A relatively short-term feeling of disorientation and discomfort due to the lack of familiar cues in the environment is known as:

Sweden and Norway are known for excellent family benefits including expansive maternity-and-paternity leave policies.  In cultures like this, the genders are also emotionally closer, competing is not so openly endorsed, and there is sympathy for the underdog.  According to Hofstede, Sweden and Norway score relatively high on:

While teaching at Asia Pacific University, Lori Peterson’s Japanese students would stand when she walked into the classroom, call her “sensei” (teacher), and behave in other very respectful ways.  This is probably because Japan scores high on:

Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is an example of__________ (it is oftentimes culturally-appropriated by Anglo-Americans who do not understand it’s cultural significance). 

The fact that romance languages such as Spanish and French oblige us to think about formality (e.g., tu, vous) when addressing other people and gender when naming objects (e.g., le, la) is an example of:

______ cultures are those societies in which people tend to stand farther apart when conversing, maintain less eye contact, and touch less often.

Flipping someone the middle finger needs no words to accompany it; nearly everyone knows the direct verbal translation.  This is an example of a(n): 

A person who doesn’t question the basic racial inequities in society and who may even believe that minority groups need help to assimilate is probably in the _____ stage of majority identity development.

The 1619 project–and other attempts to give voice to  nonmainstream histories and the power structures that suppress them– exemplify the critical approach to intercultural communication.

Whew!  I’m so glad this test is over. (Hint: Answer = TRUE)