Question 1    True/False  20 of 20 point(s)    
  The language with the largest number of native speakers in the world is also "the language of mass communication."  
 Your Answer:  false 
Correct Answer:  false 
Feedback: Good call. Mandarin Chinese has the largest number of native speakers.  
 


  Question 2    True/False  0 of 20 point(s)    
  The U.S. political system, in which state laws are superceded by federal law, could be used to justify the accusation that America is an "empire."  
 Your Answer:  false 
Correct Answer:  true 
Feedback: Incorrect.  
 


  Question 3    Multiple Choice  20 of 20 point(s)    
  By comparison to productions from other countries, American films and television shows are more marketable worldwide because:  
 Your Answer:  a and d  
Correct Answer:  a and d  
Feedback: Correct!  
 


  Question 4    Multiple Choice  20 of 20 point(s)    
  The Pells (2000) article suggests that ________________ rather than "Americanization," is a more powerful force promoting the homogenization of culture worldwide.  
 Your Answer:  Globalization  
Correct Answer:  Globalization  
Feedback: Correct!  
 


  Question 5    Matching  10 of 20 point(s)    
  Match the historical figure with the term we associate with him.  
 Question Items Correct Match Your Match 
Karl Marx   3 commodity fetishism   3 commodity fetishism  
William Stead   4 Americanization   4 Americanization  
Herbert Spencer   2 "survival of the fittest"   1 natural selection  
Charles Darwin   1 natural selection