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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. 'Dim Sum' means
Peach (T
Inflate your prices
Dessert (Small Heart)
cat
2. The top three most population cites in China
Television
about 275 lbs.
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
3. _________ founded the People's Republic of China in 1949
East
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
title
Mao Zedong
4. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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5. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Fortune cookies
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Han
6. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
Chinese Americans in USA
the Spring Festival
Gong Xi
people's money
7. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
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snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
limp and brief
8. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
noodles
limp and brief
Taiwan
Beijing
9. What are the five official religions of China?
false
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Fourth
10. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
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Peach (T
Hin Jintao
multiple
11. Why shouldn't the house be cleaned on New Year's Day?
Mandarin Chinese
you could wipe away your good fortune
limp and brief
Afghanistan
12. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Mandarin Chinese
Shuo W
China - Signapore
Show emotion
13. Where is the Great Wall?
Mandarin Chinese
false
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
NE quadrant
14. What flower represents courage and hope?
just over 8
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
multiple
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
15. What is the official language spoken in China?
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting 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
Emperor and Empress
Mandarin Chinese
16. China shares a border with
scare away the evil spirits
Afghanistan
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
17. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
Pinyin
fireworks go off; doors and windows are left open to let out the old and evil
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her own last name
18. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
Shuo W
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Show emotion
Red and Yellow
19. What the three common Chinese greetings?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
scare away the evil spirits
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
Nihao! Zenme y
20. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
Bamboo leaves
noodles
1.3 Billion
Renminbi Yuan
21. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
Bamboo leaves
red
white rice
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
22. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
1.3 Billion
the lantern celebration
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
red
23. How did Kung Fu start?
Afghanistan
with both hands
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
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24. What are the four treasures of the study (w
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Mandarin Chinese
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
Television
25. The author of 'The Art of War' is
adult content
Sun Zi ??
Han
Peach (T
26. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by China.
2
learned skill
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Hong Kong
27. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Beijing
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Tray of Togetherness
28. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Black ??
29. Which of these things did not originally come from China
Television
learned skill
limp and brief
East
30. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
Renminbi Yuan
greeting you
55
Afghanistan
31. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
people's money
1600
the lantern celebration
32. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
Hin Jintao
Dragon Boat Festival
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
greeting you
33. What is the state religion in China?
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Atheism
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
34. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
Dragon Boat Festival
Noodle (Mi
56 (including Han)
wife or husband
35. What does renminbi mean?
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36. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Mt. Everest
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
37. What does 'radical' means?
false
Parts of Chinese characters
Yangzi
Nihao! Zenme y
38. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Fourth
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
1600
Beijing
39. ____________ were not invented in China?
Fortune cookies
the Spring Festival
2500
Mandarin Chinese
40. What is the money China called?
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Red and Yellow
Gong Xi
41. When is China's National Day?
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
Taiwan - Hong Kong
October 1st
4
42. About how many hours a day do Giant Pandas spend eating? Sleeping?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Tea (Cha)
43. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
Mao Zedong
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
cash
Emperor and Empress
44. What does the word yellow imply?
Tea (Cha)
adult content
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
xu Sh
45. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
1.3 Billion
Atheism
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
Great Wall of China
46. List some Chinese foods.
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Dessert (Small Heart)
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
the Spring Festival
47. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
xu Sh
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Hong Kong
title
48. Name a public holiday that China has.
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49. A handshake in China often is ...
limp and brief
bring in good luck and prosperity
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
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
50. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Shuo W
Bamboo leaves
1600
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