Monday, October 8, 2012

Quiz 2


True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

 

 

1. A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.
F
2. A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.
T
3. One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.
T
4. Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”
F
5. Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.
F

 

 

Define in your own words:

 

1. “Melting Pot”: people who come from outside should convert to the country’s religion.

 

2. “Salad Bowl”: The combination of the various cultures in the United States mixed like a salad.

 

3. “Assimilation”: People of different backgrounds come to see each other’s as a part of a larger national family.

 

4. “Acculturation”: the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture.

 

5. “Enculturation”: The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group.

 

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

 

Acculturation often results in changes to ________culture____________, ________customs_______________and ______social institutions_____________________________, as well as changes in food, _______clothing_____________ and __________languages________________________.

 

Give a synonym:

 

varied
different
respect
honor
dominate
control
multiple
compound
central
middle
interacting
reactive
specific
Exact
represents
means
adopt
espouse

 

 

Give the opposite:

 

varied
same
respect
disregard
gradually
hurriedly
multiple
single
common
unusual
dominant group
humble
specific
random
contrasted with
agree
adopt
refuse

 

 

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

 

 

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

 

1. Define “Anthropology” in your own words

The study of humans.

 

2. Define “movement” in this context

People who move to another place for food.

 

3. What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example.

Behavior.

 

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Quiz


Quiz – What is Cultural Diversity?

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1.       At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.
 True
2.       Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.
 False – 175 million
3.       One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.
 True
4.       Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.
 False – Respect and fundamental freedoms
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.

 True



Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.       Heterogeneous: Diverse in character or content

2.       Plurality: The fact or state of being plural

3.       Migration: Move from one region or habitat to another

4.       Fundamental: Forming a necessary base or core of the central importance

5.       Collective strength: By moving the world forward by basing on plurality of knowledge

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

1.       The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else, which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country? 

                        Food and Language



2.       Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
1- Sharing Experience
2-Protection
3-  Develope




3.       From the Internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.


 Where new immigrants would eventually be integrated into American culture.


           Where different cultural diversity mixes with European American culture to form a meal where all the various ingredients are still readily identifiable.





4.       Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.



5.       Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world.  The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words.













Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied
 Homogeneous
Increasingly
 Decreasingly
Respecting
 Humiliating
Strength
 Weaker
Improving
 Declining
Inclusive
 Narrow
Majority
 Minority
Tolerance
 Intolerance
Equality
 Inequality



Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse
 Divers
Creative
 Imaginative
Uniqueness
 Rare
Dignity
 Honor
Integrated
 Incorporate
Asset
 Valuable
Global
 Worldwide
Benefit
 Profit
Harmony
 Effect