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Why is it important to focus on intercultural communication and to strive to become better at this complex pattern of interaction? |
| | A) | Intercultural communication provides us with a framework for bettering ourselves in the workplace. |
| | B) | The United States is a melting pot for people all over the world. We need to get others acclimated to the western way of doing things. |
| | C) | Technological, demographic, economic, peace, self-awareness and ethical reasons pose benefits and challenges in communicating with others different from you. If we study the above from an interculturalist's perspective, perhaps we can have a better understanding of others and ourselves. |
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In the high-tech communication world, the choice of language has become a sensitive topic. Many have voiced concerns about the dominance of the English language in cyberspace. Why do you think people have voiced concerns? |
| | A) | Since the horrendous events surrounding September 11, 2001, many people feel that the English language should be the primary language for worldwide communication. |
| | B) | People seek out intercultural communication for many different reasons, including the ability to use their native tongue for expressing thoughts and feelings. |
| | C) | The majority of Internet users come from corporate America and English is the preferred equalizer. |
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_______________has had a direct impact on the notion of family, food intake and intercultural relationships. |
| | A) | mobility |
| | B) | technology |
| | C) | enclaves |
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The 2000 United States Census was the first that allowed persons to categorize themselves as "two or more races," and 2.4 percent of respondents did just that. The Census examined the _______ of multicultural people. |
| | A) | Immigration |
| | B) | Demographics |
| | C) | Melting pot |
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____________ suggests that when you learn about other cultures and cultural practices, you often learn much about yourself as well. |
| | A) | relativist position |
| | B) | universalist position |
| | C) | self-reflexivity |
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_____________ refers to the degree of participation in a type of cultural adaptation in which an individual gives up his or her own cultural heritage and adopts the mainstream cultural identity. |
| | A) | Class structure |
| | B) | Assimilatable |
| | C) | Cultural enclaves |
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_______________ focus more on the degree of rightness and wrongness in human behavior. |
| | A) | Ethical judgments |
| | B) | Cultural values |
| | C) | Cultural trainers |
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______________ is the result of businesses all around the world expanding into overseas markets. |
| | A) | globalization |
| | B) | maquiladoras |
| | C) | The Economic Imperative |
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this movement promoted violence against newer immigrants. |
| | A) | nativistic movement |
| | B) | Haratio Alger myth |
| | C) | Dawes Severalty Act |
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___________This term is commonly used to describe a world in which communication technology - TV, radio, news services - bring news and information to the remote parts of the world. |
| | A) | immigration |
| | B) | mobility |
| | C) | global village |
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