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Culture Shock



Matching
The following items contain important vocabulary from the lecture. Using the context and your knowledge of related words, try to guess the meanings of the underlined words.
 
 
A)
put into words
E)
place; environment
B)
not logically; not in a reasonable way
F)
uncomfortable and difficult
C)
something that is complicated and not easy to understand
G)
very large
D)
an example
H)
control
 

 1. 

Culture shock can be seen as a manifestation of group pressure in action.
 

 2. 

Culture shock is a complex phenomenon.
 

 3. 

Cross-cultural studies have immense practical value for modern society.
 

 4. 

when you grow up in a particular set of surroundings
 

 5. 

the rules and guidelines that govern the behavior of the people around you
 

 6. 

The rules of a social group are not clearly articulated.
 

 7. 

People often behave irrationally when they are experiencing culture shock.
 

 8. 

It is a highly stressful experience.
 
 
A)
watching for any danger
F)
stressful; not calm
B)
connection; association
G)
dangerous
C)
get back
H)
intense happiness
D)
make a picture of
I)
people who have left their country to live in another country
E)
cultural or racial
 

 9. 

If you were to depict it on paper, you might draw a “wave” shape.
 

 10. 

People do not usually react with fear. Surprisingly, there is often a feeling of euphoria.
 

 11. 

You are on your guard because of the strangeness of the situation.
 

 12. 

Differences are likely to seem exciting rather than threatening.
 

 13. 

They might never recapture the honeymoon period.
 

 14. 

Many societies have recent immigrants, sometimes in large numbers.
 

 15. 

Cultural differences can lead to tense relationships.
 

 16. 

tense relationships between different ethnic groups
 

 17. 

Different cultures have to live in close contact with each other.
 



 
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