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Communication, Culture and Caribbean Society

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The medium (channel) in the communication process is ___________.

a)

Person who responds to the message

b)

Person who started the communication process

c)

The location communication takes place

d)

The tool being used to communicate

2.

A person's culture is determined by his/her ethnicity.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Technology's goal is to

a)

improve the way people live

b)

give us cool inventions

c)

take all of our time away

d)

make us sleepy

4.

The period of time in which today's modern day technology exists is called...

a)

cell phone age

b)

technology age

c)

information age

d)

sharing age

5.
When Donald Trump tweets he....
a)
sings like a bird
b)
criticizes people
c)
plays golf
d)
sends short messages using Twitter
6.

Capitalism is usually referred to as a process of interaction and integration among the economies and people of the world through international trade and foreign investment with the aid of information technology.

a)
b)
7.

Globalization has done the best: the fastest growth, the lowest degree of inequality, and the highest degree of financial stability.

a)
b)
8.

Technology sets the outer boundary of globalization.

a)
b)
9.

The current stage of globalization is similar with the previous ones.

a)
b)
10.

Transnational corporations have influenced the shaping of global rules in a way that enhances their power.

a)
b)
11.

Globalization during the era of industrial capitalism has always enhanced dependence, inequality and exploitation, often to horrendous extremes.

a)
b)
12.
Free trade means 
a)
the countries use the same currency
b)
No trade barriers
c)
there is a quota on some goods
d)
trade is quick and easy
13.

In what decade was the mobile phone invented?

a)

70s

b)

80s

c)

90s

d)

2000s

14.

Roughly, what percentage of the world does not have access to the internet?

a)

25%

b)

45%

c)

65%

d)

85%

15.

What percentage of the world is on social media?

a)

20%

b)

50%

c)

70%

d)

90%

16.

Jamaicans are among a group of over one million Caribbean residents from the former British colonies living in North America. Some 400,000 alone live in New York City.

What word best describes the aforementioned group?

a)

Aliens

b)

Yardies

c)

Diaspora

d)

All of the above

17.

Globalization today is possible thanks to

a)

Internet

b)

Trading

c)

Wars

18.

The enslaved communities, coming from various ethnic groups from the African continent, created a cultural space through negotiations between themselves in order to be able to negotiate the challenges they faced, while trying to maintain some aspects of the cultures from which they had been removed.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Technology and globalization now are important in

a)

War and entertainment

b)

Information and communication

c)

All of these are correct

20.

The idea that money, language, education, or infrastructure creates a gap between those who have access to information technologies and those who do not.

a)

Digital Divide

b)

Equality of Access

c)

Globalization

d)

Cultural Diversity

21.

According to Chevannes (2006), which "Two Jamaicas" did colonization create?

a)

Kingston and Montego Bay

b)

Black and white

c)

One with African values, beliefs and practices and the other with Eurocentric values, beliefs and practices

d)

Jamaica and the Cayman Islands

22.

Nike shoes being produced in Vietnam and other third world countries is the result of this interconnected relationship where countries’ economies are closely tied and dependent on each other.

a)

Economic Dependency Theory

b)

Globalization

c)

Political Economy

d)

Neoliberalism

23.

The groups with which people identify, including gender, race, religion, and region, and which are the "building blocks" for social and political action. _____________ __________________

a)

Social Identity

b)

Consensus Movement

c)

Collective Identity

d)

Polarizing Characteristics

24.

What is the "Global village" ?

a)

A group of small cities which mixed to form a bigger city

b)

A futurist country where everything is perfect, people love themselves and nobody is poor nor less developed

c)

The fact that the world is connected thanks to the development of new media, which enables an easy acces to news

d)

The fact that the economy of countries is used to buy illegal products

25.

All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT

a)

A Senate meeting

b)

Fox News Website

c)

Jamaica Gleaner

d)

CNN News

26.

When the media only shows/publishes one side of an issue, the media is

a)

displaying bias

b)

offering a forum

c)

evaluating sources

d)

holding government officials accountable

27.

Which of these is NOT one of the four factors that have helped to bring about globalisation?

a)

Technological

b)

Economic

c)

Political

d)

Education

28.

