A Culture with Strong Group Orientation and Coherent, Stable Traditions

question 31

Multiple Choice

A culture with strong group orientation and coherent, stable traditions that make it possible for shared assumptions to stand in for explicitly stated background information is a ______ culture.

• A) low-context
• B) short-term oriented
• C) long-term oriented
• D) power distance
• E) high-context

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Definitions:

Traditional Agriculture

Farming practices that rely on indigenous knowledge, natural resources, and cultural beliefs to cultivate crops and livestock, often without modern technology.

New Nationalism

Platform of the Progressive Party and slogan of former president Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912; stressed government activism, including regulation of trusts, conservation, and recall of state court decisions that had nullified progressive programs.

Women's Suffrage

The movement aimed at securing women the right to vote and run for political office, culminating in the United States with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Large Corporations

Business entities that operate on a large scale, often internationally, with significant economic power and influence over markets, employment, and policy.