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PART IV: THE THREE EXAMINATIONS
FIRST EXAM
There are 43 multiple choice questions, each worth 1.5 points. You can answer
1. The Japanese term Shikata (the plural is kata) can be defined as:
a. Rule*
2. Turkey is known as a _______________ nation among all Islamic nations:
a. theocratic
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:
a. Thailand
5. The Japanese concept of Wa can be translated as:
a. good heartedness
6. Lunfardo is a language spoken in:
a. Brazil
7. In Brazil a jeitinho is:
a. a rule
8. In Japan when an individual says what the group expects, the term to
describe it is:
9. Small-step circularity is associated with:
a. Turkey
10. The humorous stories about Hoija reflect the culture of:
a. Sweden
11. A nation whose cultural metaphor is based on a pole carried by a worker is:
a. Thailand
12. The Thai concept, Mai Pen Rai, can be roughly translated as:
a. Time is money
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:
a. Thailand
15. Ataturk was all of the following except:
a. hostile to the military*
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:
a. Singapore
18. Spontaneous escape is a characteristic of the cultural metaphor for:
a. Argentina
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
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:
a. Christianity
23. In the Vietnam chapter, Dien Bien Phu refers to:
a. A battle*
24. Todo bum is a concept associated with:
a. Japan
25. The most important instrument in a tango orchestra is:
a. The violin
26. The Index used most frequently in the chapters of the book is:
a. The Index of Equality-Inequality
27. The Mothers of the Disappeared organized in:
a. Brazil
28. In Argentina the sphere of contention refers to:
a. a dance*
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:
a. white
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:
a. working hard and enjoying life
33. Freedom and equality is a key feature of the cultural metaphor of:
a. Japan
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:
a. A belief
37. A nation divided into two major parts as illustrated by its cultural metaphor is:
a. Brazil
38. The word Bedouin refers to:
a. water
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
40. Seishen, a Japanese concept and word, can be translated as:
a. happiness
41. Female ownership is a key feature of the cultural metaphor for which nation?
a. Saudi Arabia*
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:
a. Japan
b. Saudi Arabia
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
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
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
1. All of the following are pillars of Ireland’s culture except for:
a. language
2. The English leader who the Irish hated was:
a. Edward II
3. In Malaysia “Dato” means:
a. brother
4. According to Prince Metternich, a 19th Century statesman, the characteristic
feature of the Germans was:
