Gannon and Pillai, Understanding Global Cultures, Sixth Edition Instructor Resource
FIRST EXAM
There are 43 multiple choice questions, each worth 1.5 points. You can answer only 40 of these
multiple choice questions. If a student answers more than 40, he/she loses 1.5 points per each
additional question answered. On your green scantron, next to your name, please write the
numbers of the three questions you have left blank. Please select only two of the three essay
questions. Each of these two essay questions is worth 20 points. If you answer all three essay
questions, the third essay will not be graded.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The Japanese term Shikata (the plural is kata) can be defined as:
2. Turkey is known as a _______________ nation among all Islamic nations:
3. As discussed in chapter 1 and in class, all of the following criteria indicate that it is
appropriate to use a cultural stereotype except for the fact that:
4. A nation whose cultural metaphor revolves around women’s jewelry is:
5. The Japanese concept of Wa can be translated as:
6. Lunfardo is a language spoken in:
7. In Brazil a jeitinho is:
8. In Japan when an individual says what the group expects, the term to describe it is:
9. Small-step circularity is associated with:
10. The humorous stories about Hoija reflect the culture of:
11. A nation whose cultural metaphor is based on a pole carried by a worker is:
12. The Thai concept, Mai Pen Rai, can be roughly translated as:
13. Hofstede’s definition of the dimension of masculinity-femininity can be described as a
national culture’s degree of:
14. The famous General Giap is from:
15. Ataturk was all of the following except:
16. A nation that experienced rates of yearly inflation of 2000% and above in the last 30
years is:
17. A nation whose cultural metaphor revolves around the King is:
18. Spontaneous escape is a characteristic of the cultural metaphor for:
19. The GLOBE scales (one each for values and practices) that reflect the greatest
differences between values and practices in the 62 national cultures are in the area of:
20. The nation identified closely with the concept that one drop of white blood makes the
person white is:
21. The non-Japanese CEO of Nissan who was very successful balancing the need for
organizational change and cultural issues was:
22. Time conceptualized as only one circle best reflects the approach of:
23. In the Vietnam chapter, Dien Bien Phu refers to:
24. Todo bum is a concept associated with:
Gannon and Pillai, Understanding Global Cultures, Sixth Edition Instructor Resource
25. The most important instrument in a tango orchestra is:
26. The Index used most frequently in the chapters of the book is:
27. The Mothers of the Disappeared organized in:
28. In Argentina the sphere of contention refers to:
29. A(n) _________________ society holds that everyone should be treated equally under the
law:
30. A paradox requires that the individual see situations in terms of the color of:
31. Due to their treatment by this nation’s colonial military rule, the Vietnamese have the
most negative feelings about the:
32. Kreng Cai means:
33. Freedom and equality is a key feature of the cultural metaphor of:
34. The four generic types of culture described in chapter 1 and in class include all of the
following except:
35. In chapter 1, a case study emphasizing the differences among the four generic types of
culture involved the purchase of a:
36. The stuga refers to:
37. A nation divided into two major parts as illustrated by its cultural metaphor is:
38. The word Bedouin refers to:
39. As described in class and in the book, a nation in which red shirts and yellow shirts are
fighting one another for the control of the nation, even to the point of some citizens advocating
the breakup of the nation, is:
40. Seishen, a Japanese concept and word, can be translated as:
41. Female ownership is a key feature of the cultural metaphor for which nation?
42. A cultural metaphor officially recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage is:
43. A male domain is a key feature of the cultural metaphor for:
ESSAYS
PLEASE SELECT TWO OF THREE. PROFESSOR GANNON WILL NOT GRADE A
THIRD ESSAY.
1. Describe two differences between monochronic time and polychronic time. What does
Edward Hall mean by the context of the communication, that is, what is high-context
communication and low-context communication? Is high context communication more effective
in getting the message across than low context communication? Why or why not?
2. In class we discussed cultural identity structures and how to draw them. Please draw two
examples – they can be hypothetical – of a cultural identity structure: One a more sophisticated
cultural identity structure than the other. The drawings are sufficient if they are clear; you do not
need to explain them. But you must label them as more or less simplistic.
3. Of the four types of generic cultures, what type is Sweden? Sweden is noted for its day fines.
What are they and how do they differ from fines in the United States and similar nations? What
do the Swedes mean by lagom and how did this term originate? What is Allemansratt? Because
Swedes join and sponsor a large number of clubs and associations, would you describe Sweden
as collectivistic, using Hofstede’s study? Why or why not?