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Businesses began to offer _____________to their employees.

Some believe everything around them is _________, while others say it is ________ .

• permanent, transient

• permanent, illusion

• truth, illusion

• permanent, permanent

• transient, permanent

Thus, the study of __________________was originally found within businesses and the government both seeking to expand globally.

• cross-cultural communication

• international relations

• competing powers

• government

• economy

___________is also a commonality among the human race as well.

• Protection of the ego

• Personal experiences

• Intercultural communication issues

• Members of different cultures

• Key communication codes

Knowing that “people are the_______, and that people are________” is essential to effective intercultural communication.

• same, different

• illusion, illusion

• same, unreal

• real, different

• truth, same

Businesses began to offer _____________to their employees.

• language trainings

• international relations

• competing powers

• government

• economy

FSI is ______________________________________

• Foreign Service Institute

• Foreign Southern Institute

• Foreign Social Institute

• Federal Service Institute

• Federal Southern Institute

The____________’ worldview, on the other hand, is based on a “set of interrelated assumptions and beliefs about the nature of reality, the organization of the universe, the purpose of human life, God, and other philosophical issues concerned with the concept of being.”

• Hindus

• American

• British

• Kazakh

• Egyptian

Another way in which people are different is their view of the world. For example the Egyptian worldview is based on __________ culture. Businesses are closed on Friday because that is their holy day, as opposed to the Christian holy day of Sunday, when most American businesses are closed.

• Arabic

• American

• British

• Kazakh

• Egyptian

By learning to identify commonalties and adjusting them to the culture you are trying to communicate, and by learning the key communication codes of ________ you can avoid misunderstandings, and get your intentions across clearly.

• a culture

• a nation

• a communication

• a ability

• a difference