is a very popular food?
white rice
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Chinese Americans in USA
Shuo W
19. What does Kung Fu mean?
Hin Jintao
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Taiwan - Hong Kong
learned skill
20. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
red
Hin Jintao
the lantern celebration
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
21. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
greeting you
China - Signapore
cash
Black ??
22. What is the longest river in China?
Fourth
2500
Yangzi
Gong Xi
23. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Shuo W
you could wipe away your good fortune
Show emotion
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
24. The Republic of China is located on...
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Taiwan
Noodle (Mi
Chinese Americans in USA
25. China shares a border with
bring in good luck and prosperity
multiple
Afghanistan
learned skill
26. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
noodles
2500
Show emotion
27. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
False
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Mao Zedong
1.3 Billion
28. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
just over 8
Hong Kong
her own last name
Atheism
29. What are dragon dances believed to do?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tea (Cha)
bring in good luck and prosperity
30. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
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
the lantern celebration
2
Atheism
31. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
learned skill
people's money
Great Wall of China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
32. What are the four great invention of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
bring in good luck and prosperity
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
33. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
learned skill
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Peach (T
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
34. List some Chinese inventions.
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Black ??
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
35. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Emperor and Empress
NE quadrant
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
False
36. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
the Shaolin Monks
wife or husband
Show emotion
37. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
15
the Shaolin Monks
38. How did Kung Fu start?
wife or husband
Beijing
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
39. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
false
Dragon Boat Festival
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
2500
40. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
limp and brief
China - Signapore
Dessert (Small Heart)
the lantern celebration
41. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Shuo W
Fortune cookies
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
42. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
4
Mao Zedong
43. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan - Hong Kong
you could wipe away your good fortune
Sun Zi ??
44. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Noodle (Mi
title
people's money
Bamboo leaves
45. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
56 (including Han)
Mao Zedong
4
1600
46. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
scare away the evil spirits
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
47. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
Noodle (Mi
multiple
title
just over 8
48. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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49. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Show emotion
her own last name
people's money
50. A handshake in China often is ...
56 (including Han)
limp and brief
Dessert (Small Heart)
Dragon Boat Festival