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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. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Most senior ranking attendee
noodles
Mt. Everest
2. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
2
Nihao! Zenme y
NE quadrant
3. What is the money China called?
56 (including Han)
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
4
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
4. What are the five official religions of China?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Hin Jintao
people's money
5. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
you could wipe away your good fortune
false
6. Most people live in the_______of China
cash
Television
East
the lantern celebration
7. What is a very popular food?
the Shaolin Monks
just over 8
56 (including Han)
white rice
8. ____________ were not invented in China?
Tray of Togetherness
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
Fortune cookies
9. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Han
Inflate your prices
her own last name
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
10. When is China's National Day?
Face to Face
October 1st
Fourth
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
11. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
China - Signapore
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
12. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Dragon Boat Festival
2500
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
13. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Hin Jintao
4
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
white rice
14. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
Red and Yellow
Renminbi Yuan
Noodle (Mi
wife or husband
15. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Parts of Chinese characters
Signature
bring in good luck and prosperity
16. And the traditional form of characters is used in
True
Peach (T
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Nihao! Zenme y
17. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Fortune cookies
Han
Face to Face
Great Wall of China
18. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Fortune cookies
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Nihao! Zenme y
19. What are the red envelopes called?
cat
Hong boa or Lai see
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
xu Sh
20. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
56 (including Han)
Signature
Chinese Americans in USA
21. What are the four great invention of China?
East
Noodle (Mi
people's money
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
22. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Dessert (Small Heart)
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
about 275 lbs.
23. What is the longest river in China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
55
Yangzi
Han
24. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Red and Yellow
Mandarin Chinese
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Beijing
25. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Television
bring in good luck and prosperity
Dessert (Small Heart)
Hong Kong
26. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
the Spring Festival
just over 8
title
27. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
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
Fortune cookies
28. There are often what main courses?
Peach (T
white rice
Hong boa or Lai see
multiple
29. What is China's currency called?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Renminbi Yuan
Chinese Americans in USA
30. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
China - Signapore
Han
her own last name
56 (including Han)
31. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
false
Most senior ranking attendee
multiple
Face to Face
32. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Face to Face
scare away the evil spirits
Inflate your prices
33. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
China - Signapore
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
2500
34. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Renminbi Yuan
15
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
35. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Hong Kong
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
white rice
Renminbi Yuan
36. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
NE quadrant
Noodle (Mi
cat
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
37. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
scare away the evil spirits
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
people's money
you could wipe away your good fortune
38. What is the highest mountain in China?
15
Most senior ranking attendee
Mt. Everest
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
39. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
Dessert (Small Heart)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
40. What economy does China have?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Face to Face
communist
Dessert (Small Heart)
41. How did Kung Fu start?
wife or husband
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
the lantern celebration
Afghanistan
42. What are the four treasures of the study (w
56 (including Han)
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
43. What flower represents courage and hope?
Hin Jintao
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Fortune cookies
scare away the evil spirits
44. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Tray of Togetherness
Pinyin
2
45. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
October 1st
2
Dragon Boat Festival
red
46. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
2500
Noodle (Mi
Emperor and Empress
47. Name a public holiday that China has.
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48. 'Dim Sum' means
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Shuo W
4
Dessert (Small Heart)
49. How many Chinese characters are there
1.3 Billion
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
East
50. The Republic of China is located on...
the Spring Festival
Show emotion
Taiwan
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