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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. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
True
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
Han
title
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
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
3. ____________ were not invented in China?
Shuo W
Sun Zi ??
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Fortune cookies
4. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Han
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Peach (T
5. The Republic of China is located on...
Taiwan
Han
Signature
China - Signapore
6. How did Kung Fu start?
Pinyin
cash
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Great Wall of China
7. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Sun Zi ??
1600
noodles
East
8. Name a public holiday that China has.
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9. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Red and Yellow
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Most senior ranking attendee
China - Signapore
10. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
greeting you
55
Face to Face
4
11. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
China - Signapore
Hong Kong
cash
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
12. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
East
Dragon Boat Festival
Fortune cookies
Bamboo leaves
13. What does the word yellow imply?
the Spring Festival
adult content
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Emperor and Empress
14. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Noodle (Mi
limp and brief
xu Sh
15. What are the four treasures of the study (w
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Nihao! Zenme y
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Dessert (Small Heart)
16. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
cat
noodles
wife or husband
Black ??
17. What is the national drink for Chinese?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Hin Jintao
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Tea (Cha)
18. What is China's currency called?
Renminbi Yuan
Chinese Americans in USA
China - Signapore
Great Wall of China
19. What economy does China have?
Tray of Togetherness
Dragon Boat Festival
communist
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
20. Which of these things did not originally come from China
multiple
Television
False
adult content
21. China shares a border with
Afghanistan
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Face to Face
cat
22. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
her own last name
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
NE quadrant
Yangzi
23. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
wife or husband
Emperor and Empress
xu Sh
24. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Tea (Cha)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Hong boa or Lai see
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
25. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
Peach (T
Chinese Americans in USA
the lantern celebration
scare away the evil spirits
26. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Parts of Chinese characters
True
Afghanistan
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
27. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
the lantern celebration
Face to Face
Fourth
Dessert (Small Heart)
28. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
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
multiple
wife or husband
Chinese Americans in USA
29. Most people live in the_______of China
Pinyin
East
Tray of Togetherness
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
30. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Great Wall of China
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Americans in USA
Hin Jintao
31. When is China's National Day?
learned skill
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
October 1st
32. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
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
Hin Jintao
33. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
Television
East
Atheism
34. What does renminbi mean?
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35. What are lion dances believed to do?
Most senior ranking attendee
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Han
scare away the evil spirits
36. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Noodle (Mi
Bamboo leaves
Mt. Everest
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
37. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Dragon Boat Festival
her own last name
Television
Han
38. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Chinese Americans in USA
False
Signature
39. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
Signature
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Nihao! Zenme y
40. How many Chinese characters are there
1.3 Billion
people's money
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
41. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Fourth
Show emotion
Great Wall of China
Beijing
42. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Show emotion
Mao Zedong
Chinese Americans in USA
people's money
43. Where is the Great Wall?
October 1st
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
NE quadrant
44. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
her own last name
with both hands
Chinese Americans in USA
45. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Most senior ranking attendee
Hong boa or Lai see
Atheism
Mao Zedong
46. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Most senior ranking attendee
people's money
the Spring Festival
cash
47. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Shuo W
55
48. 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
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Emperor and Empress
white rice
49. Some animals that make their homes in China.
cash
Mao Zedong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Han
50. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Pinyin
Han
NE quadrant
Mao Zedong