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1. Which of the following statements related to educational systems is incorrect?
A. The educational systems of England and Canada are similar.
B. In Iran secular instruction receives more support than religious instruction.
C. People in Germany must determine their careers early in life.
D. In Britain your position in society determines your education.
2. Which of the following statements comparing the educational systems of Japan and the United States is incorrect?
A. The educational system of Japan is more competitive than in the United States.
B. The United States and Japan both have open access to the educational system for all children.
C. In both Japan and the United States, the heavy intellectual demand on students is during the secondary years rather than the college years.
D. The university from which a person graduates is more important in Japan than in the United States.
3. Which of the following statements related to marriage and family systems is incorrect?
A. The word family has different connotations in different cultures.
B. The concept of family in the United States includes second- and third-generation relationships.
C. In Israel, many children are reared and taught communally.
D. Family affiliation is extremely important in Italy.
4. Which of the following would be included in the definition of nuclear family?
A. grandparents
B. uncles and aunts
C. father and mother
D. cousins on is extremely important in Italy.
5. The family system that refers to one man with many wives is known as
A. monogamy.
B. polyandry.
C. polygyny.
D. serial monogamy.
6. In which of the following countries is polyandry practiced?
A. Arab countries
B. Polynesian countries
C. South American countries
D. African countries
7. General Motor's Nova automobile was translated into Spanish as
A. "come alive."
B. "fast car."
C. "doesn’t go."
D. "ugly old woman
8. Which statement concerning semantics is incorrect?
A. Words in the English language may have multiple or contradictory meanings.
B. Semantics is the study of the meaning of words.
C. Differences in the meanings of words are often lost in translation.
D. All words in the English language have counterparts in other languages.
9. Which statement related to work attitudes is incorrect?
A. U.S. attitudes toward work are more relaxed than those in Europe.
B. In the United States, hard work is applauded and often rewarded.
C. The Japanese attitude toward work is very group oriented.
D. In the United States, the attitude toward work is ingrained from an early age.
10. Guidelines established to convey what is perceived to be correct or incorrect by most people in a society refer to
A. collectivism.
B. perception.
C. ethical standards.
D. semantic differences.
11. General Motor's Nova automobile was translated into Spanish as
A. "come alive."
B. "fast car."
C."doesn’t go."
D. "ugly old woman."
12.. Language is important because it
A. helps us shape concepts, controls how we think, and controls how we perceive others.
B. allows us to be understood by foreigners.
C. is determined by colonialism.
D.is stable, easily understood, and free of diversity.