Communication 356 - Intercultural Communication » Spring 2020 » Chapter 4 Quiz

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Question #1
Miles, who is half Mexican American and half White American, has very light brown skin. He was raised in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood, and he identifies himself as "Mexican American." However, his friends regard him as “White” because of his fair skin. His “Mexican American” identity is
A.   personal identity
B.   interpreted identity
C.   an avowed identity
D.   an ascribed identity
Question #2
Globalization changes the way we understand cultural space because:
A.   historically, culture is rooted in particular location. In globalization, culture is de-territorialized from the place of origin and re-territorialized in new locations
B.   in globalization, place and location are no longer important because cultures travel across borders and change over time.
C.   cultural spaces no longer exist
D.   cultural space has become homogenized through globalization
Question #3
In various parts of the world, artists and musicians create their own versions of hip-hop culture to appeal to their particular audience and cultural values. This is an example of:
A.   culture as a shared system of meaning
B.   ethnocentrism
C.   appropriation
D.   hegemony
Question #4
Cultural space:
A.   is constructed through verbal and nonverbal communication practices.
B.   refers to the communication practices of nondominant groups.
C.   is the same thing as physical space.
D.   No answer text provided.
Question #5
Today, financial buildings are the highest and often most prominent buildings in metropolitan areas around the world. This indicates that
A.   financial buildings communicate meaning only about economic transactions.
B.   space is rarely used to signify power and control.
C.   the way cultures use space communicates power and signifies access to resources.
D.   cultural space only pertains to low-income neighborhoods
Question #6
Segregated cultural space:
A.   restructures and dismantles inequitable power relations.
B.   is primarily a relic of the past
C.   has been and is used to establish and maintain the hegemony of the dominant group.
D.   is a natural part of cultural identification and membership.
Question #7
Chinatown in San Francisco is a useful example of contested cultural space because:
A.   because of the history of conflict to resist the displacement of Chinatown
B.   because there is a blend or mix of cultures in Chinatown.
C.   because people from different cultures frequent Chinatown.
D.   because Chinatown is an authentic cultural space
Question #8
The example of McDonald’s in Moscow described in the textbook is an illustration of :
A.   creative cultural space
B.   segregated cultural space
C.   contested cultural space
D.   hybrid cultural space
Question #9
A Chicana feminist scholar, Gloria Anzaldúa, describes the fluid, contradictory, and creative experience of living in what she calls the “Borderlands/borderlands.” Her experience exemplifies how
A.   cultural space can be created to speak and claim an oppositional identity
B.   culture is a site of shared meaning
C.   cultural space is always shaped by boundaries
D.   cultural space is always ambiguous.
Question #10
The weekly gathering of friends and family in an Iranian American home, where rituals, food, and cultural practices from Iran are re-created to resist complete assimilation into the dominant culture, is an example of
A.   cultural appropriation
B.   hybrid cultural space
C.   contested cultural space
D.   segregated cultural space

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