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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?
Han
15
people's money
Sun Zi ??
2. What is the national drink for Chinese?
greeting you
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Tea (Cha)
3. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Mao Zedong
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
NE quadrant
4. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Hong boa or Lai see
Emperor and Empress
Bamboo leaves
Tea (Cha)
5. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Television
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
the lantern celebration
Most senior ranking attendee
6. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
1600
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
communist
7. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
cash
Signature
1600
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
8. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
limp and brief
Parts of Chinese characters
the Shaolin Monks
9. What does Kung Fu mean?
learned skill
Nihao! Zenme y
cash
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
10. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Most senior ranking attendee
false
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
bring in good luck and prosperity
11. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Black ??
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Hin Jintao
12. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
Face to Face
Most senior ranking attendee
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
China - Signapore
13. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Shuo W
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
Fourth
Face to Face
14. What does 'radical' means?
Parts of Chinese characters
2
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
15. There are often what main courses?
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
xu Sh
multiple
16. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
about 275 lbs.
Tea (Cha)
you could wipe away your good fortune
Mao Zedong
17. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
cash
wife or husband
greeting you
Show emotion
18. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
noodles
Emperor and Empress
the Shaolin Monks
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
19. How many Chinese characters are there
Hong boa or Lai see
Black ??
Shuo W
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
20. What does renminbi mean?
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21. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
her own last name
Renminbi Yuan
just over 8
22. What are the four great invention of China?
Parts of Chinese characters
Great Wall of China
red
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
23. Where is the Great Wall?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
NE quadrant
24. And the traditional form of characters is used in
Taiwan - Hong Kong
you could wipe away your good fortune
the lantern celebration
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
25. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
red
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Show emotion
scare away the evil spirits
26. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Show emotion
you could wipe away your good fortune
cash
56 (including Han)
27. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
15
55
Show emotion
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
28. What does the word yellow imply?
just over 8
adult content
1600
cash
29. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Mt. Everest
Tray of Togetherness
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
30. List some Chinese inventions.
True
false
people's money
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
31. ____________ were not invented in China?
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Renminbi Yuan
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Fortune cookies
32. What was the Great Wall originally built?
Han
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Renminbi Yuan
33. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
1600
2
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
34. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Taiwan
Peach (T
about 275 lbs.
Signature
35. How should one receive business cards?
Dessert (Small Heart)
Sun Zi ??
Hong Kong
with both hands
36. A handshake in China often is ...
Most senior ranking attendee
2500
limp and brief
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
37. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
just over 8
Mandarin Chinese
38. What is the highest mountain in China?
Gong Xi
Mt. Everest
NE quadrant
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
39. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
56 (including Han)
just over 8
xu Sh
noodles
40. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
4
Mao Zedong
Chinese Americans in USA
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
41. Name a public holiday that China has.
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42. What is a very popular food?
Show emotion
Television
the Spring Festival
white rice
43. The Republic of China is located on...
Mao Zedong
Dragon Boat Festival
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Taiwan
44. What are the five official religions of China?
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
the lantern celebration
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
45. What is the state religion in China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mt. Everest
Atheism
Tea (Cha)
46. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
white rice
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
47. Which of these things did not originally come from China
2500
wife or husband
Television
false
48. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Bamboo leaves
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
cash
Tea (Cha)
49. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
1600
Pinyin
True
people's money
50. Who is President of the People's Republic of China?
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
white rice
Hin Jintao
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies