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Culture
Globalization
MNCs
Foreign to Familiar
100

What was the short definition of culture from the beginning of the class?

Culture is every non-biological thing humans do.

100

Globalization is both a __________ and a __________

Reality and a process

100

What does "MNC" stand for?

Multinational Corporation

100

The world can be divided into _______ and _______, according to author Sarah Lanier. 

Hot climate and cold climate

200

What are the 8 pillars of culture?

  1. Food

  2. Fashion

  3. Dialect

  4. Art

  5. Lifestyle/values

  6. Ultimate questions

  7. Heroes 

  8. Historic events

200

What is the term for the trade phenomenon when the "old world" and "new world" came into contact?

The Columbian Exchange

200

What is the term for "When MNCs adapt their marketing, or even the products themselves, to local areas"?

Glocalization

200

Indirect communication is a trait of ________ cultures

Hot climate

300

What are the questions of the lifestyle/values pillar? Name at least one.

  • What is our way of life?

  • How do we preserve our way of life?

  • How do we progress our way of life?

300

What term means "The process of cultures interacting, mixing, and morphing over time, producing new cultures."

Cultural Diffusion

300

What product did we discuss that has different ingredients in different countries. 

Coca-cola

300

Cold climate cultures have many specific expectations for behavior. Hot climate cultures do not. These practices are known as __________ and __________ cultures

High context and low context. 

400

What purpose does dialect serve?

To identify insiders and outsiders

400

McDonalds operates in ____________ countries.

100

400

Coca-Cola is the world's top __________ polluter

Plastic

400

The hierarchy between bosses and employees, parents and children, etc. is known as _______ ________.

Power distance

500

The pillar of fashions asks how we should protect our bodies from the elements and from 

Unwanted eyes

500

What historical events are examples of the growth of globalization? Name at least 3 we covered in class. 

  • The Silk Road 

  • The Age of Exploration

  • Colonialism

  • World War I

  • Invention of the Internet

500

What MNC owns most chocolate companies?

Nestle

500

Which U.S. president's hot-climate sensibilities helped him secure a peace deal between Egypt and Israel?

Jimmy Carter