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d. A mosaic
e. Constant warfare
5. The nation that explicitly incorporated the concept of a mosaic into its
constitution to define the nation’s perspective on ethnic groups is:
6. Power in French organizations tends to be:
a. Bottom up
7. The only sport in the world in which the offensive team gets together after
each play is:
8. There are ______ major tribes in Nigeria (Note: The Hausa and Falana
constitute one tribe, the Hausa-Falana):
9. The language considered by its citizens as the most beautiful and melodic in the
world is:
10. The inability of Italians to keep thoughts, emotions, and even secrets to
themselves is called:
11. A nation that is typically characterized as having more rules and procedures
that need to be followed than all or most other nations is:
12. A nation that practices co-determination whereby every company with over
2000 employees has two boards of directors is:
a. Nigeria
13. Frederick the Great was from:
a. France
14. The English Statute officially making the Irish subordinate to the English
and outlawing marriage between them is called the Statute of:
15. The cultural metaphor used in the textbook for Canada is:
a. the beaver
16. The nation that has a hexagonal image of itself is:
a. Malaysia
17. The nation in which an individual will tend to not smile when first
introduced to someone is:
18. The Arab word Dugry can be translated as:
a. I want you to be happy
19. ____________, a King in the 9th Century, ruled over large parts of Europe,
and his sons were willed large areas, with each son and his successors eventually
20. The Hari Raya is a religious festival of which of the religions below?
a. Confucianism
21. This largest demographic or ethnic group in Malaysia practices one of the
religions below. It is:
22. The primary identification that an individual in Nigeria has is with his:
a. religion
23. The tribe that stresses egalitarianism and excels in business in Nigeria is:
a. the Hausa
24. According to research on MBA negotiations at Northwestern University, the
MBAs from ____________ win the most in negotiations while leaving the other
25. The schools in Ireland in which the Irish language was spoken, even though
outlawed, were called:
26. According to Erez’ research, the sector in Israel in which the most effective
method of decision making is delegative is:
27. The individual who stressed abstract thinking and the statement “I think,
therefore I am” came from:
28. The nation that has the most start-up high-technology business firms per
capita is:
29. The nation in which the North and South evolved in radically different ways
is:
a. France
30. Voice is a key feature of the cultural metaphor for one of the nations below.
It is:
31. The marketplace is the cultural metaphor for:
a. Israel
32. According to Edward Hall’s low-context/high-context dimension of
communication, France:
33. A key feature of this nation’s cultural metaphor is maturation. This nation
is:
a. Germany
34. Nigeria became a nation in 1960. Until that year it was ruled by:
a. France
35. The unique feature of the opera separating it from other musical forms is:
a. the soloists
36. American football can be effectively compared or captured by the game of:
a. GO or Chinese checkers
37. Robert Lipsyte described this sport as a church. This sport is:
a. cricket
38. The Festival of Lights is a(n) _______________ religious festival:
a. Islamic
39. A sport emphasizing complex plays and a playbook describing them is:
a. rugby
40. One of the following nations is described in the book as a cleft national
culture divided sharply into three ethnic/religious groups. This nation is:
41. An animistic or nature-based religion that is the only native religion in its
nation of origin is:
42. As opposed to the British, the French system of logic could be described as:
a. Inductive with a focus on gathering cases and data first
43. The Great Irish famine occurred in the years:
a. 1444-1449
b. 1544-1549
1. What is Zionism, and in which geographical area of the world did it
originate? How is it related to the Israeli kibbutz or kibbutzim (plural)? How does
2. In class we had a discussion of the case “Carter Racing” which illustrated
some important points. When a decision maker is faced with a secure positive
outcome of receiving $5,000 versus the option of playing in a lottery in which
3. Select only one of the cultural metaphors for one of the nations listed and
describe two of its major features: Germany, Ireland, Canada, France, the U.S.,
1.5 POINTS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ANSWER.
1. An example of a torn national culture in the major part of the book focused
on this topic is:
