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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 them acclimated to the Western way of doing things. |
| | C) | Technological, demographic, economic, ethical, and peace- and self-awareness-related reasons pose benefits and challenges in communicating with others different from you. |
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The advent of the Internet and other communication technologies has tremendous implications for intercultural communication, including which of the following? |
| | A) | People will be forced to develop Web pages using English; everyone will appreciate the importance of technology; everyone will gain access to CNN news coverage; we can gain complete anonymity when expressing sentiments; and we are free to develop secret relations with persons of other cultures. |
| | B) | Wired magazines, electronic databases, television and wireless innovations plus other networked media will have to be written from a Western perspective. |
| | C) | Increased information about peoples and cultures; increased contact with people who are different from us; increased contact with people who are similar to us who can provide communities of support; identity, culture and technology; and differential access to communication technology. |
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There are indications that ___________ is becoming a formidable linguistic player in the Internet world. |
| | A) | English |
| | B) | Chinese |
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Multiphrenia is the term for _____________. |
| | A) | identity management |
| | B) | identity tourism |
| | C) | a splitting of the individual into many different selves |
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________________refers to households that have access to telephone, computers, and the Internet and those who do not. |
| | A) | Demographics |
| | B) | Digital Divide |
| | C) | Immigration |
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According to the U.S. Population Reference Bureau (PRB), the nation's _____________ populations is expected to triple by year 2050. |
| | A) | Hispanic and Asian |
| | B) | Black American |
| | C) | non-Hispanics Whites |
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A(n) _______________ stresses the tremendous cultural variability in the world when studying intercultural communication. |
| | A) | ethical judgment |
| | B) | ethnocentrism |
| | C) | dialogical approach |
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______________ are production facilities along the U.S.-Mexican border, where workers produce goods bound mainly for U.S. markets. |
| | A) | Multinational corporations |
| | B) | Maquiladoras |
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California's Proposition _______, which passed in the November 1994 election, excludes non-documented immigrants from receiving public health and social services. |
| | A) | 187 |
| | B) | 209 |
| | C) | 227 |
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___________ is used to understand ourselves and our position in society. |
| | A) | Self-reflexivity |
| | B) | Colonialism |
| | C) | The zoo approach |
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