18 Questions
What are the two main social categories in Emirati society mentioned in the text?
Nationals and immigrants
Which group in Emirati society holds the highest political positions and power, along with immense wealth and prestige?
The ruling sheikhly families
What characterizes the merchant class in Emirati society?
Pearling merchants selling international goods
Which group of immigrants in Emirati society earn high salaries and other benefits due to international contracts?
Top professionals and technocrats
What category in Emirati society includes increasing numbers of professionals who benefited from free state education?
The new middle class
Which group in Emirati society is primarily composed of Asian low-paid semi-skilled and unskilled workers?
Low-income groups represented by Bedouin nomads
What was the order of races established by 'racial sciences' in the 19th century?
From primitive to most advanced
According to genetic studies in the 20th century, what did they find about race-defining genes?
No single race-defining gene
In Taylor's developmental stages concept from the 19th century, which stage comes between savagery and (Western) civilization?
Barbarism
Who proposed the concept of civilizations in the 20th century, classifying civilizations like Confucian?
Huntington
'Define Your Identity' includes which of the following as aspects of identity?
Religion, National identity, Class, Gender, Race, Civilization
What idea did the 19th-century concept of 'civilization and identity' propagate about Western nations?
'Western civilization is superior'
What distinguishes ethnicity according to the text?
Physical features
Which of the following is NOT listed as a distinguishing characteristic of ethnicity?
Political beliefs
What is the defining characteristic of a subculture according to the text?
Ethnicity
Which term is used to describe real or imaginary people who serve as behavior models within a culture?
Heroes
What are values within a culture, according to the text?
Feelings not open for discussion about what is good/bad, beautiful/ugly
Which of the following best describes a subgroup/microculture?
A relatively small group within a dominant culture
Explore the relationship between wealth, population growth, social class, and identity as discussed in Hans Rosling's presentation and Jandt's book 'An Introduction to Intercultural Communication'. The videos and text cover topics such as social class distinctions like upper class, middle class, and lower class.
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