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Pregunta 1 5 / 5 pts

Asian cultures in general tend to bear in mind a person’s reputation, their


honor and dignity and it is seen through the disguise of any status they
consider shameful, such as a divorce, unemployment, poverty and so on.
The concept of maintaining one’s status and dignity is called:

  Giving hugs. 

¡Correcto!   Giving face. 

Giving face This is a concept in Asian countries based on admiration.

  Giving hands. 

Pregunta 2 5 / 5 pts

Since every etiquette is a product of the construction of a country’s history


and culture, learning about it and relating to people by using their customs
provides a deeper insight of their personalities and uniqueness.

In Japan’s etiquette, two main features are very linked and ultimately
dictate the interactions with the rest of the world. These traits are:

  Religion and food served at meetings. 

  The cosmos and the relation people have with animals. 

¡Correcto!   
Religion and the harmonious relations with people and the environment. 

Religion and the harmonious relations with people and the


environment. Shinto is basically a devotion to nature and to every
spirit in it. Japanese tend to believe that the world is inhabited by
countless gods that are present everywhere, therefore they
reverence them all through maintaining a harmonious behavior,
which model people’s behavior.

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Pregunta 3 5 / 5 pts

The model of economic integration has been useful when examining the
configuration and features of the integration attempts of East Asia. In this
pattern of alliance several factors, such as leading economies and
developing nations, have played important role in creation of the structure.
One of the most noteworthy characteristics of the regional integration in
the East Asian structure could be its:

¡Correcto!   Hierarchical organization. 

Hierarchical organization. Countries involved in this type of


configuration, such as the “flying geese”, are not at the same level
nor are they considered to be equal partners. One dominant country
always takes the lead and it is considered to be “the leading goose”
that intentionally or unintentionally drives the rest of the flock to their
destiny.

  Financial focus. 

  Interregional perspective. 

Pregunta 4 5 / 5 pts

To the end of the Cold War, Japan started promoting values of democracy,
human rights and freedom, nurturing the good diplomatic relations with
both Asian nations and Western countries, especially through its fostering
of good ties with the United States.
Japan, more than anything else, has
taken its role of integrating
economies in a conscious manner and it successfully:

  Promoted hate and a regional sentiment in the countries 

  Promoted communist values for the time. 

¡Correcto!   Promoted policies that took the country out of the crisis. 

Promoted policies that took the country out of the crisis. Japan’s
drivers of economic growth and the synchronization with different
countries have produced mixed results, most of them promoting a
better position of Asia in the world.

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Pregunta 5 5 / 5 pts

The role of one country in Asia came to take place for several decades
due to its economic activities and by exporting manufactured goods to the
countries called the second-tier geese, or the Four Asian Tigers, a group
of nations that consists in the two Japanese ex colonies, Taiwan and
South Korea; a city-state, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
Although after the Second World War there was never
a formal statement
from this leading nation of its intention to create an independent network
of production in Asia, in terms of integration this state has carried out a
regional association de facto. The strong economy that has led the Asian
tigers has been:

  China. 

  The United States. 

¡Correcto!   Japan. 

Japan. This country has displayed, the technological approach to


economy, and the investment from foreign forces to create a stronger
Asian region since the end of the Second World War.

Pregunta 6 5 / 5 pts

Scholars have constantly emphasized on the aspect of language as a


signifier and enforcer of differences between cultures.

An Asian person when introducing him or herself, different to a person


from the West, will naturally focus on:

  His or hers position. 

  His or hers last name. 

¡Correcto!   The company he or she belongs to. 

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The company they belong to Although diversity has been established


as a clear feature of Asia’s composition, it is interesting to recognize
that the importance given to group membership is one characteristic
that prevails in most Asian cultures.

Pregunta 7 5 / 5 pts

This island has a very important difference from the rest of the Asian
actors, and it is the constant tensions of the misrepresentation it suffers
from the People’s Republic of China, its argued mainland. This island has
consistently assured it is a separate state, nonetheless China does not
recognize this and won’t cut ties with the island.

economy depends on
The island population shares the thought that their
China, but opinions among younger generations differ. This reflect a
generational gap that perceives the following country as an independent
land:

  Tokyo. 

¡Correcto!   Taiwan. 

Taiwan This island enjoys freedom of choice regarding several topics


such as marriage and sometimes education, which makes the
structure of society to evolve in a very different way than that of
China.

  Shanghai. 

Pregunta 8 5 / 5 pts

It is often believed that the Asian financial crisis began around July 1997,
when the devaluation of the Thai baht spread quickly through East Asia,
widely affecting the global economy and leading several states into a
deep economic recession.

Prior to July 1997, some Asian markets had already:

  Become international leaders. 

