Exam 3: Differences in Culture

The emphasis on individual religious freedom in Catholicism may have paved the way for the subsequent development of individualism as an economic and political philosophy.

Confucianism is considered by the Chinese as the most credible authority on the concept of the supernatural and afterlife.

According to Hofstede,high power distance cultures were found in countries that let inequalities grow over time into inequalities of power and wealth.

A _____ system is a less rigid form of social stratification in which social mobility is possible.

Max Weber argued that the ascetic principles embedded in _____ do not encourage the kind of entrepreneurial activity in pursuit of wealth creation that we find in Protestantism.

Which German sociologist made a connection between Protestant ethics and "the spirit of capitalism" in 1904?

The relationship between culture and country is often:

Explain how the education system of a country impacts international business.

A good education system is a determinant of national competitive advantage and:

Norms are classified into _____ and _____.

When schools emphasize respect for others,obedience to authority,honesty,neatness,being on time,and so on,they are:

Which of the following countries scores high on the individualism scale and low on the power distance scale?

What is the common aspect of the teachings of Hinduism and Buddhism?

Which of the following systems of ethics holds the values of loyalty,reciprocal obligations,and honesty in dealings with others as central to its ideology?

What could be a negative impact of heightened class consciousness in a society?

A caste system differs from a class system in:

Two dimensions of social structure are particularly important when explaining differences between cultures.The first is the degree to which the basic unit of social organization is the individual,as opposed to the group and the second is:

Islam has roots in both Judaism and Christianity.

The four most dominant religions in terms of number of adherents in the world today are:

In a social context,the term "values" is used to mean: