LCS Exam Questions with Correct
Solutions
Euripides - Answer-'All is well, all yields its place and then goes'
Bob Dylan - Answer-'The times they are a changin'
Aeschylus - Answer-'Everyone's quick to blame the alien'
International contacts - Answer-A symbiotic relationship links all people together; no nation, group our
culture can remain autonomous.
1. New technology and information systems
2. Changes in the world's population
3. A shift in the world's economic arena - Answer-Three developments that have made intercultural
contact and understanding imperative and can help us predict the future while telling us about the past:
transportation system
,communication system - Answer-Technology has accelerated intercultural contact by spurring
development in two areas of human endeavor:
Delta Clipper, the DC-X - Answer-McDonnell Douglas unveiled its experiment, designed to power itself
vertically into Earth orbit and then return to land in the same position. (This development puts us on the
verge of being able to build inexpensive, reliable, and dependable single-stage-to-orbit space ships)
Tourism - Answer-one of the fastest growing industries in the world
Trips once taking days are now measured in hours. As a result of people's travels, they discovered
cultures that sometimes seemed bizarre, even mysterious. - Answer-
Travelers were exposed to what seemed to be cultural idiosyncrasies in the perception of time and
space, the treatment of women and the elderly, and even the meaning of truth. - Answer-
New and advanced communication systems have also encouraged and facilitated cultural interaction
during the past decade. - Answer-
Communication satellites, sophisticated television transmission equipment, and digital switched
networks now allow people throughout the world to share information and ideas at the same time. -
Answer-
The development of communication satellites has also led to the development of the worldwide
INTERNET computer network. - Answer-
In addition, a well organized international film industry has evolved that lets societies share cultural
experiences with one another as films are produced and shown around the world. - Answer-
Numerous international film festivals each year including such popular and well known competitions as
Caans and the Hawaiian International Film Festival. - Answer-
,Rapid increase in the world's population - Answer-The second impetus to international communication
In July 1987, the United Nations announced the birth of a baby boy in Yugoslavia marked that the world
now had 5 billion residents. - Answer-
(1) shortage of natural resources
(2) pollution
(3) international conflict - Answer-Numbers of the population have forced much of the world to re-
examine the consequences of a crowded planet:
(1) Energy consumption is staggering and having to buy, borrow, and share resources with other people
could create serious shortages for all humankind. - Answer-
(1) Even a substance as common as water could become scarce igniting clashes between countries. -
Answer-
(1) The most common limited resource is food. Recent examples of mass starvation provide yet another
reason for people to come together in international understanding. - Answer-
(2) As population has increased, it has become clear that pollution will not observe geographic and
cultural boundaries and that burgeoning is the single greatest threat to the health of the planet. -
Answer-
(2) Times Magazine documented environmental concerns in 1988 instead of recognizing a "Man of the
Year" - Answer-
destruction of rainforests
pollution of common oceans and rivers
, extermination of valuable plants and animals
the greenhouse effect
dumping of toxic wastes
lax enforcement of regulation for nuclear plants. - Answer-(2) Environmental concerns that embraced
the entire planet included in the documentary:
(3) Nationalism and Ethnicity are responsible for the fragmentation of nations. - Answer-
Many major conflicts are being fought within states, sparked by issues of ethnicity. - Answer-
(3) People throughout the world also have become increasingly concerned about international hostility
as membership in the nuclear and biological weapons club has continued to grow. - Answer-
(3) We are beginning to see the validity of John F. Kennedy's observation that ancient prejudices and
other barriers to intercultural understanding can fall quickly to the wayside when survival itself is at
stake. - Answer-
C.P. Snow - Answer-'The most dreadful thing of all is that millions of people in the poor countries are
going to starve to death before our eyes... upon our television sets'
Time published a more chilling account of how '40,000 babies were day of starvation each day in Third
World countries' - Answer-
United Nations reported that in the Sudan over 250,000 people had died of starvation. - Answer-
A World of Continuing Tensions - Answer-an essay that listed and discussed 34 places in the world
where local conflicts could affect events in the US and perhaps even draw us into armed conflict.
Solutions
Euripides - Answer-'All is well, all yields its place and then goes'
Bob Dylan - Answer-'The times they are a changin'
Aeschylus - Answer-'Everyone's quick to blame the alien'
International contacts - Answer-A symbiotic relationship links all people together; no nation, group our
culture can remain autonomous.
1. New technology and information systems
2. Changes in the world's population
3. A shift in the world's economic arena - Answer-Three developments that have made intercultural
contact and understanding imperative and can help us predict the future while telling us about the past:
transportation system
,communication system - Answer-Technology has accelerated intercultural contact by spurring
development in two areas of human endeavor:
Delta Clipper, the DC-X - Answer-McDonnell Douglas unveiled its experiment, designed to power itself
vertically into Earth orbit and then return to land in the same position. (This development puts us on the
verge of being able to build inexpensive, reliable, and dependable single-stage-to-orbit space ships)
Tourism - Answer-one of the fastest growing industries in the world
Trips once taking days are now measured in hours. As a result of people's travels, they discovered
cultures that sometimes seemed bizarre, even mysterious. - Answer-
Travelers were exposed to what seemed to be cultural idiosyncrasies in the perception of time and
space, the treatment of women and the elderly, and even the meaning of truth. - Answer-
New and advanced communication systems have also encouraged and facilitated cultural interaction
during the past decade. - Answer-
Communication satellites, sophisticated television transmission equipment, and digital switched
networks now allow people throughout the world to share information and ideas at the same time. -
Answer-
The development of communication satellites has also led to the development of the worldwide
INTERNET computer network. - Answer-
In addition, a well organized international film industry has evolved that lets societies share cultural
experiences with one another as films are produced and shown around the world. - Answer-
Numerous international film festivals each year including such popular and well known competitions as
Caans and the Hawaiian International Film Festival. - Answer-
,Rapid increase in the world's population - Answer-The second impetus to international communication
In July 1987, the United Nations announced the birth of a baby boy in Yugoslavia marked that the world
now had 5 billion residents. - Answer-
(1) shortage of natural resources
(2) pollution
(3) international conflict - Answer-Numbers of the population have forced much of the world to re-
examine the consequences of a crowded planet:
(1) Energy consumption is staggering and having to buy, borrow, and share resources with other people
could create serious shortages for all humankind. - Answer-
(1) Even a substance as common as water could become scarce igniting clashes between countries. -
Answer-
(1) The most common limited resource is food. Recent examples of mass starvation provide yet another
reason for people to come together in international understanding. - Answer-
(2) As population has increased, it has become clear that pollution will not observe geographic and
cultural boundaries and that burgeoning is the single greatest threat to the health of the planet. -
Answer-
(2) Times Magazine documented environmental concerns in 1988 instead of recognizing a "Man of the
Year" - Answer-
destruction of rainforests
pollution of common oceans and rivers
, extermination of valuable plants and animals
the greenhouse effect
dumping of toxic wastes
lax enforcement of regulation for nuclear plants. - Answer-(2) Environmental concerns that embraced
the entire planet included in the documentary:
(3) Nationalism and Ethnicity are responsible for the fragmentation of nations. - Answer-
Many major conflicts are being fought within states, sparked by issues of ethnicity. - Answer-
(3) People throughout the world also have become increasingly concerned about international hostility
as membership in the nuclear and biological weapons club has continued to grow. - Answer-
(3) We are beginning to see the validity of John F. Kennedy's observation that ancient prejudices and
other barriers to intercultural understanding can fall quickly to the wayside when survival itself is at
stake. - Answer-
C.P. Snow - Answer-'The most dreadful thing of all is that millions of people in the poor countries are
going to starve to death before our eyes... upon our television sets'
Time published a more chilling account of how '40,000 babies were day of starvation each day in Third
World countries' - Answer-
United Nations reported that in the Sudan over 250,000 people had died of starvation. - Answer-
A World of Continuing Tensions - Answer-an essay that listed and discussed 34 places in the world
where local conflicts could affect events in the US and perhaps even draw us into armed conflict.
