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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. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Tray of Togetherness
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Mao Zedong
2. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
Atheism
with both hands
Han
Mao Zedong
3. Chinese New year is also known as what?
white rice
the Spring Festival
title
you could wipe away your good fortune
4. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
learned skill
55
about 275 lbs.
5. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Noodle (Mi
1600
Signature
Afghanistan
6. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
East
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
learned skill
7. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
noodles
wife or husband
Mt. Everest
8. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:
wife or husband
with both hands
cash
you could wipe away your good fortune
9. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
limp and brief
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Black ??
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
10. What is the longest river in China?
white rice
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Yangzi
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
11. Where is the Great Wall?
2500
Bamboo leaves
about 275 lbs.
NE quadrant
12. What is the national drink for Chinese?
Afghanistan
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Mao Zedong
Tea (Cha)
13. What are dragon dances believed to do?
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
Sun Zi ??
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
bring in good luck and prosperity
14. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Gong Xi
noodles
4
15. What the three common Chinese greetings?
her own last name
Nihao! Zenme y
Hong boa or Lai see
the lantern celebration
16. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
white rice
Noodle (Mi
with both hands
wife or husband
17. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
Bamboo leaves
the lantern celebration
white rice
18. The largest ethnic group in China is called
October 1st
Han
white rice
false
19. What is the highest mountain in China?
Mt. Everest
4
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Face to Face
20. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
with both hands
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Peach (T
Most senior ranking attendee
21. What color is considered lucky?
Great Wall of China
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
red
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
22. The Republic of China is located on...
Pinyin
Bamboo leaves
Taiwan
learned skill
23. Some animals that make their homes in China.
East
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Parts of Chinese characters
24. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?
Mao Zedong
Hin Jintao
wife or husband
with both hands
25. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?
Sun Zi ??
Signature
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
greeting you
26. What does the word yellow imply?
communist
adult content
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
Beijing
27. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?
Black ??
True
Most senior ranking attendee
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
28. What are the four great invention of China?
56 (including Han)
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Face to Face
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
29. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Chinese Americans in USA
about 275 lbs.
30. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
you could wipe away your good fortune
white rice
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
31. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Gong Xi
Atheism
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
32. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
xu Sh
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Great Wall of China
Han
33. The top three most population cites in China
China - Signapore
Hin Jintao
noodles
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
34. Name a public holiday that China has.
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35. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
just over 8
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Emperor and Empress
36. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.
Face to Face
false
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Taiwan
37. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
Hin Jintao
noodles
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
True
38. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Show emotion
greeting you
false
xu Sh
39. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
her own last name
Chinese Americans in USA
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
title
40. 'Dim Sum' means
Beijing
white rice
Dessert (Small Heart)
True
41. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
2
learned skill
42. And the traditional form of characters is used in
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Taiwan - Hong Kong
43. How should one receive business cards?
with both hands
title
about 275 lbs.
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
44. ____________ were not invented in China?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Bamboo leaves
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
Fortune cookies
45. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
the Spring Festival
Face to Face
cat
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
46. There are often what main courses?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
False
Beijing
multiple
47. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
the Shaolin Monks
Han
Signature
Gong Xi
48. List some Chinese foods.
bring in good luck and prosperity
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
about 275 lbs.
the Spring Festival
49. What is the official language spoken in China?
Black ??
Hong boa or Lai see
xu Sh
Mandarin Chinese
50. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
15
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
multiple