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1. North America was home of a diverse population of some _________ before the time of
Columbus.
A) 1 million
B) 5 million
C) 10 million
D) 20 million

2. Arguably, which indigenous Northeastern American group may have influenced the U.S.
Constitution?
A) Cherokee
B) Dakota
C) Inuit
D) Iroquois

3. U.S. political ideas are derived largely from:

A) Cherokee
B) England
C) Italy
D) Spain

4. People in which industrialized nation are the most religious?

A) England
B) France
C) Sweden
D) United States

5. People in the United States tend to view nature as:

A) humans are part of nature
B) human effect on nature cannot be scientifically demonstrated
C) humans have dominion over nature
D) humans should live in harmony with nature

6. Of the following, which religious group has the greatest support for environmental laws
and regulations?
A) Buddhist
B) Historically Black churches
C) Jews
D) Mainline churches

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7. People in the United States tend to see themselves and others:

A) by their extended family
B) by their immediate family
C) by their group memberships
D) by what they do

8. U.S. belief about change includes all the following EXCEPT:

A) change applies to products, values, and ideas
B) change is basically bad
C) change is basically good
D) change results in progress

9. People in the United States tend to view time as:

A) a commodity or resource
B) mutable
C) rational
D) relational

10. Studies show that the most distinctive characteristic of U.S. character is:
A) activity orientation
B) individuality
C) materialism
D) progress and change

11. People in the United States tend to believe the source of motivation should originate:
A) in the family
B) in the group
C) in the individual
D) in society

12. The belief that earthly work is not subordinate to spiritual work dates back to:
A) 10th century
B) 16th century
C) 18th century
D) 19th century

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13. What percentage of U.S. citizens are proud of their country?

A) less than 38%
B) 43%
C) 67%
D) 80% or more

14. A 2007 BBC poll found that the most admired countries in the world included:
A) China
B) Israel
C) Russia
D) United States

15. Regional differences in the United States can be accounted for in part by:
A) communication media
B) government boundaries
C) immigration patterns
D) transportation systems

16. Historian David Fischer argues that early immigrants from England established
distinctive regional cultures in the United States that remain today.
A) True
B) False

17. Among the factors contributing to a dominant national U.S. culture was the development
of radio and television that nationalized politics and popular culture.
A) True
B) False

18. The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) research
project substituted the concepts of gender equality and assertiveness for Hofstede's
masculinity dimension.
A) True
B) False

19. Space orientation is one of Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's five value orientation.
A) True
B) False

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20. Among the world's industrialized nations, the United States is one of the least religious.
A) True
B) False

21. Members of historically Black churches are among the strongest supporters of
environmental laws.
A) True
B) False

22. Pope Benedict XVI called for courageous choices re-creating a strong alliance between
“man and Earth.”
A) True
B) False

23. Between 1968 and 2001, the percentage of U.S. college freshmen who said developing a
meaningful philosophy of life was a top priority grew from 41% to 83%.
A) True
B) False

24. U.S. cultural values including viewing time as a commodity and focusing on the future.
A) True
B) False

25. Challenges to the jury system may reflect changing beliefs about human rationality.
A) True
B) False

26. Changes brought about by the Protestant Reformation included a growing support of
individualism.
A) True
B) False

27. Alexis de Tocqueville found the United States lacking in independence of mind and
freedom of discussion.
A) True
B) False

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28. Among the factors contributing to a fragmenting of a national U.S. culture are local,
special interest, and multilanguage mediA)
A) True
B) False

29. Approximately two-thirds of U.S. residents see the decade following 9/11 as a period of
_________ for the United States.

30. The term _________ deals with a culture's most fundamental beliefs about its place in the
cosmos, beliefs about God, and beliefs about the nature of humanity and nature.

31. People in the United States have a strong faith in the ________ of solving problems.

32. If there is one value that most of the rest of the world attribute to the United States, it is
__________.

33. The term __________ refers to the use of time for self-expression and play, self-
improvement and development, and work.

34. The word __________ did not enter the English vocabulary until 1835 when Tocqueville
used it to describe what he found in the United States.

35. McClelland used ___________ as an indicator of a culture's degree of need for

achievement.

36. Identify origins of U.S cultural patterns.

37. Identify categories useful for describing differences between cultures developed by the
GLOBE research project.

38. Describe U.S. worldview.

39. What positive and negative consequences have resulted from U.S. worldview?

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40. Describe U.S. activity orientation.

41. What positive and negative consequences have resulted from U.S. activity orientation?

42. Describe U.S. time orientation.

43. What positive and negative consequences have resulted from U.S. time orientation?

44. Describe U.S. human nature orientation.

45. What positive and negative consequences have resulted from U.S. human nature
orientation?

46. Describe U.S. relational orientation.

47. What positive and negative consequences have resulted from U.S. relational orientation?

48. Why could Alexis de Tocqueville refer to the United States as different?

49. Identify major regional differences in the United States.

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Answer Key

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. A
15. C
16. A
17. A
18. A
19. B
20. B
21. B
22. A
23. B
24. A
25. A
26. A
27. A
28. A
29. decline
30. worldview
31. scientific method
32. materialism
33. activity orientation
34. individualism
35. popular literature
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