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Chinese Culture
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Study First
Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
about 275 lbs.
Fourth
false
bring in good luck and prosperity
2. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
cash
56 (including Han)
Television
scare away the evil spirits
3. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Red and Yellow
bring in good luck and prosperity
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2
4. The top three most population cites in China
with both hands
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Bamboo leaves
5. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
the Shaolin Monks
white rice
6. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
Fortune cookies
noodles
October 1st
about 275 lbs.
7. List some Chinese inventions.
Tea (Cha)
white rice
noodles
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
8. What is the longest river in China?
you could wipe away your good fortune
1600
Atheism
Yangzi
9. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
bring in good luck and prosperity
Great Wall of China
2500
10. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Chinese Americans in USA
56 (including Han)
Hong boa or Lai see
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
11. How did Kung Fu start?
Bamboo leaves
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
wife or husband
12. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
4
Show emotion
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
13. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Face to Face
Beijing
Great Wall of China
14. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Yangzi
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
15. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
adult content
the lantern celebration
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
16. What does Kung Fu mean?
Dessert (Small Heart)
bring in good luck and prosperity
learned skill
white rice
17. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Beijing
Peach (T
Mao Zedong
18. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
1600
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
communist
19. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Signature
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
2500
Great Wall of China
20. What are the four great invention of China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Yangzi
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
21. What is the official language spoken in China?
Hong boa or Lai see
Mandarin Chinese
Peach (T
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
22. Name a public holiday that China has.
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23. What color is considered lucky?
red
Sun Zi ??
Chinese Americans in USA
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
24. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
false
people's money
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
25. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
noodles
Bamboo leaves
you could wipe away your good fortune
26. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Han
learned skill
Television
27. What economy does China have?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Bamboo leaves
communist
28. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
communist
people's money
NE quadrant
29. Which of these things did not originally come from China
xu Sh
the Shaolin Monks
Television
the lantern celebration
30. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
red
Dragon Boat Festival
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
greeting you
31. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
cash
Han
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Mandarin Chinese
32. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
Tea (Cha)
the Shaolin Monks
Parts of Chinese characters
Renminbi Yuan
33. Chinese New year is also known as what?
the Spring Festival
Tea (Cha)
Mt. Everest
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
34. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
you could wipe away your good fortune
2500
35. What does renminbi mean?
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36. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
about 275 lbs.
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
noodles
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
37. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Hin Jintao
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
adult content
Mao Zedong
38. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
2
cat
Gong Xi
Shuo W
39. When is China's National Day?
October 1st
Great Wall of China
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
Taiwan
40. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
adult content
4
Han
title
41. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
adult content
October 1st
Hong Kong
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
42. How should one receive business cards?
cash
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Sun Zi ??
with both hands
43. What is the money China called?
Mandarin Chinese
Dragon Boat Festival
2500
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
44. What is the national drink for Chinese?
white rice
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Tea (Cha)
45. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
people's money
Pinyin
white rice
46. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
October 1st
Black ??
false
47. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Beijing
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
people's money
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
48. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Afghanistan
Signature
49. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
Inflate your prices
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
learned skill
50. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
Mao Zedong
Most senior ranking attendee
Yangzi