What does TNC stand for?

a)

Trans national corporations

b)

Trade nations conference

c)

Trans national countries

d)

Trial national cooperations

29.

Which of these is an example of a technological change that has created a global community?

a)

The EU

b)

The internet

c)

Uber

d)

Deliveroo

30.

According to Ohmae, who has more political power than some governments?

a)

TNCs

b)

Trump

c)

Banks

d)

The EU

31.

what kind of social media

a)

Blogs and Forums

b)

Bookmarking Sites

c)

Media Sharing

d)

Microblogging

32.

what kind of social media

a)

Blogs and Forums

b)

Bookmarking Sites

c)

Media Sharing

d)

Microblogging

33.

what social media is this

a)

snap book

b)

face book

c)

imo

d)

snapchat

34.

Which icon is Pinterest?

a)
b)
c)
35.

What social media website uses this logo?

a)

facebook

b)

twitter

c)

instagram

d)

snapchat

36.

What icon is this?

a)

Messenger

b)

Linkedin

c)

iMessenger

d)

iNote

37.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow quite freely across borders

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

Economic Independence

38.

What are some positive aspects of globalization?

a)

Cheap trainers and clothes

b)

Cheap electronics

c)

Information is easy to access and it travels quickly (internet and social media)

d)

All of the answers are correct

39.

How does it bring our world together? Through....

a)

communication

b)

technology

c)

products & services

d)

all of these

40.

Why would a company move their call centres to Jamaica?

a)

It's better weather in Jamaica

b)

There is cheaper labour in Jamaica

c)

There is more government regulation in Jamaica

d)

There are better working conditions in Jamaica

41.
What has contributed to the rise in the global flow of information?
a)
Natural Resources
b)
Capital
c)
Money
d)
New technology
42.

Which of the following is a negative aspect of international trade?

a)

New Jobs

b)

More Products

c)

Loss of Jobs

d)

Lower Prices

43.

Social Conflicts, contradictions, and tensions hamper the process of social and cultural changes.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Assimilation occurs when a minority groups rejects its indigenous culture and adopts the culture of the dominant group.

a)

False

b)

True

45.

This occurs when people mix traditional arts, mass communication, and popular culture in new ways.

a)

marginalization

b)

homogenization

c)

hybridization

d)

universalization

46.

___________________is the process by which a minority culture is forced to adapt a dominant culture and is absorbed into it. It often involves the loss of language, culture, traditions.

a)

Accommodation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Adaptation

d)

Acculturation

47.

The process by which cultures become more alike in terms of values, attitudes, beliefs, customs, language and traditions is known as____________.

a)

homogenization

b)

monoculture

c)

accommodation

d)

assimilation

48.

Identity emerges from collective group consciousness that imparts a sense of belonging derived from membership in a community (Premdas 2011).

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Caribbean peoples insist that they are ‘Caribbean’ regardless of where they live, holding on to all their partial alien identities as well.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Which of these are NOT Caribbean countries?

a)

Anguilla

b)

Montserrat

c)

Nepal

d)

Seychelles

e)

Guyana

51.

How big is the island of Trinidad & Tobago?

a)

5,131 km²

b)

10,992 km²

c)

It is not a single island

d)

300 km²

52.

Which of these islands is Cuba?

a)
b)
c)
53.
All media products present the real world to us; they show us reality itself
a)
True
b)
False
54.
Is this statement still relevant today: 'Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.'
a)
Yes, the majority of media texts
b)
No, rarely in media texts
c)
Sometimes, about half of media texts
55.

Representation is how media texts deal with and present...

a)

women and ethnic people

b)

age and national/regional identity

c)

gender, age, ethnicity, national/regional identity, and social issues

d)

social issues

56.

True or False: Media representation construct or remake your reality

a)

True

b)

False

57.

Why representation on television is so important?

a)

it is an incredible source of information in our lives

b)

we need to be telling everyone's story

c)

can validate the existence of ourselves and others

d)

to show us about the characters on TV

58.

All media products present the real world to us; they show us reality itself

a)

True

b)

False