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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 greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Face to Face
Red and Yellow
Han
2. When is China's National Day?
just over 8
Parts of Chinese characters
October 1st
Hong Kong
3. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
her own last name
NE quadrant
15
Hin Jintao
4. What the three common Chinese greetings?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Signature
Nihao! Zenme y
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
5. How did Kung Fu start?
Red and Yellow
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Black ??
6. China shares a border with
Tea (Cha)
Afghanistan
Tray of Togetherness
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
7. What is the state religion in China?
Atheism
2500
Gong Xi
Dessert (Small Heart)
8. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Great Wall of China
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Dragon Boat Festival
Tray of Togetherness
9. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
East
Chinese Americans in USA
about 275 lbs.
Nihao! Zenme y
10. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Emperor and Empress
learned skill
Fourth
11. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Han
Pinyin
Dessert (Small Heart)
12. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
4
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
October 1st
scare away the evil spirits
13. The top three most population cites in China
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
4
True
14. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Emperor and Empress
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Han
Pinyin
15. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Shuo W
Nihao! Zenme y
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
China - Signapore
16. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Red and Yellow
Chinese Americans in USA
scare away the evil spirits
17. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
15
55
Black ??
18. Where does the Giant Panda live?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Emperor and Empress
Hin Jintao
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
19. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Taiwan
Hong Kong
2500
20. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
4
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
2500
21. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Sun Zi ??
cat
title
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
22. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
56 (including Han)
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
false
23. Some animals that make their homes in China.
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Show emotion
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Tray of Togetherness
24. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
the Spring Festival
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Mao Zedong
cat
25. What is the money China called?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Dragon Boat Festival
Gong Xi
26. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
you could wipe away your good fortune
Face to Face
scare away the evil spirits
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
27. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
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
Yangzi
Peach (T
28. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
China - Signapore
Television
the Shaolin Monks
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
29. How many Chinese characters are there
Black ??
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Mao Zedong
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
30. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
cash
15
Hong boa or Lai see
31. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Most senior ranking attendee
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Signature
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
32. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Mt. Everest
Hong Kong
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
scare away the evil spirits
33. Where is the Great Wall?
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
NE quadrant
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
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
34. Name a public holiday that China has.
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35. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
2
Chinese Americans in USA
Mt. Everest
Noodle (Mi
36. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Peach (T
False
Show emotion
37. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Red and Yellow
Show emotion
greeting you
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
38. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
scare away the evil spirits
15
cash
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
39. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
the Spring Festival
Hin Jintao
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
40. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Gong Xi
Hong Kong
Mao Zedong
Taiwan
41. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :
white rice
her own last name
2500
Sun Zi ??
42. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Mandarin Chinese
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
43. What are lion dances believed to do?
2500
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
scare away the evil spirits
Han
44. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Tray of Togetherness
East
56 (including Han)
Dessert (Small Heart)
45. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
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 - Hong Kong
October 1st
46. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
True
Beijing
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
47. What is a very popular food?
white rice
her own last name
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
2500
48. 'Dim Sum' means
Dessert (Small Heart)
Emperor and Empress
Red and Yellow
True
49. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Shuo W
adult content
4
Great Wall of China
50. What is the longest river in China?
Yangzi
the Shaolin Monks
her own last name
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing