Chapter 2: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Globalization is characterized by

a. the isolation of cultures due to communication technology, global capitalism, and international political institutions.

b. the interconnectedness of people’s lives through communication technology, global capitalism, and international political institutions.

c. the decline in interdependence as a result of communication technology, global capitalism, and international political institutions.

d. the homogenization of cultures into one unified culture.

Learning Objective: 2-1: Describe the complex and contradictory influences of globalization on intercultural communication.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intercultural Communication in the Context of Globalization
Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Which of the following is true of globalization?

a. It is positive because cultures are not affected.

b. It is positive because the gap between the wealthy and the poor is decreasing within countries and around the world.

c. It is complex and contradictory and has a major impact on intercultural communication.

d. It is static and predictable.

Learning Objective: 2-1: Describe the complex and contradictory influences of globalization on intercultural communication.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The terms global South and global North highlight which of the following?

a. the division between wealthy, developed nations in the southern hemisphere and poorer, developing nations in the northern hemisphere.

b. the division between former centers of colonial power and formerly colonized countries.

c. the geopolitics of the Cold War.

d. the division between North America and South America.

Learning Objective: 2-2: Explain the important role history plays in shaping intercultural communication today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Colonization occurs when

a. people disperse after a natural, political, or economic disaster yet remain in contact with their homeland.

b. people settle in new geographic regions.

c. outside powers impose language, cultural, and/or religious practices on others for the purpose of expansion or exploitation of land or resources.

d. groups of people integrate into a new country while sustaining their cultural identity.

Learning Objective: 2-2: Explain the important role history plays in shaping intercultural communication today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Cultural imperialism is defined as

a. the domination of one culture over others through cultural forms.

b. the invasion of other people’s land through military force and violence.

c. the equal flow of cultural products around the globe.

d. the harmonization of cultures into one culture.

Learning Objective: 2-2: Explain the important role history plays in shaping intercultural communication today.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cultural Flows and Unequal Power Relations
Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The growth in power of multinational corporations is one of the characteristics of

a. political globalization.

b. economic globalization.

c. cultural globalization.

d. corporate globalization.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Global Business and Global Markets
Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Free trade agreements liberalize trade by reducing trade tariffs and barriers transnationally.

b. Free trade agreements move manufacturing sectors and service sectors to locations with more expensive labor and more business and environmental regulations.

c. Free trade agreements are accepted by all as beneficial.

d. Free trade agreements give developing countries an advantage over their trade.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Free Trade and Economic Liberalization
Difficulty Level: Hard

8. Economic globalization has

a. eliminated the need for intercultural awareness, understanding, and training.

b. increased trade barriers to protect jobs.

c. decreased international trade and international flows of capital.

d. increased the need for intercultural awareness, understanding, and training.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Global Business and Global Markets
Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Cultural values, norms, and behaviors

a. play a significant role in team building, decision making, and job satisfaction.

b. have no impact on marketing and advertising.

c. are the same across multinational corporations because of globalization.

d. are becoming homogeneous because of economic globalization.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Business and Global Markets
Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Ideological wars, an intercultural dimension of political globalization

a. employ true dichotomies to galvanize the public.

b. decrease tensions between different cultural groups.

c. often scapegoats one group for the challenges and ills of society.

d. have no material consequences because ideologies are false ideas.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Ideological Wars
Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Culture as de-territorialized means

a. culture disappears from the world because of globalization.

b. culture and people are uprooted from their geographic location of origin.

c. culture is a territory that belongs to a group of people.

d. culture is relocated in new spaces.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Migration and Cultural Connectivities
Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Diasporic communities are defined as communities that

a. relocate voluntarily to new countries.

b. are forced to leave their homeland and have a longing to return home.

c. maintain multiple houses in different countries.

d. move across cultural borders on a regular basis.

Learning Objective: 2-2: Explain the important role history plays in shaping intercultural communication today.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Migration and Cultural Connectivities
Difficulty Level: Easy

13. “Global cultural homogenization by U.S. American culture” is a definition of

a. Americanization.

b. positionality.

c. framing.

d. cultural imperialism.

Learning Objective: 2-3: Explain how relationships of power impact intercultural communication in our everyday lives.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cultural Flows and Unequal Power Relations
Difficulty Level: Medium

14. In the context of globalization, the way people connect with their culture and cultivate a sense of home is changing because of

a. advances in communication and transportation technologies.

b. a decline in international economic and social networks.

c. a decrease in the dependence on remittances.

d. a stable world where few people travel across cultural borders.

Learning Objective: 2-1: Describe the complex and contradictory influences of globalization on intercultural communication.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Which of the following was not one of the first institutions of global political and economic governance?

a. WB

b. IMF

c. WTO

d. GATT

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Which of the following are the preferred term to use for countries based on a nation’s GNP, political and economic stability, and other factors?

a. First world and third world

b. Developing country and developed country

c. Primary and secondary

d. East and West

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium

17. A ______ is a coded message communicating particular meanings to certain groups that can also be defended as legitimate to others.

a. ideology

b. identity call

c. hybrid cultural form

d. dog-whistle

Learning Objective: 2-3: Explain how relationships of power impact intercultural communication in our everyday lives.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Ethnonationalism, Authoritarianism and Militarism
Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Reggaeton, a blend of rap and reggae with Latin influence and origins is an example of a(n) ______.

a. imperialistic form

b. hybrid cultural form

c. ideology

d. dog-whistle

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Hybrid Cultural Forms and Identities
Difficulty Level: Medium

19. _________ refers to the process of a society organizing itself for military conflict and use of violence.

a. Globalization

b. Colonialization

c. Militarization

d. Imperialism

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Ethnonationalism, Authoritarianism and Militarism
Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Josh does not want individuals of another race entering his neighborhood. This is an example of ______.

a. globalization

b. glocalization

c. imperialism

d. xenophobia

Learning Objective: 2-1: Describe the complex and contradictory influences of globalization on intercultural communication.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Intercultural Dimensions of Political Globalization
Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. Globalization is positive because the gap between the wealthy and the poor is decreasing within countries and around the world.

Learning Objective: 2-1: Describe the complex and contradictory influences of globalization on intercultural communication.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Financial Institutions and Popular Resistance
Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Since 2006, Krispy Kreme opened stores in various countries in Asia. This is an example of using culture as a resource for economic globalization.

Learning Objective: 2-1: Describe the complex and contradictory influences of globalization on intercultural communication.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intercultural Dimensions of Economic Globalization
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. History is not important in intercultural communication because globalization is a new stage of history and it has little to do with what happened prior to the end of World War II.

Learning Objective: 2-2: Explain the important role history plays in shaping intercultural communication today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Globalization must be understood in relation to the historical legacy of colonization.

Learning Objective: 2-2: Explain the important role history plays in shaping intercultural communication today.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Power can be conceptualized as a constraining and enabling force that regulates our culture and communication.

Learning Objective: 2-3: Explain how relationships of power impact intercultural communication in our everyday lives.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of Power in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Positions of power do not impact intercultural communication.

Learning Objective: 2-3: Explain how relationships of power impact intercultural communication in our everyday lives.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Role of Power in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Economic globalization has increased intercultural interaction and exchange exponentially.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Business and Global Markets
Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Economic liberalization is also called constrained trade.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Free Trade and Economic Liberalization
Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Democratization refers to the transition from an authoritarian to a democratic political system that ensures the universal right to vote.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Ethnonationalism, Authoritarianism and Militarism
Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Diasporic communities are groups of people who have inhabited their homeland for all of history.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Migration and Cultural Connectivities
Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Define globalization and discuss how it affects intercultural communication. Discuss why it is important to study intercultural communication in the context of globalization.

Learning Objective: 2-1: Describe the complex and contradictory influences of globalization on intercultural communication.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Intercultural Communication in the Context of Globalization
Difficulty Level: Medium

2. With the scenarios that are used to introduce the chapter or with other examples, discuss the role of power in intercultural communication.

Learning Objective: 2-3: Explain how relationships of power impact intercultural communication in our everyday lives.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Role of Power in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Briefly explain Americanization and cultural imperialism. Do you think Americanization is an inevitable outcome of globalization?

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Cultural Flows and Unequal Power Relations
Difficulty Level: Hard

4. What does the statement “Culture is de-territorialized and re-territorialized in globalization” mean? Briefly explain and provide an example.

Learning Objective: 2-4: Identify the intercultural dimensions of economic, political and cultural globalization.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Migration and Cultural Connectivities
Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Explain the terms first world, second world, and third world.

Learning Objective: 2-2: Explain the important role history plays in shaping intercultural communication today.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Role of History in Intercultural Communication
Difficulty Level: Medium