– Chapter Nine –
Test Items
Multiple Choice
1. According to Kim, cross-cultural adaption cannot take place without ________.
2. The process of unlearning some of one’s old cultural ways is known as ________.
3. What are the elements that comprise the process of adapting to a new culture?
4. Research has demonstrated that immigrants who feel more stress initially _______.
5. Which person below does Kim refer to as an illustration of cross-cultural adaptation?
6. Which demographic group has been immigrating to Canada heavily in recent years?
7. The United States and Canada provide interesting insight on multiculturalism because they are both
countries that ________.
8. Courses on multiculturalism that aim to make the educational system more suited to minority groups
________.
9. What is the main goal of multicultural education?
10. Who was the first serious opponent to the idea of the American “melting pot”?
11. Saint-Jacques explains the arguments of authors Miller and Schmidt, who posit that ________ is
beneficial for the United States.
12. Unlike the United States, Canada ________.
13. Canadian author Bissondath worries that the Canadian approach to multiculturalism is leading to
________.
14. Which of the following statements is NOT a criticism of multiculturalism presented in Saint-Jacques’
essay?
15. Canadian multiculturalism has been idealized as a ________.
16. Which statement below about multiculturalism in the United States and Canada is true?
17. Saint-Jacques argues that governments must ________.
18. Asiacentricity involves ________.
19. What does a comparison of the English word expression with the Chinese word biaoda and the
Japanese word hyogen teach us about worldview and communication?
20. According to Miike and Yin, what does the field of intercultural communication suffer from?
21. Which option below illustrates the Asian relationship between the individual and the community?
22. All of the following are megatrends that will have a major impact on intercultural communication
theory in the future EXCEPT______________.
23. U.S. American epistemology is ________ while Chinese epistemology is ________.
24. Chinese methodology can best be described as ________.
25. What label does Chen give to the process of acknowledging and accepting foreign elements and then
integrating those elements into one’s own group?
26. What does Intercultural New Media Studies investigate?
27. When interactants are aware of their differences and can suspend their judgment of the other in order
to provide an accepting, supportive, and cooperative climate for interaction, they have built a(n)
________.
28. Research indisputably suggests that ________.
30. Which of the following does Shuter urge researchers to explore since they remain largely
uninvestigated?
– Chapter Nine –
Test Items
Short Answer / Essay
1. What is the role of communication in the process of cultural adaptation?
2. Contrast the process of acculturation with the process of deculturation.
3. What is the stress-adaptation-growth dynamic?
4. Explain the importance of stress in the cultural adaptation process.
5. According to Saint-Jacques, what are the problems with courses about various cultures in the
6. Describe Horace Kallen’s opinion of assimilation in the United States.
7. Explain the critiques of U.S. American multiculturalism provided in the books by Miller and
8. How have Canadian multiculturalism policies changed over time?
9. What critiques of Canadian multiculturalism do Bissondath and Gwyn offer?
10. List the four major critiques of multiculturalism that were summarized by Fleras and Elliot.
11. What two solutions does Saint-Jacques offer in the conclusion of his essay?
12. What is Kawaida philosophy?
13. How does Asiacentricity differ from Asiacentrism?