T or F __ 1. As a phenomenon,intercultural communication has existed for thousands of years. However, as adiscipline, its history is only about fifty years. __2. InterculturalCommunication as a discipline first started in Europe. __3. Culture is a staticentity while communication is a dynamic process. __4. Culture can be seen asshared knowledge, what people need to know in order to act appropriately in agiven culture. __5. Although cultural stereotype has its limitations (over-generalization), it still contributes to a person’s cultural cognition. __6. In intercultural communication, we should separate one’s individual character from cultural generalization. __7. Cultural mistakes are more serious than linguistic mistakes. The linguistic mistake means that someone is not fully expressing his or her idea while cultural mistakes can lead to serious misunderstanding and even ill-feeling between individuals. __8. All people of the same nationality will have the same culture. __9. Although two cultures may share the same ideas, their meaning and significance may not be the same. __10. One’s actions are totally independent of his or her culture.