Deck 1: Defining Culture and Communication

Question 1

In 2017,the use of English for Internet content was approximately ______.

A) 92%
B) 72%
C) 52%
D) 32%

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The totality of a group's thought,experiences,and patterns of behavior developed over the course of generations is part of a definition of ______.

A) cultural identity
B) culture
C) religion
D) race

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio contends that our world is so complex that cultures developed to regulate life so that we could survive.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of the following is true of Berlo's model of communication?

A) Berlo was interested in using communication to create relationships.
B) Berlo emphasized that communication is a linear process.
C) Berlo drew from engineering to conceptualize communication.
D) It is the only model of communication.

Question 5

How many distinct nations exist within the borders of the United States?

A) 1
B) 567
C) 5
D) 155

Question 6

What do Catalan demands for independence from Spain demonstrate?

A) The Catalan population is large enough to be self-sustaining.
B) Arbitrarily drawn political boundaries do not reflect people's identities.
C) Some feelings are not open for discussion within a culture.
D) Thoughts and behaviors are transmitted from generation to generation.

Question 7

Confucius taught that society is made up of five relationships,including which of the following?

A) grandparent and grandchild
B) father and son
C) uncle and nephew
D) mother and daughter

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the biological perspective on race?

A) It shows that skin color alone does not define race.
B) It has led to ordering races from most primitive to most advanced.
C) It explains how racial categories have varied across time, between cultures.
D) It has demonstrated that there is no single race-defining gene.

Question 9

While Western cultures,beginning with ancient Greece,believed that their own way of life was superior,imperial China did not.

Question 10

Michael Omi's statement that "You can be born one race and die another" is consistent with which perspective on race?

A) biological
B) cultural
C) scientific
D) sociohistorical

Question 11

For how many languages does Google Translate provide text translations?

A) 30
B) more than 100
C) fewer than 10
D) 50

Question 12

What type of caste system exists in India?

A) a class system based on relationship to the means of production
B) a class system based on economic position in society
C) a hereditary class system
D) a linear class system

Question 13

Schmid-Isler compared Western and Chinese Internet news sites and found a difference in layout that is attributed to ______.

A) culturally influenced perceptions of information storage and display
B) symbol differences in both written and spoken language
C) the culturally specific Internet browser used
D) values of what is considered to be socially polite

Question 14

In Hofstede's categorization of elements of culture,symbols refer to the socially essential activities within a culture.

Question 15

In Hofstede's categorization of elements of culture,a country's Independence Day parades would be an example of a ______.

A) hero
B) ritual
C) symbol
D) value

Question 16

To prove entitlement to the land,fisheries quota,shares,and cash that are being returned to Māori in compensation for successive Crown breaches a person must ______.

A) be a "pure-blooded" Māori
B) trace heritage back to the 1848 census
C) be able to speak Māori
D) elect to be considered Māori

Question 17

Diverse cultures developed due to which of the following?

A) immigration out of Asia
B) development of common social network regulators
C) development of diverse sets of beliefs
D) divergence from a common global language

Question 18

In the 19th century,the term culture was commonly used as a synonym for ______.

A) historical civilizations
B) Eastern civilization
C) all civilizations
D) Western civilization

Question 19

Research on genetic material has shown that ______.

A) humans alive today descended from different groups from different continents
B) humans alive today share ancestry from one group in Africa
C) humans alive today share ancestry from one group in Europe
D) ancestry of humans can only be studied for existing groups

Question 20

One's identification with and perceived acceptance into a group that has a shared system of symbols,meanings,and norms is ______.

A) cultural identity
B) culture
C) religion
D) race

Question 21

The Chinese concept of guanxi is best translated as the "connections" one has.

Question 22

Korean has special vocabularies for each sex,for different degrees of social status and degrees of intimacy,and for formal occasions.

Question 23

The Employment Division of Oregon v.Smith decision has been used to limit religious expression in the United States.

Question 24

______ is the oldest source of human identity and conflict.

Question 25

______ are real or imaginary people who serve as behavior models within a culture.

Question 26

The ______ may be the most significant political creation of modern times.

Question 27

Communication and culture should be studied separately.

Question 28

Culture is a code we learn and share,and learning and sharing require communication.

