Deck 14: Future Challenges

Question 1

Today's seven billion people worldwide live in ______.

A) isolation
B) interdependence
C) conflict
D) peace

Answer 1

B

Question 2

How do cultures treat people of different genders?

A) the same way
B) based only on religion
C) without discrimination
D) differently

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to Cannadine (2013),which is the oldest source of human identity and conflict?

A) religion
B) race
C) ethnicity
D) gender

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Two thirds of the world's population controls no more than how much of the global wealth?

A) 13%
B) 33%
C) 3%
D) 23%

Question 5

The historic ranking of individuals has resulted in ______.

A) cultural understanding
B) science
C) anthropology
D) othering

Question 6

Large majorities in nearly every country express which view on immigration?

A) There should be a greater restriction on immigration.
B) There should be less restriction on immigration.
C) Restriction on immigration should be kept at the same level as it was in the past.
D) Immigration is not a threat.

Question 7

In many parts of the world,any threat to one's religious beliefs is a threat to one's ______.

A) security
B) well-being
C) identity
D) culture

Question 8

Racial and ethnic groups have been particularly subjected to othering in ______.

A) language
B) school
C) workplaces
D) shopping malls

Question 9

What does the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project show about how Muslims and Westerners regard each other?

A) Only Westerners view Muslims in a negative way.
B) Only Muslims view Westerners in a negative way.
C) Westerners and Muslims view each other in a positive way.
D) Each side has a negative image of the other.

Question 10

Oftentimes,religious conflict becomes intertwined with which types of causes?

A) ethic and nationalist
B) personal and family-related
C) social and cultural
D) military

Question 11

Women's economic status is related to ______.

A) work
B) fertility rate
C) men
D) violence

Question 12

The subjugation of American Indians was defensible when they were labeled as ______.

A) wise
B) savage
C) parasite
D) demon

Question 13

One percentage of the world's population controls how much of the world's money,property,and other material resources?

A) 12%
B) 22%
C) 46%
D) 36%

Question 14

There have been attempts led by the United States and various other nation-states to end ______.

A) women's liberation
B) violence against women
C) wage disparities between men and women
D) differences between men and women

Question 15

According to Cannadine (2013),it is difficult to substantiate that there is solidarity among all ______.

A) countries
B) men
C) continents
D) women

Question 16

Which concept developed by Marx is considered a source of identity?

A) class
B) ethnicity
C) gender
D) education

Question 17

Huntington asserts that the clash of the Western civilization and which other civilization dates back 1,300 years?

A) Native American
B) Asian
C) African
D) Islamic

Question 18

The past few decades have been characterized by ______.

A) improvement in the human condition worldwide
B) stagnation in the human condition worldwide
C) deterioration of the human condition worldwide
D) none of these

Question 19

What was justified when Blacks were considered "chattel" or property?

A) segregation
B) exchange
C) work
D) collaboration

Question 20

Over the past few decades,there have been unprecedented improvements in the human condition worldwide.

Question 21

Cultures feel threatened by the spread of products and ideas from one culture to another.

Question 22

Many argue that race,skin color,and ethnicity are major regulators of human life and identity.

Question 23

The imperialism of nations a century ago is today seen as the imperialism of modern multinational corporations.

Question 24

In Muslim countries,many people do not agree that suicide bombings targeting civilians can be justified in defense of Islam.

Question 25

Areas of high income disparity between men and women also tend to be areas with high reproduction rates.

Question 26

Nation-state identity has superseded other sources as the primary identity in most of the world.

Question 27

Class,defined as economic position in society,is not important for one's identity.

Question 28

Many groups have been the subjects of othering.

Question 29

One percentage of the world's population controls 20% of the world's money,property,and other material resources.

Question 30

The Western public does not think of Muslims as respectful of women.

Question 31

In centuries past,physical distance heightened the perception of ______.

Question 32

Climate change will affect all regions the same.

Question 33

In 2016,the United States,with 4.6% of the world's population,accounted for 16% of the world's carbon emissions.

Question 34

Muslims do not think of Westerners as respectful of women.

Question 35

Oftentimes,religious conflict becomes intertwined with ethic and nationalist causes.

Question 36

Nation-state identity is strongest in developing nations.

Question 37

In both poor and rich countries,people are concerned about immigration.

Question 38

The war on terrorism has been accepted as legitimate by Muslims.

Question 39

Othering can be used to justify suppression and even extermination.

Question 40

The United States remains the ______ economy in the world and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Question 41

The subjugation of American Indians was defensible when the word ______ was used.

Question 42

Some argue that modern conflicts are ______ in nature rather than based in such a broad level of identity.

Question 43

Our ______ communication challenge today is how to better understand groups with unique cultural identities in order to work interdependently to meet global challenges.

Question 44

Discuss future intercultural communication challenges for humankind.

Question 45

Oftentimes,religious conflict becomes intertwined with ethic and nationalist causes,as with ______ in Northern Ireland.

Question 46

Worldwide,nearly ______ people can't afford to buy food and can't grow enough on their own.

Question 47

Samuel Huntington defined ______ as the broadest distinct level of cultural identity people can have.

Question 48

China has 20% of the world's population and just ______ of the world's arable land.

Question 49

According to Putnam,increased ______ and diversity not only are inevitable in modern societies but over the long term are desirable.

Question 50

Women's economic status is related to ______.

Question 51

The historic ranking of individuals has resulted in ______.

Question 52

In July 2010,the UN General Assembly voted unanimously to create a single UN body tasked with accelerating progress in achieving gender equality and women's ______.

Question 53

One consequence of disparity of wealth is world ______.

Question 54

Expanding ______ tend to change their diets to consume more grain-fed beef and pork.

Question 55

______ identity has superseded other sources as the primary identity in most of the world.

Question 56

Measures to end discrimination against women included establishing ______ and other public institutions to ensure the effective protection of women against discrimination.

Question 57

Conflict between ______ and Muslims in the Indian subcontinent has a history that could date back to the 700s.

Question 58

The United States accounts for ______ of the super wealthy people worldwide.

Question 59

In 1979,the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of ______ Against Women.

Question 60

Discuss religion as a source of human identity and conflict,specifically giving examples of religious conflicts intertwined with ethic and nationalist causes.

Question 61

Discuss worldwide perceived threats to culture.

Question 62

Discuss disparities of wealth in the world today.

Question 63

Discuss the relationship between women's economic status and reproduction rates.

Question 64

Discuss Putnam's research in regard to immigration.

Question 65

Discuss nation-state as a source of identity.

Question 66

Discuss worldwide perceived threats from immigration.

Question 67

Why is immigration successful in the long run?

Question 68

Define and discuss othering.

Question 69

What promises do new media bring?

Question 70

Explain the ways in which economic development in China is a severe threat to the environment.

Question 71

Discuss worldwide perceived threats to the environment,as well as disparities related to environmental threats.

Question 72

Discuss the results of the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project on how Muslims and Westerners regard each other.

Question 73

Discuss Huntington's notion of civilization.

Question 74

Discuss race,skin color,and ethnicity as major regulators of human life and identity.

Question 75

Discuss gender as a source of identity.

Question 76

Discuss class as a source of identity.