Intercultural international exchange writing

1. Since the Colonial era, the US has been involved in six different wars or armed conflicts.

. False

2. Thomas and Kilman identified five main conflict management strategies: avoiding, accommodating, compromising, competing, and collaborating.

True

3. You should determine which conflict management strategy works best for you, and then stick with this strategy.

False

4. The American approach to conflict management (embodied in Thomas and Kilman’s five conflict management strategies) does not take into account the importance that conflict avoidance has for other cultures.

True

5. The dynamic conflict management style, used by many Saudis and other Arabs, avoids the direct discussion of conflict, but people are expected to express strong emotions.

True

6. Which of the following statements is not an accurate statement about how Americans think about conflict?

. A typical American textbook definition of conflict will describe conflict in neutral terms.

. Many Americans believe that conflicts of opinion should be avoided or indirectly addressed.

. American business and industry often encourage healthy conflict.

. In America, insisting that a conflict cannot be resolved because it would violate an individual’s autonomy may be viewed as heroic.

7. In America, insisting that a conflict cannot be resolved because it would violate an individual’s autonomy may be viewed as heroic.

. None of these

. They almost always view conflict as inappropriate, disruptive, harmful, and dangerous.

. They are not comfortable with the expression of many different opinions, especially when these opinions clash or conflict.

. All of these

8. Which of the following statements is not an accurate statement about the American approach to conflict?

. Americans love to negotiate prices and “dicker” over prices and fees for goods and services.

9. Conflict within a group or country is called

. ethnic conflict.

. international conflict.

. class conflict.

. internecine conflict.

10. Conflict that becomes more confrontational, destructive, or serious over time is called

. escalating conflict.

. pseudo conflict.

. historical conflict.

. serial conflict.

11. Stephen P. Cook has designed an interactive, web-based experience that allows people to explore 81 different worldview themes and 320 worldview subcategories.

. True

12. Huston Smith identifies and labels three major ontological worldviews that have existed in human history.

. True

13. Mark Staller identifies and labels three major epistemological worldviews that have developed linearly in the history of western culture.

. False

14. Religious syncretism is widely practiced in China and other Eastern countries.

. True

15. About 2% of the world population is secular/nonreligious/agnostic/atheist.

. False

16. According to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, what is a primary cultural view of human nature?

. All of these

17. Which of the following is not a characteristic of worldviews?

. Worldviews can clash or conflict.

. Worldviews are transmitted by human cultures.

. Worldviews are solid and static.

. Worldviews can contain internal conflicts or tensions.

18. Which of the following are types of worldviews presented in the textbook?

. All of these

19. Which of the following is not a basic element of religion identified in the textbook?

. Creed

. Code

. Conflict

20. The belief that one religion is correct, and that other religions are in serious error, is called

. exclusivism.

. syncretism.

. plurism.

. monotheism.

21. A labor diaspora occurs when people are banished from their place of origin usually as the result of conquest, persecution, enslavement, genocide, or exile.

. False

22. Many Native Americans use the term “genocide” to describe the Trail of Tears, a 1,000 mile forced migration of an estimated 60,000 Native Americans from the Southeastern US to Oklahoma prompted by the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

. True

23. Between 1640 and 1661, many of the American colonies legalized the importation and permanent enslavement of people from Africa. However, most African slaves in America were still treated with respect as people.

. False

24. The enclosure acts of 1730-1860 forced hundreds of thousands of people off their ancestral lands in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in the 100-year period that became known as the Industrial Revolution.

. True

25. According to the results of the 2000 and 2010 US census, Hispanics or Latinos comprise the largest racial group in California, over half of the population of this US state.

。False

26. The traditional, unofficial, non-institutional part of culture transmitted word of mouth or by customary examples is called

. federal history.

. folklore.

. the public record.

. national history.

27. Which of the following is not a shared value listed by the American Historical Association?

。Strive for complete objectivity and a preferred account of events from the past.

28. Historians build their narratives from

。 All of these

29. Histories centered on the expansion of nations beyond their own borders and the effects those expansions had on the indigenous people whose lives were impacted are called

. political histories.

. socioeconomic class histories.

. colonial histories.

. federal histories.

30. When migrants go to another land that has been conquered by their own nation and enjoy higher status as a result of their status as representatives of a conquering power, this is called a (n) 

。 imperial diaspora.

31. Most of us are born into our privileges and have no idea that we are getting advantages that other people do not have access to.

。 True

32. In Chapter Nine of the textbook, “minority identities” is a term used to refer to identities related to racial or ethnic groups that are not White.

。False

33. Majority identity development and minority identity development follow the four exact same stages.

。False

34. If you are a US citizen, male, middle-class, right-handed, able-bodied, or heterosexual, you have a Majority Identity.

。True

35. The Platinum Rule essentially says, “Do to others what you would have done to you.”

。False

36. When a person who has noticed a difference points out an aspect of our identities, they might.

。 All of these

37. Which of the following statements about identity are true?

。Our identities act as lenses through which we see the world and we do not think much about our own identities unless we begin to notice how they are similar or different from those around us.

38. Our identity lenses are constructed out of

。All of these

39. Our identity lenses are not constructed out of

. the personal experiences of others.

. the ways our physical presence is supported/negated by our cultures.

. the ways people we care about treat us.

. our personal interests, abilities, and desires.

40. Words and actions that exclude or negate the experiential reality of a person are best called.

. microinvalidations.

41. In order to be ready for responsible travel and tourism, you should

. All of these

42. Travelers might encounter people or cultures that have an extreme fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners, otherwise known as

. arachnophobia.

. xenophobia.

. ethnocentrism.

. racism.

43. Traveling for enjoyment and pleasure based on environmental attractions is called

. eco-tourism.

. John Murism.

. environmentalism.

. naturism.

44. One of the most famous examples of how travel impacted an individual and shaped the course of their life (an example dramatized in the 2004 movie Motorcycle Diaries) is that of

. Winston Churchill.

. Che Guevara.

. Marco Polo.

. Adolph Hitler.

45. Chapter 10 of the textbook explores intercultural communication in the context of

. health care.

. None of these

. tourism and travel.

. All of these

46. Americans should be grateful for the superior education they have received compared to the education offered in other countries.

. False

47. Western, traditional, conventional medicine, the predominant type of treatment provided in the United States, is focused less on preventive medicine and more on reactive care to sickness, illness, or ailments that patients encounter.

. True

48. Unlike the United States, most of the nations of the world have government- funded health-care systems.

. False

49. In many developing nations there are significant obstacles in providing the amenities of healthcare that Americans and people from other developed countries often take for granted.

. True

50. When it comes to medical care, patients must not be passive consumers of their medical treatment but rather active participants in how care is delivered.

. True