Question 29

As the Treaty of Waitangi was recorded in both Māori and in English,there have been few misunderstandings about governance and sovereignty in New Zealand.

Question 30

Cultural identity refers to the identification with and perceived acceptance into a group that has a shared system of symbols and means as well as norms for conduct.

Question 31

One study of English and French speakers in Quebec found that interethnic communicators limited their interaction to superficial encounters.

Question 32

According to Sir David Cannadine (2013),there are six main forms of regulators of social networks of human life: religion,nation,class,gender,race,and ______.

Question 33

Among the five effects June Yum describes that Confucianism has on interpersonal communication is the use of intermediaries or third parties to avoid direct confrontation.

Question 34

Most scientists have abandoned the concept of biological race as a meaningful concept.

Question 35

______ are an element of culture referring to verbal and nonverbal language.

Question 36

The term "coculture" is used to emphasize that we are all members of multiple groups.

Question 37

New research has identified a single race-defining gene.

Question 38

The Crusades of the 11th to 13th centuries of the Christians against the Muslims,the 16th century Wars of Succession between Roman Catholics and Protestants,and the 1990s war in former Yugoslavia,divided along Orthodox,Catholic,and Muslim lines,are examples of ______.

Question 39

In all communication models,the role of the communication receiver is passive.

Question 40

Subgroups are like cultures in that they have an important influence on the values and attitudes you hold.

Question 41

______ has been traditionally defined as a position in a society's hierarchy based on income,education,occupation,or neighborhood.

Question 42

Discuss the statement by Damasio Antonio (2010)that our world,our environment is so complex and so varied on the planet that diverse social networks developed to regulate life so that we could survive.

Question 43

The notion that because the meaning of race has been debated in societies,and as a consequence,new categories have been formed and others transformed,is a part of the ______ perspective on race.

Question 44

Discuss how religion can be a regulator of how we live our lives.

Question 45

Discuss how class can be a regulator of human life.

Question 46

Discuss how the nation-state can be a regulator of human life.

Question 47

The country with the second largest number of cell phone users is ______.

Question 48

______ has been defined from two perspectives: biological and sociohistorical.

Question 49

In a Western perspective,______ is one-way,top-down,and suited for the transmission media.

Question 50

______ is considered by many notable feminists as more significant in shaping identity than religion,nation,or class.

Question 51

______ exist within a dominant culture and are dependent on that culture.

Question 52

Subcultures exist within dominant cultures and are often based on geographic region,______,or economic or social class.

Question 53

Discuss how gender can be a regulator of human life.

Question 54

______ refers to the identification with and perceived acceptance into a group that has a shared system of symbols and meanings as well as norms for conduct.

Question 55

If a telephone is answered with the phrase "Moshi moshi," the person is most likely in ______.

Question 56

Discuss how diverse cultures have developed in spite of a common human ancestry.

Question 57

What is most commonly called text messaging in the United States,the United Kingdom,and the Philippines is more likely to be known as ______ elsewhere.

Question 58

The country with both the most landline users and cell phone users is ______.

Question 59

The country with the most Internet users is ______.

Question 60

______ suggests that no one culture is inherently superior to the other coexisting culture; however,mutuality may not be easily established.

Question 61

Compare and contrast the following terms: culture,subculture,coculture,and subgroup.

Question 62

Describe the meaning of the term cultural identity.

Question 63

Give examples of your country's heroes,rituals,symbols,and values.

Question 64

Discuss how the Internet serves as a medium of intercultural communication.

Question 65

What are the implications of the different ways of determining who is Māori?

Question 66

Discuss the implications of the change in the use of the term culture from a synonym for Western civilization to a recognition of multiple cultures.

Question 67

Discuss how civilization has operated as a regulator of human life.

Question 68

Describe the effects of Confucian thought on communication.

Question 69

Discuss how race and skin color have operated as regulators of human life.

Question 70

Discuss how the telephone has served as a medium of intercultural communication.

Question 71

Discuss the concept of cultures within cultures.

Question 72

Discuss how definitions of communication are cultural.

Question 73

Discuss the implications of changing definitions of the term race.

Question 74

Discuss how social media serve as a medium of intercultural communication.