COM 312 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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1. What are the 4 waves of American Immigration? 1. British, North-West Euorpe,
African Slaves
2. Irish Catholics, Germans, Chines
3. Southern and Eastern Europe
4. Latin America
2. what is the immigration quota act? Allowing only a few from each coun-
try into the U.S, racist quota
3. what groups are coming to the USA in the last 10 Latin Americans and Asians
years?
4. What are the 7 Cultural Dimensions 1. Perception of Self
2. Power Distance
3. Activity Orientation
4. Time Orientation
5. High Context vs Low Context
6. Relationship with material
7. Relationship with nature
5. Perception of Self individualistic cultures: individual
needs are more important
collective cultures: group needs
over individual
6. Power distance vertical power: accepts inequality
horizontal power: equality in all
things
7. activity orientation monochronic: doing
polychronic: being
8. time orientation past, present, future
, COM 312 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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9. high-context culture homogenous, familiar
10. low context culture heterogenous, unfamiliar, diverse
11. relationship with material materialistic culture: love external
world of things
non-materialistic culture: emphasis
on spirituality
12. What are the four rites of passage? birth, coming of age, marriage,
death
13. what are 10 of the recurring features found in 1. idea of death/rebirth
coming-of-age rituals around the world? 2. mentors
3. community involvement
4. tests of strength
5. hunting
6. endurance of pain
7. seclusions and menstruation
8. male circumcision and female
genital mutilation
9. altered state of consciousness
10. beautification
14. how many coming of age rituals changed in substances are used in many USA
modern america? rituals
ex: wine at church, champagne at
weddings
15. what are some of the recurring and common alliance through family and not
features found in marriage rituals around the love
world? formed to improve social and eco-
nomic status
Answers
1. What are the 4 waves of American Immigration? 1. British, North-West Euorpe,
African Slaves
2. Irish Catholics, Germans, Chines
3. Southern and Eastern Europe
4. Latin America
2. what is the immigration quota act? Allowing only a few from each coun-
try into the U.S, racist quota
3. what groups are coming to the USA in the last 10 Latin Americans and Asians
years?
4. What are the 7 Cultural Dimensions 1. Perception of Self
2. Power Distance
3. Activity Orientation
4. Time Orientation
5. High Context vs Low Context
6. Relationship with material
7. Relationship with nature
5. Perception of Self individualistic cultures: individual
needs are more important
collective cultures: group needs
over individual
6. Power distance vertical power: accepts inequality
horizontal power: equality in all
things
7. activity orientation monochronic: doing
polychronic: being
8. time orientation past, present, future
, COM 312 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
9. high-context culture homogenous, familiar
10. low context culture heterogenous, unfamiliar, diverse
11. relationship with material materialistic culture: love external
world of things
non-materialistic culture: emphasis
on spirituality
12. What are the four rites of passage? birth, coming of age, marriage,
death
13. what are 10 of the recurring features found in 1. idea of death/rebirth
coming-of-age rituals around the world? 2. mentors
3. community involvement
4. tests of strength
5. hunting
6. endurance of pain
7. seclusions and menstruation
8. male circumcision and female
genital mutilation
9. altered state of consciousness
10. beautification
14. how many coming of age rituals changed in substances are used in many USA
modern america? rituals
ex: wine at church, champagne at
weddings
15. what are some of the recurring and common alliance through family and not
features found in marriage rituals around the love
world? formed to improve social and eco-
nomic status
