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Each person has these three types of identities.

What are social, personal, and cultural identities?

200

The U.S.A. is a rather individualistic or collectivistic country.

What is an individualistic country?

200

He was recently appointed as the new Pope following the death of Pope Francis. 

Who is Pope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost)?

200

Taylor Swift wrote "Bad Blood" as a diss track against which other pop star?

Who is Katy Perry?

200

She was 15 years old when she was targeted for advocating for girls' right to education in Pakistan. A gunman tried to kill her as she walked home from school. She survived the attack and her family moved to the UK, where she launched a non-profit organization that advocates for girls' education.

Who is Malala?

400

This term refers to the practice of holding false or negative beliefs of one racial group to make another racial group (usually one’s own) appear superior or normative. 

What is racial prejudice?

400

This culture has huge appeal and functions to bind together large masses of people into a unified cultural identity.

What is pop culture? 

400

This groundbreaking medical treatment was approved in the U.S. in 2024 for genetic disorders.

What is CRISPR gene editing?

400

Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong’o star in what 2022 Oscar-winning film?

What is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever?

400

She became the second woman, and first Jewish woman, to serve on the Supreme Court. During her tenure as a justice, she advocated for gender equality and women’s rights. For example, she wrote the court’s opinion in the United States v. Virginia case, ruling that qualified women could not be denied admission to the Virginia Military Institute.

Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

600

This term refers to “a sense of confusion and uncertainty sometimes with feelings of anxiety that may affect people exposed to a different culture or environment without adequate preparation” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

What is culture shock?

600

The six imperatives or reasons for studying intercultural communication. (name 1)

What are peace, demographics, economics, technology, self-awareness, and ethics?

600

This social media platform became the first to introduce an AI-powered news curation system in 2024.

What is Twitter?

600

Who directed the 2023 blockbuster movie “Barbie”?

Who is Greta Gerwig?

600

She was just 6 years old when she became the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary in Louisiana at the height of desegregation. Now, an organization exists to "inspire the next generation of leaders to end racism together one step at a time."

Who is Ruby Bridges?

800

These socially constructed cultural identities developed over time, created by historical, social, and political contexts. They are also cultural identities that affect our communication and our relationships. (name 1)

What are race, gender, sexuality, and ability?

800

This term includes aspects of communication that do not involve words, but which may include gestures, facial expressions, posture, distance, vocal characteristics and more.

What is non-verbal communication?

800

This spacecraft successfully completed the first mission to explore the outer atmosphere of the sun in 2024

What is the Parker Solar Probe?

800

What is the name of Michelle Obama's 2018 memoir?

What is Becoming?

800

She is a Swedish climate activist who has raised awareness of the issue, particularly among young people. She's known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action against climate change. In 2019, Time magazine named her Person of the Year.

Who is Greta Thunberg?

1000

These relationships face some challenges in negotiating the dialectic between similarities and differences, but can also produce rewards in terms of fostering self- and other awareness.

What are intercultural relationships?

1000

This is your overall perception of who you think you are.  It answers the question of "who am I?" and is based on the beliefs, attitudes, and values that you have about yourself.  Identity and this are strongly intertwined.

What is self-concept?

1000

He became the first openly LGBTQ+ head of state. (Hint: Head of State in Ireland)

Who is Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach of Ireland?

1000

Who was the first African-American man to achieve EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) status?

Who is John Legend?

1000

She is the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, the first person born in Thailand elected to Congress, the first woman with a disability elected to Congress, the first female double amputee in the Senate, and the first senator to give birth while in office. She is the second Asian American woman to serve in the Senate, after Mazie Hirono.

Who is Tammy Duckworth?