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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. How did Kung Fu start?
her own last name
Tea (Cha)
xu Sh
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
2. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Renminbi Yuan
Hong Kong
limp and brief
3. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Nihao! Zenme y
xu Sh
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Gong Xi
4. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
limp and brief
4
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Tea (Cha)
5. What is the highest mountain in China?
Chinese Americans in USA
learned skill
Signature
Mt. Everest
6. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Taiwan
bring in good luck and prosperity
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
with both hands
7. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Taiwan
her own last name
Tray of Togetherness
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
8. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Renminbi Yuan
Taiwan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Inflate your prices
9. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
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
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Great Wall of China
Shuo W
10. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Signature
55
false
11. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Inflate your prices
Atheism
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
12. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Television
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
2500
people's money
13. What are the five official religions of China?
Gong Xi
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Taiwan - Hong Kong
True
14. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Dessert (Small Heart)
Tray of Togetherness
15. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
Taiwan - Hong Kong
title
Dragon Boat Festival
16. What economy does China have?
Black ??
communist
Peach (T
Noodle (Mi
17. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Dragon Boat Festival
about 275 lbs.
Hong Kong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
18. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Renminbi Yuan
wife or husband
Gong Xi
cat
19. What does Kung Fu mean?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Beijing
Hong Kong
learned skill
20. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
Atheism
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
21. What is the money China called?
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
4
1600
22. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hong Kong
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Hin Jintao
23. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Black ??
Nihao! Zenme y
Hong boa or Lai see
false
24. What is the national drink for Chinese?
with both hands
limp and brief
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Tea (Cha)
25. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
xu Sh
Peach (T
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
True
26. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
wife or husband
Chinese Americans in USA
the Spring Festival
Tea (Cha)
27. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Bamboo leaves
the lantern celebration
noodles
about 275 lbs.
28. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Black ??
cash
Red and Yellow
wife or husband
29. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
greeting you
Shuo W
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
30. What is the state religion in China?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Atheism
56 (including Han)
4
31. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
wife or husband
Great Wall of China
false
the Shaolin Monks
32. What is the official language spoken in China?
Atheism
Mandarin Chinese
white rice
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
33. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Noodle (Mi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
34. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Emperor and Empress
wife or husband
2
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
35. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
the Spring Festival
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
xu Sh
36. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
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
Peach (T
cat
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
37. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
15
2
Signature
38. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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39. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Noodle (Mi
Television
the Shaolin Monks
40. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Tea (Cha)
Gong Xi
Face to Face
41. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
Han
Atheism
2500
42. There are often what main courses?
people's money
Television
white rice
multiple
43. What is China's currency called?
Face to Face
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
the lantern celebration
Renminbi Yuan
44. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
56 (including Han)
Sun Zi ??
red
Dragon Boat Festival
45. Most people live in the_______of China
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
East
55
46. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Mao Zedong
Mandarin Chinese
47. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
October 1st
greeting you
multiple
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
48. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
4
white rice
Nihao! Zenme y
49. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
with both hands
Pinyin
50. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Most senior ranking attendee
xu Sh
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