122.
ASEAN is a(n) _____.
123.
George, who owns an international grocery store in Ohio, has benefited highly from the
trading bloc that allows him to purchase food products from Central American nations at a
nice discount. With many of his customers from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and
Guatemala, he has benefited from the trading bloc known as _____.
124.
The United States granted to China most favored nation trading status, which ____.
125.
During global culture training for a group of employees who are being transferred to Egypt,
Sam, the HR training manager, remarked that “in the Arab world, men have long
handshakes and they hold hands and kiss cheeks, which is meant to express ____.”
126.
A nation’s culture is ________.
127.
Susan, from Iowa, arrived in Saudi Arabia and immediately noticed that the way Saudi men
treat women is vastly different than how men in the U.S. treat women. Susan was feeling
uncomfortable because she was experiencing ___.
128.
In a low-context culture ____.
129.
The GLOBE project is an ongoing cross-cultural investigation of nine cultural dimensions
involved in ___ processes.
130.
Anna, the owner of a café, attended an entrepreneurial conference where they spoke
about in-group collectivism from the GLOBE project, which expresses ____.
131.
According to the findings of the GLOBE project, the assertiveness dimension represents
the extent to which a society values ____.
132.
When communicating across cultures, the best option regarding language use is _____.
133.
Monochronic time is a ___.
134.
Tom and his fiancé Susan decided to have their wedding on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico.
Some services for the wedding, such as the limousine and the catering services, were
local. Throughout the weekend of the wedding, the couple found that workers and things
for their wedding arrived late. In response, the Mexican workers remarked, “Ustedes tiene
que ser flexibles,” which in English means, you have to be flexible with time. This attitude
regarding time is considered _____.