Culture correct answers way of life of a people, behavior, beliefs, values, attitudes, a learned behavior
Intergenerationally correct answers outside your generation (teacher, parents, grandparents)
Intragenerationally correct answers within your generation (from your peers)
Interrelated correct answers socially and vocationally our cultures become related (the U.S. is highly
independent, Japan is highly dependent → baby-raising example)
Adaptive culture correct answers culture still changes (ex: Japan's lifetime employment)
Shared culture correct answers boundaries by people within a culture
Social structures correct answers individual, family, groups, social stratification
Opinions of nepotism correct answers tend to favor socially dependent cultures
Social mobility correct answers Movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's
stratification system to another
Guanxi correct answers Chinese term, forms relations based upon returning favors (conditional favor)
Language correct answers reflection of a culture, 3000+ languages, more than one language in a culture
indicates diversity
Translation disasters correct answers eat your fingers off (KFC), intimidating green ogre,
Back translation correct answers translate to Spanish back to English to ensure it makes sense
, Bad humor correct answers Dolce and Gabanna in China, Allah Air Max
Lingua Franca correct answers third language that is understood by two different native languages
Body language correct answers Italian hand gestures, okay sign, thumbs up, Body positioning and
intrapersonal distance
Japanese bow correct answers depth and duration matter
Architecture correct answers fung shei is good energy from furniture and building arrangement
Color symbolism correct answers White - purity in U.S. but for funerals in other places
United Airline white carnations disaster, Red/gold
Chinese, wealth/prosperity, Green - Islamic
Number symbolism correct answers 13 is unlucky in US, 4 in unlucky in China, 8 is lucky in China, Even
number of flowers for Russian funeral, uneven for rest
Cultural Norms correct answers Do not show sole of your shoe in Middle Eastern cultures, Differences on
hugging/bowing and clearing your plate in China (means you want more)
Japanese gift correct answers good gift with professional wrapping
Chinese norms correct answers no clocks as gift because that mean short life, will give small money back,
Avoiding knifes, open gifts in private, Dining on public v. private, Never put chopsticks straight up, Give
and receive gifts with two hands
Business card etiquette correct answers give and receive A LOT, all your credentials, look and
acknowledge person, keep pristine, never put in back pocket
Largest religions correct answers Christianity, Islam