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Chinese Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
white rice
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
wife or husband
2. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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3. Some animals that make their homes in China.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mao Zedong
cat
her own last name
4. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
Signature
Fortune cookies
Hong boa or Lai see
5. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Gong Xi
cash
6. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Shuo W
title
bring in good luck and prosperity
7. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
people's money
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
8. What is China's currency called?
Atheism
Renminbi Yuan
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Hong boa or Lai see
9. What are the four great invention of China?
Red and Yellow
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Nihao! Zenme y
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
10. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Hong boa or Lai see
with both hands
Inflate your prices
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
11. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Tea (Cha)
people's money
Show emotion
Han
12. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Dragon Boat Festival
Peach (T
False
13. Where is the Great Wall?
learned skill
Mao Zedong
Hin Jintao
NE quadrant
14. The top three most population cites in China
Mt. Everest
4
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
15. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
Face to Face
Beijing
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
her own last name
16. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
1600
Show emotion
Tray of Togetherness
17. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Black ??
Fourth
Taiwan
the Spring Festival
18. What is the highest mountain in China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Yangzi
Mt. Everest
Taiwan - Hong Kong
19. 'Dim Sum' means
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Dessert (Small Heart)
Chinese Americans in USA
15
20. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
about 275 lbs.
Television
Tray of Togetherness
56 (including Han)
21. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
56 (including Han)
xu Sh
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
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
22. Name a public holiday that China has.
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23. When is China's National Day?
October 1st
the lantern celebration
communist
Great Wall of China
24. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
2
Tray of Togetherness
Red and Yellow
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
25. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
the Spring Festival
East
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
56 (including Han)
26. Most people live in the_______of China
the lantern celebration
East
Red and Yellow
Shuo W
27. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
56 (including Han)
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
28. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
cat
2
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
29. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
2500
Face to Face
False
Noodle (Mi
30. What flower represents courage and hope?
1600
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
red
31. The Republic of China is located on...
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Taiwan
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
32. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
NE quadrant
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
33. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Beijing
Inflate your prices
Peach (T
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
34. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Emperor and Empress
the lantern celebration
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Inflate your prices
35. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
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
Noodle (Mi
Chinese Americans in USA
cash
36. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
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
you could wipe away your good fortune
False
37. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
1600
2500
Gong Xi
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
38. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Afghanistan
the Shaolin Monks
China - Signapore
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
39. A handshake in China often is ...
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
limp and brief
Face to Face
Parts of Chinese characters
40. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
Parts of Chinese characters
Han
Noodle (Mi
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
41. What does the word yellow imply?
limp and brief
Television
her own last name
adult content
42. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
multiple
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
1.3 Billion
43. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Yangzi
red
44. What economy does China have?
2500
Parts of Chinese characters
wife or husband
communist
45. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Dessert (Small Heart)
noodles
Yangzi
46. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Mt. Everest
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Chinese Americans in USA
Hong boa or Lai see
47. What does renminbi mean?
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48. What is the money China called?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Fourth
greeting you
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
49. The population in Mainland China is
1.3 Billion
false
Mt. Everest
Tray of Togetherness
50. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
cat
bring in good luck and prosperity
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
communist