Chapter 2

India is home to more than 90 percent of the adherents of which religion?

Hinduism formed around 4,000 years ago in present day India, where more than 90 percent of Hinduism's 900 million adherents live.

What are examples of values?

Ideas, beliefs, and customs to which people are emotionally attached to are called values.

In the Hofstede framework, the term "power distance" refers to what?

It describes the degree of inequality between a culture's people in different occupations.

Every culture has a communication system that it uses to convey what?

People in every culture have a communication system to convey thoughts, feelings, knowledge, and information through speech, writing, and actions.

Which denomination of Christianity has a "work ethic" named after it?

Protestants believe that salvation comes from faith in God and that hard work gives glory to God—a tenet which is widely known as the "Protestant Work Ethic."

Social structure embodies a culture's fundamental organization, including what?

Social structure embodies a culture's fundamental organizations; including its groups and institutions, its system of social positions and their relationships, and the process by which its resources are distributed.

The departure of highly educated people from one profession, region, or nation to another is called what?

The "brain drain" phenomenon refers to the departure of highly educated people from one profession, geographic region, or nation to another.

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political head of what religion?

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political head of the Buddhist culture

The law that restricts the gift giving by U.S. firms at home and abroad is called?

The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits companies from giving large gifts to government officials, in order to win business favors.

People living in different cultures often have different views regarding their what?

They have differing beliefs and behaviors that can affect activities in the workplace. Such as, different perceptions of time, view of work and change.

What type of custom might a conservative group oppose in a culture?

Authorities in a strict religious district of Indonesia's ACEH province banned Muslim women from wearing tight clothing, short skirts and blue jeans.

What do we call detailed knowledge about a culture that enables a person to work happily within it?

Cultural literacy is the detailed knowledge about a culture that enables a person to work happily within it.

What do we call the belief that one man's culture is superior to that of others?

Ethnocentricity is the belief that one's own ethnic group or culture is superior to that of others.

What is an example of cultural imperialism?

Fears of cultural imperialism still drive some French to oppose the products of the Walt Disney company and its Disneyland Paris theme park.

A special language understood by two parties who speak different native languages is called what?

A lingua francais a link language that is understood by two parties who speak different native languages. English is the lingua francaof global business, higher education, diplomacy, science, popular music, entertainment, and international travel. More than 70 nations give a special status to English (including India, Nigeria, and Singapore) and roughly one-quarter of the world's population is fluent or competent in it.

A person and his or her immediate relatives including parents and siblings, is called what?

A nuclear family consists of a person's immediate relatives, including parents, brothers and sisters.

How might a subculture differ from the dominant culture?

A subculture can differ from the dominant culture in language, race, lifestyle, values, attitudes or other characteristics.