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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. Most people live in the_______of China
Beijing
1600
with both hands
East
2. What are the red envelopes called?
Hong boa or Lai see
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mt. Everest
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
3. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Parts of Chinese characters
China - Signapore
East
Tea (Cha)
4. What color is considered lucky?
Fortune cookies
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
red
cash
5. What does Kung Fu mean?
Shuo W
learned skill
Atheism
Dragon Boat Festival
6. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
learned skill
4
white rice
7. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Parts of Chinese characters
bring in good luck and prosperity
2500
2
8. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?
learned skill
scare away the evil spirits
Television
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
9. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
multiple
the lantern celebration
Parts of Chinese characters
cat
10. Some animals that make their homes in China.
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
Hong Kong
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
11. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
Bamboo leaves
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
2
12. What is the money China called?
people's money
Tray of Togetherness
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Fortune cookies
13. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Great Wall of China
adult content
Show emotion
noodles
14. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Gong Xi
56 (including Han)
Hong Kong
limp and brief
15. What is a very popular food?
the Shaolin Monks
Chinese Americans in USA
bring in good luck and prosperity
white rice
16. How should one receive business cards?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Hin Jintao
Most senior ranking attendee
with both hands
17. What the three common Chinese greetings?
learned skill
Nihao! Zenme y
China - Signapore
Show emotion
18. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
false
noodles
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
19. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
greeting you
bring in good luck and prosperity
Face to Face
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
20. What is the state religion in China?
Pinyin
True
Atheism
Dessert (Small Heart)
21. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
learned skill
Yangzi
Han
red
22. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
greeting you
Signature
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
23. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
the Shaolin Monks
Emperor and Empress
Han
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
24. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
wife or husband
just over 8
25. What are the five official religions of China?
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
greeting you
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
26. And the traditional form of characters is used in
the Spring Festival
cash
you could wipe away your good fortune
Taiwan - Hong Kong
27. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Afghanistan
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Bamboo leaves
28. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
China - Signapore
Shuo W
Bamboo leaves
29. There are often what main courses?
false
Mandarin Chinese
Emperor and Empress
multiple
30. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mt. Everest
Most senior ranking attendee
Hong Kong
Mao Zedong
31. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
learned skill
white rice
cash
title
32. What does 'radical' means?
the lantern celebration
Parts of Chinese characters
Peach (T
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
33. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
4
xu Sh
East
34. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Parts of Chinese characters
Hong Kong
Fourth
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
35. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
55
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Noodle (Mi
you could wipe away your good fortune
36. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
noodles
56 (including Han)
Renminbi Yuan
2500
37. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Han
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
False
xu Sh
38. Name a public holiday that China has.
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39. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
55
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Chinese Americans in USA
40. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
October 1st
Most senior ranking attendee
learned skill
56 (including Han)
41. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Great Wall of China
1.3 Billion
Mandarin Chinese
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
42. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
October 1st
red
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
43. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Hong boa or Lai see
Afghanistan
44. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
multiple
her own last name
false
Yangzi
45. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?
October 1st
Shuo W
about 275 lbs.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
46. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
false
just over 8
Dragon Boat Festival
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
47. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
cat
xu Sh
55
48. What is the official language spoken in China?
Renminbi Yuan
false
Mandarin Chinese
Beijing
49. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
red
her own last name
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
50. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
2500
Mao Zedong
wife or husband
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money