2. The Cultural Expert

Below you can see a presentation on cross-cultural understanding. Read what the speaker had to say. There are a few word missing. All of them are nouns that talk about different cultural values. Some of them were introduced in The Cultural Compass. Using the list below, fill in the gaps in the presentation.

Hello everyone,

Allow me some words of introduction. I am Juan Gonzales, of Spanish origin, but I've lived 20 years in the US and other countries. I expect you think I am going to tell you about how you shouldn't make hand motions around Chinese people. Or how not to laugh too loudly in Russia. The fact is, there are many ways you can upset people and cause a) _____________________. But I think we shouldn't be too careful - the similarities between…