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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What is the highest mountain in China?






2. What the three common Chinese greetings?






3. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






4. What flower represents courage and hope?






5. What economy does China have?






6. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?






7. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






8. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?






9. It is acceptable to answer phone calls in meetings.






10. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






11. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?






12. What are the five official religions of China?






13. The largest ethnic group in China is called






14. There are often what main courses?






15. How should one receive business cards?






16. How many Chinese characters are there






17. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?






18. What is a very popular food?






19. What does Kung Fu mean?






20. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?






21. When a Chinese friend says: 'Have you eaten yet?' to you (in Chinese) - what is the meaning?






22. What is the longest river in China?






23. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?






24. The Republic of China is located on...






25. China shares a border with






26. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






27. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?






28. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :






29. What are dragon dances believed to do?






30. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?






31. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)






32. What are the four great invention of China?






33. In order of population - what are the top five ethnic groups in China






34. List some Chinese inventions.






35. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?






36. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is:






37. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






38. How did Kung Fu start?






39. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?






40. Simplified Chinese character system is used in






41. What is the money China called?






42. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?






43. The author of 'The Art of War' is






44. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?






45. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?






46. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?






47. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?






48. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?

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49. 'Dim Sum' means






50. A handshake in China often is ...