Wednesday, October 3, 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.
False 
2.       Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.
 False
3.       One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.
 True
4.       Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.
 True
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.
 True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:
1.       Heterogeneous: Different  in kind.
2.       Plurality: More than one.
3.       Migration: Move from one place to another as group for food, habitat, etc.
4.       Fundamental: The foundation or basic.
5.       Collective strength: To join together to be more powerful.
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?
 The emirates people are eating rice which grows in Pakistan
2.       Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
1.    Trading with people from different cultures brings variety of goods.
2.    Bring in foreign workers to teach the country men the trade.
3.    Different natives to join into a single project gets variety of result
3.       From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.
Melting Pot: Immigrants came to America starting in the 1400s and the largest influx of them came during the 1800s and 1900s. They began to blend together, hence the name the melting pot idea.
WE DIDN’T FIND ANY THING ON GARDEN SALAD.
4.      
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”.
The other type of white people (other than UK citizens) are consist of 3,096,169 in 2001
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.
 The university cultural diversity based on age, rave, believe, region, etc., and give both the student and the staff the feedom to keep their own cultural opinion also learns from other cultural.
Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:
Varied
 homogeneous
Increasingly
 Un happy
Respecting
 contempt
Strength
 weak
Improving
 worsening
Inclusive
 narrow
Majority
 Minority
Tolerance
 intolerance
Equality
 inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:
Diverse
 different
Creative
 discover
Uniqueness
 individuality
Dignity
 pride
Integrated
 combined
Asset
 advantage
Global
 Universal
Benefit
 profit
Harmony
 agreement