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¡Correcto!   Suffered a stagnation of their economies. 

Suffered a stagnation of their economies Several other countries had


experienced the same phenomenon of currency crises and were
involved in the huge capital withdrawal and flight out of the market.

  Created a strong institution. 

Pregunta 9 5 / 5 pts

One aspect in which Koreans differ from western society is the relatively
low importance given to:

¡Correcto!   Courtesy gestures. 

Courtesy gestures. For Koreans holding an open door or apologizing


if they bump into one another on the street do not require an apology,
since it is not a disrespectful action nor they give importance to them.

  Physical look. 

  Personality. 

Pregunta 10 5 / 5 pts

Due to the entire issue of the crisis in Asia and the response of every
country to it, how they dealt with it and whether they overcame it in a
successful way, it is possible to develop a classification of the region’s
economies into three different groups.

The group of Asian countries that includes where Japan and that triggered
the emergence of the continent through sustaining productivity and
economic growth is called:

¡Correcto!   Developed economies. 

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Developed economies These countries escaped the problem of the


middle-income trap effectively and their productivity can be
nowadays considered as best global practices.

  Less powerful economies. 

  Emerging economies. 

Pregunta 11 5 / 5 pts

The economies involve in the Asian Miracle achieved rapid economic


growth and poverty reduction, but the process did not necessarily went
hand in hand with improvements in income distribution.
The most important mechanism for reducing poverty in
the economies of
the Asian Miracle was rapid growth, but:

¡Correcto!   It was not always distributed favorably for the poor. 

It was not always distributed favorably for the poor. This statement
explains the context in other words, as it is required in the question.

  
It prohibited countries of having stronger political relations with each other. 

  I was always fairly distributed. 

Pregunta 12 5 / 5 pts

Not all the economies of the Asian Miracle had favorable initial conditions,
such as high educational attainment, equitable asset distribution and a
well-developed agriculture sector, nor were such conditions critical to
initiating the takeoff of these economies. These factors might have
contributed to making the growth process more equitable, but they were
certainly not the magic key that unlocked the process.
Even though all the economies of the Asian Miracle did
not have
favorable initial conditions in terms of educational and skills endowments,
they responded quickly to:

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  The import of new goods and services. 

  Political changes. 

¡Correcto!   The evolving skills needed for an outward-oriented economy. 

The evolving skills needed for an outward-oriented economy.


Openness meant the availability of new imported technologies and
greater international competition, both of which heightened the
demand for new and sophisticated skills.

Pregunta 13 5 / 5 pts

When referring to social structure it is imperative to mention the basic


social organization of a community, and even though this term consists of
several aspects, there is one main dimension that particularly explains
differences between cultures and proves that there are some historical
features that weight the most in the process of shaping an individual’s
conduct.

The dimension called the degree of organization has two opposing types,
and the way people from a culture decide whether to adopt one or the
other strongly depends on the conventions accepted and followed by the
person’s community as a whole. These dimensions are:

  The family and the enterprise. 

  The good one and the bad one. 

¡Correcto!   The individual and the group. 

The individual and the group. These dimensions are not only echoed
by the organization of societies, or in the way people relate to each
other in social and business scenarios, but also in an economic and
political organization of a community.

  The first and the second. 

Pregunta 14 5 / 5 pts

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Indicador: Explains the qualitative differences between strong economies


and emerging markets in Asia.
Several theories different to the currency emergency have explained the
situation of the Asian crisis.
A systematic understanding of the many issues that directly influenced the
Asian crisis resulted in the agreement of two main reasons for the
financial disaster. These are:

  
The new regionalism and the excessive short-term borrowing of foreign
funds.
 

¡Correcto!   
A weak financial setting and the excessive short-term borrowing of foreign
funds.
 

A weak financial configuration and the excessive short-term


borrowing of foreign funds Asian regional banks showed poor risk
management when they undermined the creditworthiness of the
borrowers in that period of time and an excessive long-term lending
in the domestic economy proved to be disastrous for the states.

  
The excessive short-term borrowing of foreign funds and the changes in
politics.
 

Pregunta 15 5 / 5 pts

The rapid economic accomplishment and the industrial development that


helped many countries emerge and grow faster than any of the other
nations around the world could be attributed to the dynamism of the East
Asian countries.

The multi-tier model of development that has been useful to describe how
industrialization and the technological development expanded from
developed countries to developing nations is called:

  The Running Dogs- 

¡Correcto!   The Flying Geese- 

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The Flying Geese Paradigm is a model of alliance where Japan has


been the leader (goose) of the second-tier group (geese), the less
developed countries, and they in turn are followed by a third-tier
group that represent the rest of the countries in the area, in this case
the least developed.

  The Flying ducks- 

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