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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. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Peach (T
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Taiwan
scare away the evil spirits
2. The Chinese holiday related to 'Eating Zongzi' is called
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
with both hands
Dragon Boat Festival
3. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?
Taiwan
cat
scare away the evil spirits
Chinese Americans in USA
4. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
False
Mt. Everest
4
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
5. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
Great Wall of China
Hin Jintao
Mao Zedong
learned skill
6. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
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
Taiwan - Hong Kong
Hong Kong
7. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?
learned skill
Inflate your prices
Han
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
8. What is the state religion in China?
Mao Zedong
Show emotion
Atheism
adult content
9. With what are Zongzi traditionally wrapped before they are steamed?
Bamboo leaves
Mao Zedong
false
Mao Zedong
10. There are often what main courses?
Bamboo leaves
Taiwan - Hong Kong
multiple
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
11. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Beijing
Red and Yellow
the lantern celebration
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
12. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
Noodle (Mi
noodles
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
13. Who complied the earliest Chinese dictionary?
Peach (T
Han
xu Sh
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
14. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Pinyin
1.3 Billion
Tray of Togetherness
East
15. What are the red envelopes called?
55
Face to Face
Hong boa or Lai see
Television
16. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).
Nihao! Zenme y
Han
Fourth
China - Signapore
17. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
55
Most senior ranking attendee
Great Wall of China
Pinyin
18. The greatest majority of people in China belong to what nationality?
Taiwan
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Tray of Togetherness
Han
19. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
scare away the evil spirits
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
20. What is the highest mountain in China?
wife or husband
Mt. Everest
her own last name
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
21. How did Kung Fu start?
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Renminbi Yuan
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
Nihao! Zenme y
22. What does 'radical' means?
56 (including Han)
Yangzi
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Parts of Chinese characters
23. When did the first Chinese New Year customs start? How?
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24. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y
Gong Xi
Signature
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Noodle (Mi
25. Where does the Giant Panda live?
Red and Yellow
Mt. Everest
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
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
26. The largest ethnic group in China is called
communist
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
Hin Jintao
Han
27. What are lion dances believed to do?
scare away the evil spirits
false
4
Television
28. _________ was a British Colony recently reabsorbed by 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
Show emotion
just over 8
Hong Kong
29. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?
2
Noodle (Mi
Most senior ranking attendee
bring in good luck and prosperity
30. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Dragon Boat Festival
15
Chong Qing - Shanghai - Beijing
Taiwan
31. In China people prefer business communication by which of these methods?
Face to Face
learned skill
1.3 Billion
Mao Zedong
32. One U.S. dollar is equal to how many renminbis?
communist
Mandarin Chinese
just over 8
Television
33. When is China's National Day?
her own last name
October 1st
False
Nihao! Zenme y
34. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
yuan - renminbi in Chinese
Atheism
the Shaolin Monks
35. What are the four great invention of China?
Paper making - Gunpowder - Compass - Printing
Fortune cookies
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
you could wipe away your good fortune
36. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
False
Gong Xi
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
37. What is China's currency called?
Nihao! Zenme y
title
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Renminbi Yuan
38. Where is the Great Wall?
NE quadrant
Signature
Atheism
Mao Zedong
39. What does a panda eat and how much of it do they eat?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
1.3 Billion
Yangzi
bamboo - up to 40 lbs. a day
40. How many Chinese characters are there
Signature
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
41. Some animals that make their homes in China.
adult content
Signature
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
42. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
Red and Yellow
multiple
2500
43. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
Mandarin Chinese
Atheism
Chinese Americans in USA
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
44. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
title
Tray of Togetherness
1600
the Shaolin Monks
45. What are the ancient rulers of China called?
Parts of Chinese characters
Emperor and Empress
scare away the evil spirits
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
46. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
learned skill
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Peach (T
47. What color is considered lucky?
Shuo W
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
red
Hin Jintao
48. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
about 275 lbs.
Dragon Boat Festival
2
49. How many ethnic groups are there in China?
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
56 (including Han)
just over 8
Tea (Cha)
50. About how many Giant Pandas remain in the world today?
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Afghanistan
Hin Jintao
1600